Genre of the Month: Horror

For all of you looking for a good scare, the genre of the month is Horror! The list contains titles of many of the YA section’s horror offerings.

Horror Booklist.

Chalk Outlines

We like to get a jump on things here at Eisenhower, and this Thursday, with the help of our Anonymous Writers Group, we did just that, starting up the September festivities of our Random Acts of Poetry programming a few days early. Here are some photos of the fun:

Remember to join us for a writing workshop with poet and writing instructor Margie Skelly (Monday, September 14th at 7:00 p.m.), then stop by the Answers Desk for a piece of sidewalk chalk and display your new skills outside for all the world to see.

Free Museum Passes!

Starting in September, the Library will be participating in the Macy’s Museum Adventure Pass Program. As long as you have a library card, you’ll be able to check out a pass to participating museums, including the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian in Evanston and the Oriental Institute in Chicago, as well as other locations such as the Brookfield Zoo, Chicago Botanic Garden, and Morton Arboretum. Don’t miss out — check out a museum!

Video Games @ Eisenhower (Norridge and Harwood Heights Residents ONLY)

We now have the newest and most popular video games for adults and kids for Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Playstation 2 and 3, and Xbox 360. Keep checking to see what’s on the shelf—at this time we are not allowing holds or renewals on our video games.

New Comic Books at the Library

Looking for some new comic books? Want to find some classics? The Eisenhower Library YA section just received a huge donation of comic books. We now have many classic comics from the ’90s, new superhero comics like Green Arrow, the final issues of Ultimate Spider-Man, and many others! Come check out the comic book rack in the YA section for all your comic book needs.

Watchmen The Graphic Novel

Watchmen is Alan Moore’s dissection of the modern superhero, examining what it would be like if there were Superheroes and Vigilantes in a real world. In the story, because of vigilante involvement, the Vietnam War was won, and Nixon is still president. The league of Superheroes, the Crime-Busters, was dissolved, and the Keene Act has banned Vigilantism. The Comedian, a government-employed hero, was killed, and Rorschach, another active hero (acting illegally) investigates the incident. This leads Rorschach tracking down a murderer, and discovering a plot to end war.

Watchmen has been called the ‘Bible of Comic Books,’ and truly does live up to its name. I finished this book in two small sittings and one four hour sitting because it was so compelling. It was incredibly hard to put down, and I would recommend this to any new or veteran comic book fan.

I give this book five stars out of five stars.

Watchmen by Alan Moore (GN MOORE, A.)

Halo 3 Tournament

Are you any good at Halo? Want to put your skills to the test against Norridge’s best? Come to Eisenhower Library on Saturday January 3rd, 2009 at 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. First Place prize is a $20 GameStop gift certificate. Second prize is a case of Mountain Dew and Cheetos. If you are under eighteen, you will need a parent permission form that is available at the library answers desk.