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The Children's Home is a complete departure for me - a "genre defying," creepy, fractured fairy tale. Charles Lambert usually does poems. When I started reading it I immediately thought of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, so I put that one on hold. With this challenge, I wanted to see what NoveList had to say about The Children's Home as well as the Miss Peregrine series.

Under The Children's Home I checked:

Creepy

England

Fast Paced

Recluses

Secrets

Only one book came up: Awakening by S.J. Dalton.

However, general read-alikes produced this list:

Magic Street by Orson Scott Card

Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell

Midsummer Night by Freda Warrington

Apocalypse by Nancy Springer

The Trial by Franz Kafka

The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue

Beatlebone by Kevin Barry

Gravelight by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic by Emily Crory Barker

I then tried Miss Peregrine's Home for Pecuilar Children and got nine read-alike titles.

The Supernatural Enhancements by Edgar Cantero

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

Circa Now by Amber McRee Turner

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

The Shrunken Head by Lauren Oliver

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride

The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld

Asylum by Madeleine Roux

In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters

I don't like fantasy a la Game of Thrones or Once Upon a Time. Maybe it's the dragons and unicorns?!? Although there are dragons and unicorns in Harry Potter, but only in an ancillary capacity. Next time I am stuck for something to read or listen to, I will call up these lists. Sadly, though, I don't think I could hear Elton John singing Tiny Dancer in my head while reading Hold Me Closer, Necromancer.

Ninjas on a Train

Lesson 5 Challenge

I always recommend Learning Express Library to any patron who requests a test prep book. I give them a demonstration, show them where to find the database and write down the instructions for them.

While I am familiar with Learning Express I hadn't actually taken any of the tests. Today I tackled one of the science modules for the ASVAB. I did pretty well with the two Earth and Space Sciences, which gave me 100% for that section. I answered 10 of 11 Life Sciences questions correctly to score 91%. However, Physical Science killed me. I only got 7 of 12 right for a score of 58%. My cumulative score was 76%, which qualifies my to join the military. Ho-RAH.

The test is pretty tough if you aren't schooled in a particular subject - I never took chemistry and there were chemistry questions. :-(

For a person preparing to take the ASVAB it is a great tool. Learning Express Library will tell the person what areas to study and which sections are good.

EBSCOhost Ninja

Lesson 4: Challenges 1 & 2

There are 46 articles in the June 2014 issue of Consumer Reports.

There are 41 articles in the May 2001 issue of Consumer Reports.

There are 26 articles in Vol. 80, Issue 9 of Consumer Reports.

Marketing Tech Ninja - Hi-YAH

Marketing Tools

What Would You Do?

A customer comes up to you and says they think their Facebook account was hacked, but they’re not sure. I would sit down with the patron and show them how to check their activity log to determine whether or not unknown person has posted. If they truly believe they have been hacked, I would then direct them to the Facebook help page where they can report the issue. Reporting is a process and does require logging into your FB account with your password. https://www.facebook.com/help/131719720300233/

After guiding them through the process, I would show them the Timeline Review controls, which require you to approve posts you're tagged in before it goes on your timeline.

Also I would show them the six tips FB provides to help keep your account safe. Those are:

Protect your password:
   Don't use your Facebook password anywhere else online.
   Never share your password. You should be the only one who knows it.
   Avoid including your name or common words.
   Your password should be difficult to guess.

Use Facebook's extra security features:
   Make sure your email account(s) are secure.
   Log out of Facebook when you use a computer you share with other people.
   If you forget, you can log out remotely.
   Run anti-virus software on your computer

Think before you click or download anything.