Here's a list of 5 websites to check out this weekend:
Distracted while doing your homework? Looking to boost your productivity? Noisli is a website dedicated to improving your focus or helping you relax by drowning out annoying noises. You can pick from a list of tasks like "writing" or "reading" and Noisli will help you pick the right sounds. Then you can adjust the sounds to your liking. They have sounds ranging from thunderstorms to coffee houses. Bonus: It's free to sign up! lifehacker's Vocabulary Wheel helps you determine the exact word for how you're feeling based on your current emotions. Perfect for when you're trying to describe just how irritated you are by them spelling "ecstatic" wrong on the wheel. Feeling tired or sluggish? You might be waking up in the middle of a sleep cycle. Use the sleepyti.me bedtime calculator to determine what time you should fall asleep in order to wake up refreshed! Looking for a new online game? Try Curvy. Connect all of the lines by color by using memory and problem solving skills. Games are a great way to exercise your mind! A few years ago, Amazon came out with a list of 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime. Check out the link and see if your favorites made the cut. Comment below if you think they left any of your top books off the list!
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Epic Reads is the website for HarperCollins teen imprint. They have great links to connect you with books, YA authors, videos, giveaways, and more!
They created a graphic organizer for all of the YA books being published by HarperCollins in 2016. What's great is that it's organized by genre, so you can pick your favorite genres and see what books you can look forward to in the coming year! Click the picture below for a bigger view. Has anyone tried their hand at the Smarty Pins game? Brought to you by Google Maps, it's an interactive game that asks questions related to various locations. To answer, you simply drop pins onto the map and click submit. It's a great way to test both your trivia and geography knowledge. You begin with 1,000 miles and earn more or less depending on correct or incorrect answers as well as pin accuracy.
You can visit the website by clicking the image above or through the link HERE. Check it out next time you're Googling!
Here's a list of 5 websites to check out this weekend:
Flavorwire's 50 Places Every Literary Fan Should Visit is a great read for anyone making travel plans or who daydreams of visiting F. Scott Fitzgerald's birthplace. No? Just me? That's cool.
Like Tumblr? Check out Librarian Wardrobe, dedicated to stylish librarians who are proving that the days of buns, cardigans, and glasses are long gone. Well, maybe not cardigans. There will always be cardigans. A to X Writing Advice is a terrific and helpful list of common mistakes we make in our writing. David Bowie loved to read. This article includes a list of Bowie's Top 100 Books. Follow the Brooklyn Public Library Instagram page @bklynlibrary or check them out here: Brooklyn Public Library. I especially liked the post below. Library jokes. Hilarious.
Tomorrow is the first book club meeting of the new year!This month's book is Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon. If you've read this book you're welcome to join us in the library after school on Wednesday, January 20th to discuss everything from Madeline's illness to her relationship with Olly. Also, there will be snacks!
Book Riot has a great article about all of the books mentioned in Everything, Everything. Here's an excerpt: "From The Little Prince to Flowers for Algernon, Madeline immerses herself in books while spending her days inside, daydreaming of the life she’d have outside of her white, sterile walls. And as she starts to form a relationship with the charming, flirty, and parkour-practicing Olly (so perfectly named!), her yearning for escape becomes more real, and less imagined from the books that she reads." Check out the article HERE. See you in the library! 2016 is here! If you haven't already decided on a new year's resolution, there's no better time to add "Learn something new" to your list. Skillshare is a global community of over 1.1 million people who are taking free online courses to enhance their creativity and develop new skills. In as little as 30 minutes you can learn how to knit a scarf, create full color digital illustrations, or write your first TV script. And that's just three of the thousands of classes offered. Sign up today for a free membership to gain access to a variety of these classes!
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