September Book
Posted by: girlreading on: August 4, 2009
September 2009 book is your choice of John Green books: Paper Towns or An Abundance of Katherines.
Paper Towns by John Green
You can watch the video of John Green talking about the book on Penguin’s web site. Paper Towns Discussion Questions and An Abundance of Katherines is available. And, should you fall in love with anagrams try the Internet Anagram Server/I, Rearrangement Servant.
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
August Book Read
Posted by: girlreading on: July 29, 2009
We are reading Unwind by Neal Shusterman for August. There are discussion questions (PDF) on Neal’s website.
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
2009 reading list so far…
Posted by: girlreading on: January 17, 2009
January’s book was Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
February’s book is Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale.
March’s book is Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
Updated Reading List
Posted by: girlreading on: July 27, 2008
At the July meeting the reading list was slightly changed and is now completed to the end of the year.
August: 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher (audio version)
September: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
October: Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
November: Any vampire book you want to read
December: Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
Previously, on YaLitLovers…
Posted by: girlreading on: July 27, 2008
Finally, listing books from May’s meeting. Get reading!
The Host by Stephenie Meyer 
The Clumpets Go Sailing by Jan Wahl
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (Sandpiper Books) by Dubuse Heyward
House of Night by PC & Kristin Cast
The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt; review by Book Dweeb
Taste for Rabbit by Linda Zuckerman, review by Book Dweeb
Where’s My Cow by Terry Pratchett, , and Pratchett web site
Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett, and teacher’s guide (pdf)
Boy Toy by Barry Lyga
Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, movie, book, NPR report on the effect of the film on the family and the reading guide
As You Wish…
Posted by: girlreading on: June 10, 2008
The discussion of Princess Bride was very good. I think everyone agreed the male relationships; friendship, and father/son were very well written. Male-female relationships not so much. And, Buttercup is basically a tool. A plot tool, that is. The movie went with the book very well, although we could have used more fight scenes.
In light of our great discussion, we planned the next books until November. And, they are:
July – My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
August – TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY (audio version) by Jay Asher (request now on interlibrary loan)
September – Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
October – Teen Read Month in Oklahoma! Read any vampire book you want. Books with Bite, Bay-beeee! [Teen Read Week 2008 | Books with Bite @ your library].
November – Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt Book Review by the New York Times
Stardust
Posted by: girlreading on: May 14, 2008
We read Stardust by Neil Gaiman for May’s book/movie. We liked the movie and the changes that were made from the book only enhanced the story. I finally finished the book, and I do like the movie ending much better (yeah, non-cheesy happy endings get me every time). And, having the dead brothers comedy routine was a very good addition.
June’s book is The Princess Bride by William Goldman. Everyone has seen the movie many, many times, but there are a few who hadn’t read the book yet. As good as the movie is, the book is sooo much better. <ReadingGroupGuides.com – The Princess Bride by William Goldman>
See you in June!
More Than Words
Posted by: girlreading on: April 8, 2008
Want to increase your vocab and feed the world?
Try:
Good for you and everybody else. A definite win-win.
Reading List up to June 2008
Posted by: girlreading on: April 6, 2008
We met in the usual place at the usual time with old and new faces! Very happy to see everyone.
The March book was Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore.
The April book was Life As We Knew It: Susan Beth Pfeffer and it’s companion, The dead and the gone: Susan Beth Pfeffer . You can find discussion questions at the Rhode Island Teen Book Award, and made it on to 2009 Young Adult Sequoyah Masterlist. (See what Susan Beth Pfeffer thinks about that.) Kids grades 6 – 8 will be reading and will vote for the winner next spring.
Upcoming books for discussion are:
- May: Stardust by Neil Gaiman (this is the book and the movie)
- June: Princess Bride by William Goldman – quite possibly the most quotable movie ever (this is open for discussion). Harcourt discussion questions.
Other books, movies and web sites that came up:
- Just in Case by Meg Rosoff
- Y: The Last Man, Volume 1: Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra
- The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg
- The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
- Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella
- Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
- Waitress (the movie)
- Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway
- The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay
- Alive : Sixteen Men, Seventy-two Days, and Insurmountable Odds–the Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes (P.S.) by Piers Paul Read (the book and Alive (the movie)
- The Laments: A Novel by George Hagen
- How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
- The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (the book) and Into the Wild (the movie)
- From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
- The Long Winter (Little House) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts (the book) and Where the Heart Is (the movie)
- Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen
- Cynthia Voigt’s Tillerman Series
- The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo
- John Green’s Paper Towns
- Brotherhood 2.0: Nerdfighters
- ALA | Newbery Medal Winner: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
- Madeleine L’Engle
- Gary Gygax from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Real Genius (the movie)
- Heathers (the movie)
- Pixar Shorts
- founditemclothing.com – Shirts from movies, TV, and more.
Finally, Friday, April 4, 2008, found me at work answering the phone at work: “Galactica actual, Major B here”, when I had the nerve. Which was twice. I did count down the hours until the show came on. I also purchased a DVR from Cox just for BSG S4, to have and hold until the DVD’s comes out. I’m still mulling over the show. I’m way behind on Galactica Watercooler podcasts, but I’m catching up. I’ll get the newest one downloaded plus I’m waiting for Ron Moore’s Season 4 Podcast.
See y’all next month!
February Book
Posted by: girlreading on: January 6, 2008
We read Sharon Draper’s Coretta Scott King Award Winner Copper Sun for the January book. A good, but tough, read. [reading group guide]
For February we chose Boy Toy by Barry Lyga. The group agreed on this book from two other very excellent choices: P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast’s book Marked and Perry Moore’s Hero. [reading group guide]
librarything
- Superman Returns: The Complete Shooting Script by Bryan Singer
- 1984 by George Orwell
- The Jungle (Bantam Classics) by Upton Sinclair
- Eternals No. 1 by Neil Gaiman
- Y: The Last Man Vol. 1: Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughan
- Dark Mists by Annika Eade
- 100 Bullets Vol. 1: First Shot, Last Call by Brian Azzarello
- DMZ: On the Ground by Brian Wood
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix
