February 2012

High School Book Club REPORT

Submitted by melliott on Feb 08, 2012 - 3:00pm

There were 18 of us at High School Book Club Tuesday night to discuss Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver, a Groundhog Day-like story of a girl who relives the same day seven times, until she gets it right. Several people identified with various characters, even the mean ones, because of their secrets and back stories; some of us had a problem with the protagonist, Sam, though we liked her interactions with her little sister and her heroism at the end; and on balance, nobody hated it but nobody really loved it. Our rating: 6.8.

Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick

Submitted by melliott on Feb 14, 2012 - 11:01am

This was a really fun read! also fast--I read it in about an hour and a half, mostly because I couldn't stop.



"Say 'female foreign exchange student' to any group of high school guys and you'll get the exact same look...all of us picturing some chic Mediterranean lioness with half-lidded eyes, fully upholstered lips, curves like a European sports car, and legs of a swimsuit model who would tutor me with her feminine wiles before I went off to college."

Teen Book Clubs--REPORT (February)

Submitted by melliott on Feb 19, 2012 - 11:23pm

There were 18 of us at February's High School Book Club to discuss Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver, a Groundhog Day-like story of a girl who relives the same day seven times, until she gets it right.

What We're Reading: Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy

Submitted by melliott on Feb 19, 2012 - 11:32pm

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, by Bil Wright, is the winner of the American Library Association’s 2012 Stonewall Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. The Stonewall Book Awards are given annually to English-language works of exceptional merit for children or teens relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience.

 

SHE'S HISTORY!

Submitted by melliott on Feb 21, 2012 - 12:44pm

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH is coming! And so is Amy Simon...


She's History: the Most Dangerous Women in America is a one-woman show about women who make and made history, written and performed by Amy Simon.

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