I've been bad--no posts for three months. I probably won't post again until January, since I'm on vacation starting next week until the end of the year.

Currently, I'm reading our library's new copy of the graphic novel version of The Lightning Thief, based on the book of the same name by Rick Riordan. My husband and daughter, both Percy Jackson fans, have already read it and given it their seal of approval.

Most of what's been added has been replacements or more of series we already own. About the only other thing I've done with the graphic novel collection is weed, and then spend large amounts of time applying book tape to the edges of the front and back covers of paperbacks. A little time and tape will make a book last at least three more months, I figure. A lot of the cover damage to paperbacks comes from them being shoved into backpacks and back on the shelves (by readers, not people paid to reshelf). This way, the Pokemon books (for example) will hold up until the pages start falling out of the binding (which takes a while, Viz is one of the better publishers for PB graphics).