Today’s guest Unshelved Book Club comic was drawn by cartoonist Emma T. Capps, creator of the The Chapel Chronicles, a webcomic about an eleven-year-old obsessed with board games, Lady Gaga, and her pet hedgehog. She’s published a print collection of season one of the comic and already has a line of related merchandise. Season two is currently underway. And if that wasn’t enough, Emma is also a published (and accomplished) writer and artist. Did I mention that she's fourteen years old?

Elsewhere in this week's Unshelved Book Club you'll find books about an interstellar ship filled with monsters, levitation, a girl who posts about her life in a blog (and lets its readers make her decisions), the sex lives of U.S. Presidents, a determined vampire hunter, two twenty-something Korean-Americans, a scrapbook, and a wicked stepmother out to prove she's not so bad.

We've added two more events to our Talks & Appearances schedule for 2012.

• Gene and I will be guests of the Chicago Comic Entertainment Expo, a.k.a. C2E2 April 13-15. This is a great show from the folks who bring you the acclaimed New York Comic Con. We'll be giving our acclaimed talk A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Library and we'll also have a table where you can say Hi and buy some Unshelved books and gear. More information soon!

• Jana will be setting up the Unshelved booth at the Washington Library Association in Tulalip, WA on April 19 and 20. Even though Gene and I won't be there (sorry, we have a previous commitment in Texas) you'll be able to get your favorite Unshelved books and gear.

This week's sponsor, the nice people at Random House Library Marketing, have put together a helpful Book Club Catalog with a fine selection of titles perfect for the book clubs at your library. It's free, download it today!

We just returned from ALA Midwinter where attendees snapped up nearly every copy of our new book Too Much Information. The rest will be arriving in Seattle any day now. So this is our last reminder that all orders received by January 31 will be accompanied by a set of 5 Unshelved bookmarks (one set per copy of TMI ordered, no limit). This applies to our book bundles as well, which are a better deal than ever.

This week in the Unshelved Book Club you'll find books about the twelve labors of Hercules (a modern teenager), a girl on the run from her mother's murderer, Bandon Dunes golf course, NFL star Justin Tuck's childhood, vikings, a magician's elephant, and a young manga artist, as well as Craig Thompson's latest graphic novel, Habibi.

Feb 20 Spartanburg, SC
Spartanburg Public Library Staff Day (staff only)
Keynote (Gene & Bill)

Mar 13-17 Philadelphia, PA
Public Library Association
Booth (Gene & Bill)

Mar 30-April 1 Seattle, WA
Emerald City Comic Con
Booth (Gene & Bill)

April 13-15 Chicago, IL
Chicago Comic Entertainment Expo
Booth & Talk (Gene & Bill)