DyVrse

Congradulations to Kelvin, the winner of this week’s food contest! We had a great spread of dishes from around the globe. There was homemade cheesecake, chicken parmesan, 7 layer dip, and even squid and octopus! Everyone tasted and tested to see who had the best dish. The winner received a cookbook and is going to have his picture posted on the upcoming YA bookmarks. Bravo, Kelvin! Next week, we’re going to volunteer our time and technical skills to the seniors of our community. We’ll be setting up email accounts, surfing the internet, and answering general questions about the World Wide Web. Everyone’s welcome to come and volunteer and seniors are welcome to sign up or show up as a walk-in! Also, we’re still focusing on “The Plain Janes” so get caught up on your reading and join in on the discussion!

This week’s meeting was pretty mellow. One of our group members is going in for surgery so we made get well soon cards for her. Hope they work! On a more professional note, do we have any cooks out there?? I hope so because there’s a cooking contest coming up on October 9th, and I’m hoping for a great turn out (I’m hungry!). There’ll be prizes for the best dish and fun for everyone so come on up to the TTCPL (Tifton-Tift County Public Library) and join in! Everyone’s welcome. Also, the book topic of the week… *drumroll please*… “The Plain Janes” by Cecil Castellucci. Not only is this book a graphic novel but it’s also about the horrors of high school in picture form! Forget trying to read the characters’ expressions… now you can actually SEE them! Double bonus! Don’t miss out on reading this book, check and see if your local library has a copy!

This week’s meeting was a blast! We had two new members (Welcome guys!) and learned how to cook up an inexpensive and delicious treat (sandwich wraps with all the trimmings). We also talked about everything under the sun starting with our topic book…”The Gospel According to Larry”. DyVrse members were all amazed at how alike and different they were from Larry and each other. We hope to see everyone next Thursday! Everyone’s welcome to come.

This week at the DyVrse meeting, we discussed our YA area’s decorations and planned a little into the future. Our current book topic is “The Gospel According to Larry” by Janet Tashjian. The story is about a “seventeen-year-old Josh, a loner-philosopher who wants to make a difference in the world, tries to maintain his secret identity as the author of a web site that is receiving national attention” (Barnes & Noble.com). In the way of decorations, we’ve added some of our own art to the mix. Looks great, guys! A huge welcome to our new members. We had a great time with you and we hope to see you next Thursday!

Once again, we had a great time at the DyVrse meeting last night. Since the last T.A.G. (Teen Advisory Group) meeting on Tuesday, we’ve been focusing on spicing up the YA area with our own artwork. Having said that, it won’t come as a surprise to anyone that yesterday we got stuck in paint up to our elbows (or at the very least our wrists!). The results…masterpieces and artistic chaos! But we had fun doing it and Picasso would be proud! Our next DyVrse meeting is on Sept. 11th, 2008. Please feel free to join up with the group and have fun. Everyone’s welcome!

For the month of October, our amazing T.A.G. decided on a “Books That Bite” theme that’s sure to win the hearts (and stomaches) of all who attend. The following is October’s agenda:

Teen Read Weeks October 9-23, 2008 “Books That Bite”

Week 1 (Oct. 9): Do you cook?? We hope so because this week we’re going to have a recipe contest. Make your favorite dish to perfection and bring it on into the TTCPL and you might win a prize. The winner of the contest will get their picture posted on the library’s bookmarks and in the Tifton Gazette along with an article written by DyVrse’s T.A.G.

Week 2 (Oct. 16): This week we’re promoting the “Books That Byte” theme. This theme includes not only recommended books for all the computer geeks among us but also community service. We will be helping the less “technologically educated” adults with 21st century inventions such as computers, internet, and this great thing called “email”. Hope you’re there to help tutor our tutors! Plus, to make things even cooler, we’re having an Ultimate Pacman Contest! Be there or be square!

Week 3 (Oct. 23): For this week, DyVrse is just gonna kick back and relax. We plan on chatting about our favorite supernatural books (a.k.a. vamps & those hairy beasties) and watch a seriously biting movie!

Hey DyVrse members! Just wanted to let everyone know that the next book that we’re going to be focusing on is “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” by Ann Brashares. Having already read the book several times, I can recommend it without regret. It’s a great book about 4 best friends that love each other like sisters but spend the summer apart. The only thing their summers have in common is a pair of denim pants. For anyone who has already seen the movies (GREAT, btw!), don’t spoil it and the book is better! See ya Thursday!

At midnight on August 2, 2008, members of DyVrse waited with bated breath and crossed fingers for the official release of our current book focus-Breaking Dawn (Book 4 in the Twilight Series) by Stephenie Meyer. Since then, Breaking Dawn has been in the hands of several of the DyVrse crew, thanks to the release party we had at the library at 2:00 p.m. which included brand-new Breaking Dawn book giveaways, bloody cupcakes, and various beasty crafts. We plan on talking a little bit about the book at our next meeting (August 14th). If you don’t already have a book of your own, there’s always the chance to reserve one at TTCPL or share the book with one of the other members in the group. ;)

Hey everyone!!  Welcome to the DyVrse blog site.  In case you didn’t know, DyVrse is a young adult book club at the Tifton-Tift County Public Library that meets every Thursday from 7:00-8:30 p.m. The program has gone on all summer long and the members decided that they wanted the fun to continue into the school year, too. To anyone interested in coming, DyVrse includes a little reading, a few talks, and a lot of fun (and food!). Everyone is welcome and we hope to see some new faces at our next meeting!