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!