(HS LRC) November Book of the Month - Library of Souls

"It had become one of the defining truths of my life that, no matter how I tried to keep them flattened, two-dimensional, jailed in paper and ink, there would always be stories that refused to stay bound inside books. It was never just a story.”

Library of Souls is the exciting sequel to 2014 novel Hollow City written by Ransom Riggs and the third book in the series of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. The New York Times #1 bestseller was released on September 22, 2015. The new action-packed adventure with absolutely no breathing room features more than 50 all-new peculiar photographs.

Even with a new purpose established at the end of the second installment, one must become a little tired of the peculiar children always being on the run. They barely seem to have time to catch their breath.

Time is running out for them though. With a dangerous madman on the loose and their beloved Miss Peregrine still in danger, Jacob Portman and Emma Bloom are forced to stage the most daring of rescue missions.

They’ll travel through a war-torn landscape, meet new allies, and face greater dangers than ever... Will the sixteen-year-old come into his own as the hero his fellow Peculiars know him to be?

Watch some truths and the answers to your questions unfold in an epic real-world battle for the future of peculiardom. Don't worry, the future is so bright... you're gonna need some serious sunglasses. It's quite the perfectly satisfying ending for an incredibly unique trilogy that'll make you miss the characters, want to revisit the books from the very first one when it's finally over, and maybe even look forward to seeing how the rest of the series translates onto the big screen. If that's not enough, there are reviewers who have deemed it their favorite book of 2015 and the most imaginative of the entire trilogy. #StayPeculiar

“Maybe," she said. "Maybe. But now you're making promises you might not be able to keep, and that's how people in love get very badly hurt.”

GS LRC: Top Library Users & Borrowers (October 2016)

Top Library Users

Ms. Zenaida A. Alegada

English Area

Alicia Bernadette L. Tan

1 - Politeness

Top Library Borrowers

Sir Paul Danielle R. Alagar

MAPEH Area

Julienne Mischa Y. Villarama

3 - Truthfulness

Level & Section with the Highest Library Attendance

3 - Fidelity

Ms. Maribel M. Lopez

(Adviser)

Teen Read Week 2016 Winners

GS LRC: Top Library Users & Borrowers (September 2016)

Top Library Users

Mr. Paul Daniella R. Alagar

MAPEH Area

Theophilus Aragorn R. Carpina

4 - Kindness

Top Library Borrowers

Ms. Kathleen R. Jimenez

MAPEH Area

Jay Kris A. Jarcia

3 - Truthfulness

Aithan Mari Reingelo H. Camo

3 - Truthfulness

Jessica Noelle S. Cuevas

3 - Fidelity

Level and Section with the Highest Library Attendance

3 - Fidelity

Ms. Maribel M. Lopez

(Adviser)

(HS LRC) October Book of the Month - Lisey's Story

Since his first novel was published in 1974, Stephen King has stretched the boundaries of the written word through the years by not only bringing horror to new heights but trying his hand at nearly every possible genre, including children's books, graphic novels, serial novels, literary fiction, nonfiction, westerns, fantasy, and even e-books. He accomplishes one more feat by breaking hearts with an expertly crafted tale of an epic interior journey full of grief and discovery without covering much physical terrain.

Meet the complex and lonely Lisey: middle-aged widow of a famous and wildly successful novelist. Every marriage has two hearts but this one comes in light and dark...

The book tells two intimate stories set in the present and one is about her beloved. She finds out he set about providing for her upon seeing things coming for Lisey before his untimely death proving his deep and enduring love for her.

It won't seem to be your father's kind of King at first impression since it's nothing like The Shining, Salem's Lot, or even Cell.

If, as Stephen has said, Misery was his love letter to fans, Lisey's Story is a love letter to his wife, written from the perspective of his death as the genesis for the story was an incident in June 1999 when he was hit by a van and seriously injured. While Stephen was in the hospital, his wife decided to redesign his study. Upon coming home and seeing his belongings in boxes, he saw an image of how the place would look like after his death. Fitting when Lisey’s Story is full of references to other books, songs, poems and movies which all add up to the world that had meaning to the dead. Stephen actually thinks it's his best book yet and has stated that it's his favorite of the novels he has written.

(GS LRC) October Book of the Month - 365 Horror Tales

Tired of reading Goosebumps to get your hairs raising and your blood racing? In the 2001 film Vanilla Sky, one of the main characters tells another that “the sweet is never as sweet without the sour . . . and I know the sour.” He meant that he’d had a hard life, so when good things happened to him, he appreciated them more just like when you read horror and feel on some level  that the fictional character has an even harder life than you.

And perhaps if someone has a good life, horror gives them a contrast. Bad hair day? Well, at least zombies aren’t after you. Can't buy that new toy? Could be worse: you could be dealing with the end of the world.

This month's feature is easy to read not only because each of the terrifying stories are short but the book is meant to be read every day in a year, hence 365, so you can either finish the whole thing on your free time or scare yourself slowly...

Each story is complete in itself by arousing suspense but the cause of each terror is an underlying issue to captivate the attention of a reader and fuel every imaginative mind.

If that hasn't got you hooked yet, there's lot of colorful self-explanatory illustrations to accompany each story so you won't really get bored. All the thrilling stories are simply told although they sure won't fail to attract experienced readers because of the plot variety. Before you celebrate All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day by visiting your dead loved ones, why not start reading 365 Horror Tales to warm up?

(HS LRC) September Book of the Month - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is originally a two-part West End (a common term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of "Theatreland" in and near the West End of London) stage play written by Jack Thorne (best known for Skins, a British teen comedy drama) and based on an original new story by Thorne, J.K. Rowling, and John Tiffany. The play takes place mainly in the year 2021, but begins in 2017.

The official eighth book follows an older Harry's struggles in British magical society and his younger son as a dark chain of events unfolds nineteen years after the events in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

As the brand-new Wizarding World story in nearly a decade, the rehearsal script, which was not a novelization of the play, was released on July 31, a day after the stage play officially premiered at London's Palace Theatre and the birth date that Harry and J.K. share, as a first edition, entitled "Special Rehearsal Edition", in print and digital formats as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II.

The story has a different vibe and it ain't just because of the new text format. You've come to the right place though if you're looking for some great characterization, nostalgia, humor, and just something very unique. It's more mature, character-driven, and less magical story contributing to the disconnect between the new story and the past books that some fans feel but let's all pause for a moment and try to remember the London Premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 last July 2011 where J.K. and the golden trio basically gave or dedicated speeches to each other.

According to CNN, this was the most preordered book of 2016. The book has been nominated for the Holden-Crowther Book Award 2016. In the US and Canada, the book sold over 2 million copies in its first two days of release. Since revisions to the script continued after the book was printed, an edited version will be released in 2017 as the "Definitive Collector's Edition" so be sure to look out for that at the HS fREADom Hub!