Pick of the Week

The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne DuPrau is the fourth and final book of the series. It is the one that is most similar to The City of Ember, in a way. The second book, The People of Sparks is about life in a new place and the action happens between the people of Ember and the people of Sparks. The City of Ember has a lot of physical action as does this last book in the series. Lina and Doon are once again on a mission to help the people in their community out. Food is scarce, the weather is a major obstacle in the winter time and the community is feeling helpless. The two teenagers embark on another nail biting adventure and you will have to read the book to find out if they help the situation or make it worse. DuPrau does a good job of linking the Prequel, The Profit of Yonwood, to the story overall but you won't know this until the very end. If you haven't picked up The City of Ember yet, I strongly recommend it, and the ending will not disappoint.

Book Club November 23rd!

Hi everyone! My second pick of the week was Catching Fire, I have a write up about it on the blog and the bulletin board in the library. I am currently reading The Diamond of Darkhold, which is the last in the City of Ember series, it is a little slower than the the first one but it is getting better and I think I will like the series as a whole, a lot. Please post here what you are reading and tell me a little bit about it. Have a great break for Thanksgiving!

Book Club is changing days (maybe)

Book club needs a few more members, let's vote on a day that might work best for more people to come for about 15 minutes at luc and talk about books. Just leave a comment here on this post telling what you think would be the best day. Also, ask your friends that you know love to read if they might want to join us.

Lunch Bunch for Friday 11/13

Hi everyone, sorry I am out today but I thought this would be a good opportunity for you all to leave me a comment here on the book review blog. Just click on post a comment and leave me this information: what book you are reading, what is it about, how do you like it so far. Be prepared to tell me more about it next Friday at lunch. Have a great weekend!

New Pick of the Week!

This book is the sequel to The Hunger Games, which was my first pick of the week. I don't want to give too much of Catching Fire away because it will ruin some of the suspense in the first book. The Capitol and President Snow are still very much in charge in the second book which creates a great deal of problems for the people of the districts. This year's games mark the 75th anniversary which means that the game will be a Quarter Quell. The Gamemakers from the Capitol change the game up to throw a major wrench into the traditional reaping, where the contestants are chosen. Catching Fire lets the reader in on a little more about how the different districts work and what life is like for the people of Panem. This book totally sets the reader up for another adventure and leaves you with the feeling that you haven't read the best of what this story has to offer yet.

2nd Lunch Bunch Book

The book Bird, by angela Johnson, is the second book that I read for our Lunch Bunch Book club. Our group decided to read different books and then come back to share out about them and hopefully give others an idea of what might be a good read. I really enjoyed this book, it was written in a similar style to Behind You, by Jacqueline Woodson. Each of the characters in the book has thier own voice, they tell the story through chapters of their unique perspectives, with the reader having to put together how these people are in each other's lives. The connections between them are sometimes subtle, but Ms. Johnson does a nice job letting the story fall into place for the reader.

The main character, Bird, is a young teenager struggling with abandonment issues. She has lost her real father and is now going through the loss of the only other father she's known, her mother's boyfriend, Cecil. It turns out that Cecil has a life that Bird never knew about in another state and she leaves her mother and travels alone to try to bring him back. In the meantime, she meets two boys whose lives have been changed forever by fatal illness, death, and one powerful gift. This book takes the reader on an emotional journey through the process of loss, grief, friendship, random kindness and re-connecting with the world. Angela Johnson is a Michael L. Printz and Coretta Scott King Award winning author and her book, Bird, is a worthwhile read.