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I was flipping through some old threads when I came across one mentioning some "Book Club Round". It sounded interesting and I would llike to know what you do there. If anyone's interested we could also do a book club!
Interested people took turns suggesting a book for the group to read, with the goal of discussing it either as they went along or after the book was finished. It seemed to take a long time to decide what book to read, for everyone to get it, etc. I think it was successful with one book by Shannon Hale, and maybe a few more. I'd support a new book group.
Admin
submitted by Elizabeth M, age 11, Germany
(April 29, 2011 - 7:20 am)
(April 29, 2011 - 7:20 am)
Ooh, have you read her book Lavinia? It's the only one of hers I've read, and it's quite good. I'm NOT recommending it for the book club, because it's slightly adult for some people here, but I enjoyed it a lot.
(May 3, 2011 - 6:44 am)
I will join, but I will only read books that I haven't read.
(May 1, 2011 - 7:34 am)
I want to join! Maybe we should read Jane Eyre like Elizabeth M. suggested. Or The Railway Children? (I started reading it a few years ago but didn't like it, so right now it's sitting on my dresser) :)
(May 1, 2011 - 12:33 pm)
Ok, so I made a list.
Little Women
Anne of Green Gables
Gulliver’s Travels
Ivanhoe
Treasure Island
Jane Eyre
Ursula K. LeGuin
The Railway Children
Could you guys say which ones, you'd really like to read and vice versa? And, Choco, just tell us if you've read one of these.
By the way, Olive, are The Railroad Children by E. Nesbit?
May I add one to the list? The Mozart Season by Virginia Euwer Wolff. It's one of my favorite books, about violin and baseball. There are some copies available on amazon.com, and we have it in the Cricket Library. I don't know how many public libraries have it though. And the others on the above list, too!
Admin
(May 1, 2011 - 1:27 pm)
Here is what I have to say about those books:
Little Woman: I don't want to read that one because I think it will take us to long to read and after a while we may get bored of it.
Anne of Green Gables: I am in the middle of the series already and I think to many people have already read them.
Gulliver's Travels: I think this is a great idea! After we read the book we can all watch the movie and coment on the book and the movie!
Ivanhoe: This one is a really old book, though it does seem good. This one might ba a challenging read.
Treasure Island: This one might be a good one. It is about pirates though, and it looks kind of boring.
Jane Eyre: This book looks really good, except I don't know what kind of content is in it. It might be a little adult.
Ursula K. LeGuin: What do you mean by this? Do you meant that we would read all her books, or what?
The Railway Children: This one looks quite interesting. But I don't know if this one would get boring for us or not.
And for Admin:
The Mozart Season: This book looks really good. I think it would be really good for us to read this because it covers most things that us Chatterboxer's like to do.
(May 1, 2011 - 5:09 pm)
I don't really want to join the book club right now, but I was glancing through and I saw the admin's comment above. The Mozart Season is one of the best books I've read! Especially any musicians look into it.
Oh, Amy, I'm glad that someone else has heard of it and agrees with me!
Admin
(May 1, 2011 - 6:27 pm)
Little Women: I'd rather not, for the reasons I said before.
Anne of Green Gables: I'd rather not, for the reasons I said bafore.
Gulliver’s Travels: Sure!
Ivanhoe: Sure!
Treasure Island: Sure!
Jane Eyre: I just read it, so I wouldn't participate. It didn't seem particularly inappropriate, though.
Ursula K. LeGuin: I meant just one book, preferably one I've never read. I've read the first 3 books the Annals Of The Western Shores series. Obviously I want to read it because I recommended it.
The Railway Children: I've no opinion.
The Mozart Season: It depends on how much baseball is in it. I hate baseball, so if it's a major focus, I might not enjoy it much.
No, it's not much about baseball at all. More about musicians and concerts as I remember.
Admin
(May 1, 2011 - 10:21 pm)
Ok, so after reading Choco's post, I've come to this conclusion.
Gulliver’s Travels- This could be a good pick, though my mom said the language is a little complicated... Choco's idea about the book and movie sounds fun!
Ivanhoe-I've never heard of it but I don't know. Sometimes if the language is really complicated then I give up and read it later. :)
Treasure Island-I think this supposed to be really good and I don't know if it would get boring.
Jane Eyre- I don't think there's too much adult material (Anyone? Does someone know?) I think my mom thought it was fine for my age though maybe younger people... I don't know
Ursula K. LeGuin- What I mean by this is: A book by her. Sadly I don't know what she's written.
