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Ok guys, so I was thinking. What do you think about starting a book club? We could decide on a book and all read it at the same time and stuff. Have any of you read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas?
submitted by Grace
(May 26, 2009 - 2:01 pm)
(May 26, 2009 - 2:01 pm)
*jumps up and down repeatedly* OOH OOH!!!! I just finished the third Howl's Moving Castle book!!!!! Oh, I LOVE THOSE BOOKS!!!!! I read it in less than two days... well, about a day and a half!!!! I couldn't put it down! I was reading it as I was walking out to the car, and when we would stop at lights, and while we were in the parking lot! (I get dizzy reading while the car is moving) Anyway, I REALLY hope she writes a fourth!!!! Oh, it was so funny how mad Sophie was at Twinkle!!!!!!! Ah, she's so good at writing....
Well, I could rant about it for hours, so I better stop, but I wouldn't mind reading the series again...
Oh, hey, what about something by Gail Carson Levine?
I LOVE her books, and own a few. :)
(May 30, 2009 - 8:27 pm)
I think we should at least do The Giver. It would be great for discussions.
(May 28, 2009 - 9:17 pm)
Oooooh . . . we have a bunch of sad/battle books. The Diary of Anne Frank, The Giver, The Book Thief, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Narnia, Lord of the Rings . . . does anyone know any happy books?!?! Laura?!
One of my very favorite books is The Mozart Season by Virginia Euwer Wolff. I don't remember it as being sad at all.
Cricket
(May 28, 2009 - 5:38 pm)
One of my favorite authous is Shannon Hale, her books aren't all sad.
(May 29, 2009 - 9:48 am)
OOH!!! THE PRINCESS ACADEMY!!!!! I OWN IT!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!! IT'S SO GOOD!!!!!!!!! Book of a Thousand Days was good, too!!! :)
See, I told you it gets dangerous when we talk about books! I get WAY too excited. :)
(May 30, 2009 - 8:29 pm)
OK, let me think... I've read too many... hard to remember....
OK, I'm bad at this.
OK, not necessarily "happy" books, but good none the less:
Beauty
The Gate in the Wall (one of my absolute favs)
Shadow Spinner I actually have that from the library right now. :)
Fairest
More or less happy books:
(ACK! I'm so bad at names!!!!)
Once Upon a Marigold (I just read it, but I don't mind reading it again.)
Emily Windsnap? (one, two, or hopefully three, because I just reread the first two, and was going to read the third again)
I'm sorry. Can I get back to you. I really am NOT good at finding happy books. I mean, I read them all the time... but... ARG!!! I'm so mad at myself!!!!!!!
Hmm...
*thinking*
Huh, if you want a sad but good book, read The Princetta. I nearly cried in the end, at that's not usual for me...
Oh! The Swan Maiden is REALLY good!!
*thinking thinking*
(May 30, 2009 - 8:38 pm)
This is what I suggest:
1. Series club. Either Narnia or LOTR, you guys can decide/vote.
2. WWII club. Books based on WWII like The boy in the striped pj's,Diary of a Young Girl, Enemy Brothers, etc. I love books from this era, but if no one else does, we can change it.
3. I'm not sure how to phrase this, but maybe just "normal" books?? Like the ones you guys listed. Or we could do Newberry award winners.
(May 29, 2009 - 11:53 am)
I think Newbery award winners would be fun, even though there are many good books to choose from. For series we should start with Narnia rather than LOTR, they are shorter so it wouldn' t take as long to do and we could move on quicker if some people don't like it. It would also take not as long to read.
(May 29, 2009 - 5:53 pm)
The Book Thief is also WWII. I think that one time I tried to get Which Witch? and my dad didn't like it for some reason... But that was a year or so ago; maybe he'll let me get it now.
(May 30, 2009 - 9:39 am)
Oh really?? Ok, maybe we should do that then.
(May 30, 2009 - 3:53 pm)
The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
Here are some that I know of. They might not be advanced enough though, if you know what I mean. But they're good because they're shorter, so any of you who don't have a whole lot of time to read, it will be easy if you need to catch up. If you know of some others please post them!
(May 30, 2009 - 4:17 pm)
I don't think we should have different clubs, though it's a good idea, because then people would never try different genres and just stick to the ones they already know they like. I do think we should have a selection each time of different genres and vote on the one we would like to do, though. :) Oh, and what kind of books are those? Historical fiction? :)
(May 30, 2009 - 8:21 pm)
Just newberry award winners. Yeah but..... good luck choosing one book that everyone wants!!!! :D:D:D ok I guess lets just do Narnia.
(May 31, 2009 - 9:37 am)
Shadow Spinner! Yes! That is SUCH a good book! Oh, and I hated Jacob Have I Loved. So let's not do that one.
(May 31, 2009 - 5:42 pm)
WOOPS! Started reading it this morning! I'm about half way through. If you choose it though, I can always restart, or something... :)
(June 4, 2009 - 11:04 pm)