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September Book

girlreading — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:30:05 +0000

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

girlreading — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:05:23 +0000

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…

girlreading — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:07:44 +0000

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

girlreading — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:10:03 +0000

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…

girlreading — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:05:38 +0000

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

SoonerCon 2008!

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…

girlreading — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:41:56 +0000

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

girlreading — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:40:34 +0000

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

girlreading — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:42:50 +0000

Want to increase your vocab and feed the world?

Try:

FreeRice

Good for you and everybody else. A definite win-win.

Reading List up to June 2008

girlreading — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:38:33 +0000

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:

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

girlreading — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:47:46 +0000

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]