"The most wonderful week" has arrived...Shark Week on the Discovery Channel.

In the movie Jaws, Brody [Robert Scheider] witnesses a great white shark rise out of the water. Slowly backing away into the cabin of the boat, Brody calmly states "You're gonna need a bigger boat." According to Discovery.com "You'd need much more than a "bigger boat" to track down the shark responsible for an attack. Sharks can travel hundreds of miles in a day."

You don't have to travel that far to come across a good book. To celebrate this week, we have complied a list of ten delicious reads. So, read if you dare, but do not read in the water. 

• Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown
  
• Slipping by Cathleen Davitt Bell
  
• Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham
  
• Storm by Donna Jo Napoli 
  
• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
  
• Waves by Sharon Dogar
  
• Aquifer by Jonathan Friesen
  
• Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo
  
• Journey to Shark Island by Mary M. Cerullo
  
• Scary Sharks by Camilla de la Bedoyere
  

Summer Reading Challenge: Unmask! has officially begun. Join us this summer for some reading and awesome events, such as Completing the Ironman: A Superhero Movie Marathon set to happen this Thursday or Friday at your library. Click here for more information about upcoming events and on the Unmask tab to register.

Since we are focusing on heroes, what better way to start off your reading by "choosing your side." Are you in love with the villains or do you prefer the heroes? We have pulled together some titles with either a strong villain or hero/heroine. You get to decide which side you shall choose.

Villains

• President Snow: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  
• Valentine Morgenstern: The Mortal Instruments by Casandra Clare 
  
• Mayor Prentiss: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
  
• King Leck: Graceling by Kristin Cashore
  
• Bellatrix Lestrange: Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
  
• Adolf Hitler: Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anna Blackman
  
• King Galbatorix: Eragon by Christopher Paolini
  

Heroes

• Alanna of Trebond: Song of Lioness quartet by Tamora Pierce
  
• Katniss Everdeen: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  
• Sam Temple: Gone by Michael Grant
  
• David: Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
  
• Jacob: War Brothers by Sharon McKay
  
• Anda: In Real Life by Cory Doctorow
  
• Amy Gumm: Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
  

It's Monster Week on Animal Planet. To celebrate this week, be sure to check out these monster-themed titles.

Of Metal and Wishes by Sarah Fine
Scowler by Daniel Kraus
The Fall by Bethany Griffin
The Paladin Prophecy by Mark Frost
Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
Paper Valentine by Breanna Yovanoff
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
Maniacal Monsters and Bizarre Beasts by Barbara Cox
Hair-Raising Monster Stories by Brianna Hall

Think for a moment. What have you done at your library today? What have you read or what have you made? Have you noticed that your library has more to offer than just books, movies, and magazines? Have you noticed the opportunities to socialize, to learn, and to create? 

We truly believe that libraries are for socializing, for learning, and for creating. Libraries are for making minds, friends, futures, and things. This week you will be able to write and direct your own stop motion animation. Who knew that libraries are for making movie directors, set designers, and script writers?

Next time you stop into your local library, look around. Notice all the possibilities and realize that libraries are for making anything. 

In case you desire to read a book this week, we have selected some film inspired and techie related titles. Don't forget to check one out today.

Make Your Own Sci-Fi Flick by Jonathan Quijano 
Make Your Own Horror Movie by Jonathan Quijano
Make Your Own Action Thriller Jonathan Quijano
Career Building Through Digital Moviemaking by Miriam Segall
Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow  
The Extra by Kathryn Lasky
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow 
Just Like the Movies by Kelly Fiore
Reality Boy by A.S. King 
Coda by Emma Trevayne 
Erebos by Ursula Poznanski

The end of the year means the beginning of countless award shows. Even authors and illustrators are recognized for their contribution to literature. While the award winners will be announced on February 2, 2015, many titles have been listed as award finalists. 

The Morris Award honors the year's best young adult books written by a previously unpublished author. The finalists include:

Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley
The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim by E.K. Johnston
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero, published by Cinco Puntos Press.
The Scar Boys by Len Vlahos, published by Egmont Publishing.
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender written by Leslye Walton

Did you know that No-Shave November is a campaign to promote cancer awareness? The goal is to embrace the hair that we have, which many cancer patients lose, and donate the money that would have been spent on shaving and other hair products to cancer research. I for one did not know that fact until I wrote this blog.

In addition to raising awareness for cancer, we are using No-Shave November as a way to promote our Book Bytes [Teen Book Reviews]. Read a book, submit a review, and rate the book using our hairy guide. The more facial hair equals a better book. Check it out here. 

I compiled a list of books that would love to be reviewed. Check them out today and submit that review!

Ink by Amanda Sun
Panic by Lauren Oliver
VIII by H.M. Castor
Eye of Minds by James Dashner
The Program by Suzanne Young
Noggin by John Corey Whaley
Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
I Pledge Allegiance by Chris Lynch
Torn Away by Jennifer Brown
Towering by Alex Flinn