January Book Picks

Our next meeting will be in January! Be watching and listening for the date!

Here are the books we chose for the January meeting:

Team 7A: Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell

Team 7B: Deciding in December: Look in Book Fair for a book! Please talk to Mrs. Reed about this!

Team 8A: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Team 8B: Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer

Book Fair is Coming!!

The Book Fair is coming to Hopewell Junior School from Monday, December 14th through Thursday, December 17th! There should be some great books for you to look at!

First Brown Bag Book Club of the year!

We had our first Brown Bag Book Club of the year on Wednesday, October 14, 2009. Here are the books that have been chosen for us to read:

Team 7A: Did not choose a book.
Team 7B: Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac
Team 8A: The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John
Team 8B: Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck

If you were absent and need a book, please stop by the Media Center! A date for next month's meeting will be chosen soon. Check back soon!

Happy New Year!!

Welcome to the 2009-2010 School Year! I hope you have been reading some good books!

I have read Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson. In this book, Tyler Miller, whose transformation from a meek, social Mr. Cellophane to a chiseled, admired "tough guy" sets his world on end. As someone who spends his days unnoticed, Tyler finds himself with more attention than he wanted after he vandalizes school property and, to pay for his crime, takes a summer job doing landscaping. The unforeseen side effect is that he returns the next school year turning heads, most notably the head of Bethany Milbury. But not everything --- even Bethany's advances --- works out well for Tyler. As he struggles to contend with his angry father, a mistrustful faculty and the aftermath of a party, Tyler comes to the painful realization that there's a substantial price tag for his newfound popularity, and he gets tired of juggling the consequences. Excellent Book!!

What I've Been Reading!

I have read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee since school has been out. I am now reading Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman. I have a few more on my table to read too. Happy Reading!

What are you reading?

What are you reading now and what will you read this summer?

Our Last Book Club Meeting of the Year!

Our last meeting of the year will be on Wednesday, May 13th during your lunch time! Come and share in the discussion and celebration!

Next Book Club Meeting

I hope you enjoyed our February meeting! Thanks for all the comments posted on our blog today! The next meeting will be on Wednesday, March 25, 2009.

Because of all the snow days and all the work that has to be made up, Team 7A, 7B and 8A decided to not choose a book, but to be prepared to talk about a book that they have read. Team 8B has chosen the book The Sisters Grimm as their book to read for the next meeting.

Please leave some good comments here soon!

Mrs. Reed

Book Club Jumble

How is your reading coming along? What have you read recently that you would like to recommend to others? What do you like about Book Club? What would you change? Is there anything else you would like to share about reading, books or Book Club?

Inkheart part two

I am about half way through Inkheart. Meggie is my favorite character. What do you think about Dustfinger? What exactly is a marten anyway?

What are you reading now?

I am reading Inkheart so that I can see the movie! What are you reading?

Snow Days!!

I am sorry that our snow days have caused our January meeting to be canceled. We will meet again in February.