Book Club News

A big thanks to Lilly for her delightful reading in German and English at Junior Book Club yesterday - and a talking cat story - perfection! I never cease to be amazed by our Rivier students. Senior Book Club will proceed as usual tomorrow (Thursday) at 12:05 and I do have a few new books to share with you. Quinn showed me this funny video last night with adults acting out scenarios told by children and it sort of reminded me a little bit of when we had worked on the "travelling story" years ago in our book clubs. Maybe it is the complete randomness of where the story goes that made me think of it! I'll also post the covers of a few of the new books that will be out on the shelves over the next few days. Those of you who enjoy graphic novels will want to look for Cardboard by Doug TenNapel (author of Ghostopolis and Bad Island>) Older students who are fans of Sarah Dessen might be interested in Susane Colasanti's So Much Closer, the story of a girl who uproots her life to follow a boy she believes is her soulmate but ends up learning something about herself... The Mark of Athena and The Rise of Nine are both the latest installments in popular series, and The Goddess Girls have an in-between "super special" called The Girl Games. Just ask me if you don't see any of these titles on the shelves and we will add your name to the waiting list!

Hey...Where's My Hobbits?

Friday Fun Time! I can't resist the marginally literary version of gangnam style for the loopy library. True fans of The Lord of the Rings will appreciate the second version more, I am sure! Enjoy your weekend! What would really happen:

Book Club Suggestions?

We had another great junior book club meeting on Tuesday - thank you for keeping up with the excellent attendance! I appreciate your input re: our group reading of a novel for this year. As you know, my suggestion this week was Love Among the Walnuts by Jean Ferris.  I'll post the cover below to refresh your memories .  I am wondering how many of you have read Once Upon A Marigold?  That might be another title to consider by the same author.  So, as we discussed, you could add suggestions in the comments under this post and we will try to come to some agreement at a future meeting.

You might have noticed the display of Snow Willow Award Winner/Nominee Books in the library.  I have tried to tag each book with the year in which it was nominated (in case you are wondering what those pink things sticking out of the covers are!)  You still have time to vote for this year's nominees if you read three of the 2012 books by February 28.  Have a look at the poster by my desk.

Senior Book Club will meet tomorrow, Thursday at 12:05 as usual in the library.

It's Library Week!

Time to celebrate ME! (JK) To start the week we were fortunate to have a very special guest in our library! Vader wandered down with Mrs. Mengell to do a little reading (chewing) and here are a few of the photos for you to enjoy. He really is just too adorable!

Vader's opinion: Dewey the Library Cat - 2 paws down; Marley and Me - 2 paws up.

Book Club Meetings

Good Morning! As you hopefully heard at assembly, Junior Book Club will be meeting at 12:05 in the library today. We had talked about the possibility of doing a "pass-it-on" reading of one book with a group discussion and as I have thought about book ideas all week I have tentatively settled on Holes by Louis Sachar.  It's not too long, it's funny, and I love the way the twisting storylines all weave together in the end.  Have a look at this little summary and see what you think.  I am very open to your ideas for other books! Senior Book Club will meet Thursday at 12:05 as usual.