Summer Book Bingo!

Good morning!

I haven't forgotten about you: Mrs. Hall and I have been busy with graduation and textbook collection. I did say I would post about books all summer long, as they would count as "A book recommended by a librarian" if you are playing Summer Book Bingo.

The first book I would like to recommend is Drowned by Nichola Reilly. If you enjoy dystopian fiction, or even if you don't, but love a thrilling read, you will enjoy Drowned.

This book was suspenseful: I had to keep reading until the end because I NEEDED to know what was going to happen. I'm looking forward to the sequel.

Drowned is available at a bookstore or your local public library.

Reading Friday

What are you reading this week? What books are you looking forward to reading during the break when you have more time to read?

Currently, I'm about 50 pages into Cold Calls by Charles Benoit. One of my librarian friends lent me an Advanced Reading Copy, as the book will not be published until April.

Cold Calls is about three teens. Each one has a secret and each has been receiving phone calls, but the phone number does not show up on the phones' call logs. The phone call is from a voice who tells the teens he/she knows each one's secrets. In order to keep the secrets from being exposed, each teen much complete a set of tasks, which involve bullying kids at their schools.

I really like Benoit's writing style: it is fast-paced. He crafts each chapter in such a way that one has to keep reading to find out what happens. I am not at a point where I know the main characters' secrets, nor do I know the identity of the caller, but I definitely want to find out more.

If you are looking for suspenseful reads, the library media center has Charles Benoit's other YA titles: You and Fall From Grace.

Have a great weekend and Happy Reading!

- Mrs. R

Book Club

Book club met during lunches on Thursday, November 29.

These are the books we are reading:

First lunch:
Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata

Extras by Scott Westerfeld

Second Lunch:
Guitar Notes by Mary Amato

Jekyl Loves Hyde by Beth Fantaskey

Third Lunch:

Before Gatsby: The First 26 Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

The Catcher In the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte

Juniper Tree Burning by Goldberry Long

Prized by Caragh O'Brien

The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien