Almost two years ago I did a post on the most frequently borrowed books at the PRHS library and according to the blog statistics, it is the page that gets the most hits. So I thought I'd do another and, lo and behold, the most borrowed book is the same.
The books below have all been borrowed since the beginning of this school year, and the bold number is how many times the book has been borrowed, and any book with a star is an Orca Soundings book.
1. *Saving Grace by Darlene Ryan - 33.
2. *Dead-end job by Vicki Grant - 25.
3. Trials of death by Darren Shan - 22.
4. Exit point by Laura Langston - 19.
5. Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy - 18.
6. Tie: *Home invasion by Monique Polak, *Tough trails by Irene Morck, and Lord Loss by Darren Shan - 17.
9. *Thunderbowl by Lesley Choyce - 16.
10. *Zee's way by Kristin Butcher - 15.
As a comparison the top 15 all-time, doesn't-matter-when-they-were-last-borrowed Most Borrowed Books are below:
1. *Saving Grace by Darlene Ryan - 33.
2. New moon by Stephenie Meyer - 29.
3. Guinness World Records 2006 - 26.
4. *Dead-end job by Vicki Grant - 25.
5. Tie: *The trouble with Liberty by Kristin Butcher and Trials of death by Darren Shan - 22.
7. *Snitch by Norah McClintock - 21.
8. Tie: *Bang by Norah McClintock and Uglies by Scott Westerfeld - 20.
10. Tie: *I.D. by Vicki Grant and *Exit point by Laura Langston - 19.
12. Tie: Tithe by Holly Black, Cirque du Freak: the saga of Darren Shan by Darren Shan, Ninth key (Mediator series) by Meg Cabot, and Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy - 18.
Orca Soundings are still far and away the most popular books in the library, but I find it interesting that all the non-Orca books on the list (except Guinness World Records) are fantasies or paranormal romances.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
The true size of Africa
This image made the rounds online last week and since I love my maps (especially map games), I printed off a full colour copy with data to put on the library door. It really puts into perspective how large a landmass Africa really is!
The original post I saw was on Stephen's Lighthouse, and here is the full version of the image (with supporting data) by Kai Krause.
The original post I saw was on Stephen's Lighthouse, and here is the full version of the image (with supporting data) by Kai Krause.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Intense books
A couple of students were in the library recently looking for "intense books," which they defined as being edge-of-your-seat emotional reading but not particularly scary in the usual horror sense. I found a few books for them right off the bat (The rules of survival, Such a pretty girl), but after they left more and more books kept coming to mind. The list I have thus far is below, with book cover images linking to the PRHS library catalogue.
Monday, October 04, 2010
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