The Railway Children- I'm not sure...
So, time for crossing more off. We'll try to get to a top two to choose from!
(May 2, 2011 - 7:22 am)
I don't think Jane Eyre is too adult. It seemed fine. I'm afraid I don't remember, though.
Ursula K. LeGuin has written mayny things. I recommend the first Earthsea book, which I think is called A Wizard of Earthsea.
(May 2, 2011 - 3:07 pm)
Ivanhoe would be a hard read. It is long and has a pretty complex writing style. I think that we should either read Gulliver's Travels or Treasure Island.
Either of those would be great, Elizabeth, but if anyone still wants to consider other titles, here's a list of recent Newbery award winners:
The Newbery Medal
2011 ALSC Media Award Winners
Click here for Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller
John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library
Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association,
to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American
literature for children.
2011 Medal Winner
Vanderpool, published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House
Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
The town of Manifest is based on Frontenac, Kan., the home of debut
author Clare Vanderpool’s maternal grandparents. Vanderpool was inspired
to write about what the idea of “home” might look like to a girl who
had grown up riding the rails. She lives in Wichita with her husband and
four children.
“Vanderpool illustrates the importance of stories as a way for
children to understand the past, inform the present and provide hope for
the future,” said Newbery Medal Committee Chair Cynthia K. Richey.
2011 Honor Books
Sassy eleven-year-old Turtle finds her life turned on end when she is
sent to live with her aunt in Depression-era Key West. With vivid
details, witty dialogue and outrageous escapades, Jennifer Holm
successfully explores the meaning of family and home… and lost treasures
found.
Shipwrecks, whaling, a
search for home and a delightful exploration of cultures create a
swashbuckling adventure. This historical novel is based on the true
story of Manjiro (later John Mung), the young fisherman believed to be
the first Japanese person to visit America, who against all odds, becomes a samurai.
Welcoming
her readers into the “wild, enchanted park” that is the night, Joyce
Sidman has elegantly crafted twelve poems rich in content and varied in
format. Companion prose pieces about nocturnal flora and fauna are as
tuneful and graceful as the poems. This collection is “a feast of sound
and spark.”
The
voices of sisters Delphine, Vonetta and Fern sing in three-part harmony
in this wonderfully nuanced, humorous novel set in 1968 Oakland, Calif.
One crazy summer, the three girls find adventure when they are sent to
meet their estranged poet-mother Cecile, who prints flyers for the Black
Panthers.
Admin
(May 2, 2011 - 3:34 pm)
Unfortunately, many of those take place in time periods that don't interest me much (I love history in general, but I'm very specific about it.), but the one about night poems looks good. I'll probably read that even if we don't do it; I'd very much like to. Thanks, Admin!
You're welcome, Ima!
(May 2, 2011 - 9:10 pm)
I am not able to join the book club at this time, but would just like to say I vote you go with Treasure Island. I just read both Gulliver's Travels and TR (along with several of the other books listed, incidentally) for school this year, and TR was the much more enjoyable read. It was awesome, and immediately went on my Favorite Books list. Gulliver, on the other hand...while the story wasn't bad, it was definitely a slog through the writing. I actually skipped several parts of this one, just so I could know the story (and write a report for it) without having to decipher all of it. It is a classic, but unless you have extremely good reading skills and a LOT of patience, it's a bit of a burnout.
Admin, thanks for the book list; those look really good! I hope you cold gets better quickly!
(Spamboy is misspelling "foke")
You're welcome, Brynne. I posted the Newbery book list, but I don't have a cold. Maybe another Admin has a cold?
Evening CS Admin
(May 2, 2011 - 9:55 pm)
I'm sorry, Elizabeth D., whose post you put the book list in, has a cold, and I misread it as you.
Elizabeth, I do hope you fell better quickly!
(May 3, 2011 - 12:35 pm)
Wow, Admin! Those books look really good! I think I'll look into them. What do you guys think of Treasure Island??
Ordi says cbhd. He's seeing chatterbox in HD? Lucky guy!
(May 3, 2011 - 7:47 am)
Hello, everyone! I started another book yesterday. It's the first book in the Narnia Series. Oh, I forgot what it was called. Anyways, I'll tell you about it when I finish it, okay? Here's my count:
Books read: 1
:-)
(May 3, 2011 - 7:59 am)