Our next book club meeting will occur AFTER our faculty meeting (approx. 4:00) at SPOT Coffee on East Ave.
We have chosen these books (with links):
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Feed by M.T. Anderson: reviews and analysis.
Other books suggested for our circle (perhaps for future reading):
The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenager
Friday, October 30, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Additional Summer Reading List!
Keep sending suggestions or post suggestions on this site! Share what YOU are reading with the group!
Another suggestion:
The Center of the Universe by Nancy Bachrach.
Keep suggestions coming throughout the summer!
Another suggestion:
The Center of the Universe by Nancy Bachrach.
Keep suggestions coming throughout the summer!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Summer Reading Suggestions for Credit
Here are some summer reading suggestions to start our Collegial Circle over the summer. You may record hours spent reading and commenting on the books over the summer for those interested.
The suggestions:
Drood by Dan Simmons "creepy suspense page turner about Victorian author Wilkie Collins and his friendship with Charles Dickens."
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters "classic gothic page turner"
Nobody Move by Denis Johnson "hard-boiled modern shoot-'me-up in which nobody's hands are clean but everyone gets great lines" (196 pages)
Vanessa & Virginia by Susan Sellers (213 pages) reimagining of the "intertwined relationship of the great English writer and her sister, painter Vanessa Bell. " a tasty sliver of Bloomsbury"
The Guernsey Literary and Polato Peel Society Post-World War II epitolatory novel
Lock and Keys (young adult) by Sarah Dessen
Diary of a Whimpy Kid: the Last Straw (YA)by Jeff Kinney
The House with a Clock in the Walls by John Bellairs (YA)
Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow (a epic poem about werewolves...enough said.)
The suggestions:
Drood by Dan Simmons "creepy suspense page turner about Victorian author Wilkie Collins and his friendship with Charles Dickens."
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters "classic gothic page turner"
Nobody Move by Denis Johnson "hard-boiled modern shoot-'me-up in which nobody's hands are clean but everyone gets great lines" (196 pages)
Vanessa & Virginia by Susan Sellers (213 pages) reimagining of the "intertwined relationship of the great English writer and her sister, painter Vanessa Bell. " a tasty sliver of Bloomsbury"
The Guernsey Literary and Polato Peel Society Post-World War II epitolatory novel
Lock and Keys (young adult) by Sarah Dessen
Diary of a Whimpy Kid: the Last Straw (YA)by Jeff Kinney
The House with a Clock in the Walls by John Bellairs (YA)
Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow (a epic poem about werewolves...enough said.)
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Last Book Selections for 2008-2009
We will be reading Christopher Moore's Fool and Michael Cunningham's Specimen Days for May.
Check out the websites for these authors on the link section.
Check out the websites for these authors on the link section.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
1st book choice for April & Upcoming Meeting
Next book assignment:
Choose either or both (your choice):
A. Suite Francaise
B. Fire in the Blood
both by Irene Nemirovsky. Information about Irene Nemirovsky will be posted soon.
Reminder: Please complete:
A. Jim the Boy by Robert Early
B. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
C. The Dragon and the Elephant
D. Be prepared to speak to the group about the book you chose for December break. Members should prepare to give a quick overview/summary of the book and whether you recommend it for our students/library.
Next Meeting: March 18 (3:00 Library)
Choose either or both (your choice):
A. Suite Francaise
B. Fire in the Blood
both by Irene Nemirovsky. Information about Irene Nemirovsky will be posted soon.
Reminder: Please complete:
A. Jim the Boy by Robert Early
B. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
C. The Dragon and the Elephant
D. Be prepared to speak to the group about the book you chose for December break. Members should prepare to give a quick overview/summary of the book and whether you recommend it for our students/library.
Next Meeting: March 18 (3:00 Library)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book
Along with Jim, the Boy, we will take a look at the new Newberry Award Winner: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (the author of Coraline and various other contemporary fantasy novels). Information about him is posted on the link.
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