-Hi everyone, I'm Clara and this is Zoe. -Hi.
-And this week we're going to talk about OBOB.
*intro music*
So OBOB, or Oregon Battle of the Books,
is an organization at the high schools which sort of allows you to compete
your bookish knowledge against other teens.
So here to talk about it with us is Zoe. -Oh, hi.
-You're a sophomore at Marshfield? -Marshfield, yes. I am.
-So tell us, have you been in OBOB your entire high school...
-Yes. I joined OBOB freshman year after my friend Emma, who is a year older than me, she did
it in, she did it her freshman year but told me about it while I was still in eighth grade
and I was like, "Oh, this sounds really fun and I really want to participate," but I couldn't
until I got to high school.
-Right. -So when I got to high school, I found, *gasp* "There's an OBOB team?
I really want to participate in this cool thing!"
And so I did the cool thing.
-Right! I am super jealous.
We had Battle of the Books in Montana, but only for grades three through six, and so
I got out of sixth grade and it was like, "No more Battle of the Books for me."
It was very sad.
So what about OBOB do you love?
-I myself am very competitive but I'm not athletic at all.
*in slow motion* At all.
Another skill I've always had is I can retain knowledge from books really easily.
Like I remember at least a little bit from almost every book I've ever read.
And so OBOB is really great for me personally.
And I love just competing with other people.
And it's really friendly.
Like, Marshfield and North Bend have always had the rivalry, but in OBOB both the teams
are like best buddies.
-Right.
I mean, we bookish nerds have to stick together.
-Yes.
I know that OBOB is very fun.
There are two major competitions a year.
There's regionals in Roseburg and then there's state in Salem.
But you have to get in first or second at regionals to qualify for state.
Unfortunately, my team did not this year, which was really sad.
-But, you did last year right?
-Yeah, last year we qualified for state and almost got there, but we didn't win at state
because Elkton.
-What sorts of books do you read for OBOB?
-It's a very large variety.
Usually there's at least one classic or very hitting novel.
Like this year it was Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, which is a very famous book.
And it's very good because it's about the justice system particularly in Montana.
About the death penalty.
It's mainly about the case of this one man who was put on death row and he was innocent.
And he was there for five years.
It's a very sad book.
It destroys your faith in humanity but it also brings it back.
-That's the best way to do it.
-Yeah.
-Like, we're going to take this away, so that when we give it back you'll appreciate it
more.
-Yes.
It was a very eye-opening book.
Last year, the classic book was Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
And that book was really hard to read, but it was really good.
They always give you books that hit really hard and are very relevant to the year.
Last year, actually, there was a book called...
-Was it How It All Went Down?
-Yes, How it All Went Down.
And that was about a young black kid getting shot and the aftermath of that.
-Mhm.
-And that was really hitting.
But OBOB also has books for everyone.
Last year...
I'm mentioning last year a lot because that was my first year and that's the books that
I really think were very OBOB.
Last year there was a book called Rapture Practice about a Christian kid growing up
gay and it was really...
-Oh yeah.
-Oh yeah, that was fun.
I mean, you could go on a rant about just about any book.
They're that good, they're that well selected... just, good books.
-Yeah.
I Am the Weapon was last year.
I wrote the questions for that.
-*sigh* That was a really good book.
-That was... the... *unintelligable sounds* I would recommend-- -Teenage angst spy nov--
oh, wait, if you like Alex Rider, those books are very good.
-Or I am Number Four.
These are all sort of coming together in the same sort of feels.
If you liked one, you'll like the other.
-Yeah.
Other great part about OBOB is you're on a team, so if there's one or two books that
you just don't feel like are your jam, your teammates will read them, and that's really
cool.
-What was your favorite book from last year and favorite book from this year?
-Favorite book from this year, I would have to say would be Just Mercy.
But that's because it was so eye-opening and so heart-wrenching.
But my favorite book overall I think is Ink and Bone just because it was a good book.
It was a *good book*.
-I haven't read that one yet, and now I need to.
-Yes.
It's so good!
Much drama.
It's set in the future, but everything's set back.
-What kind of person would you recommend to join OBOB?
-Anyone who is either very competitive but not athletic.
People who just enjoy reading good books, or people who need friends.
-Right.
-Honestly, OBOB is a great place to make friends, at least at Marshfield.
It's a great place to eat snacks, hang out with cool people, quiz each other on books
you like, and just, it's a very good community of people.
-Anything else you want to add?
Like, when does OBOB meet?
-For Marshfield, we meet during PAT on Thursdays and Fridays.
-If you have any questions or comments about this channel specifically or the library in
general, feel free to email us at coosbaylibrary@gmail.com.
If you have any interest in our upcoming events, check out our events calendar at coosbaylibrary.org.
And if you want to get more involved in this channel and making videos, having your voice
added to our channel, feel free to join the Teen Advisory Group or TAG.
TAG members get first input in what happens with this channel.
They get to tell us what videos to make.
They get to make the videos themselves.
Or just come hang around the library, talk to Bekah and I. Bekah's the children's librarian.
Y'all know who I am.
And even if you can't be a part of TAG, we still want you to be part of this channel.
For example, Zoe is just too busy for TAG, but we love her.
So yeah, come talk to us, we want you to be part of the channel.
And that's all for this week folks.
Come check us out.
We hope to see you soon.
-Bye bye. *silly bouncing sound* -There was all-- but this-- ugh.
-Hold please, I'm going to go grab the list.
I have it somewhere.
-Okay.
Yeah.
*singing* Dupe do dupe.
Dupe do dupe.
Waiting for her to come back.
I sing to myself because I'm lonely and I don't like silence.
I don't like silence.
I don't like silence.
Wheee, this is really fun.
-Um, okay.
Sorry, getting back to OBOB!
Focus fox.
-Texting is great.
-Texting is fantastic.
-Yes.
-Like, texting was made for millennials and gen z's with anxiety.
-Awww, I love lavender.
-I'm very excited.
Right?
It just smells good?
-Lavender's the best, yeah!
-Aye, we're getting on a queer movies rant.
But oh well.
-Oh, I don't...
hmm.
-That's a different discussion.
-I'm just going to take pieces of this, put it at the end, and be like, "Videos that will
come in the future."
-What else should we talk about?
-Right, okay, so...
I mean, we could go on a Raven Cycle Rant.
-Yes.
-I have feels.
I read a four book series for one gay kiss in book four.
-I don't blame you.
-Like, I need-- -This is why we need representation, folks!
-So, some things that we're going to cover some day... queer movies, queer books...
-Fun.
-Queer.
-Just... all the not straight!
-Just bring the rainbows.
We're just going to bring the rainbows.
This is what happens when you get two queer folk in the same room and give them a camera.
I need to do the... the wrap-up.
-But next time, queer media!
-Yes.
What always happens, like, so we're doing a YouTube workshop next week.
And one of the things that I'm telling people about in this workshop is make sure all your
props and devices are within easy reach so you don't have to move during filming.
And then I never actually do that.
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