Anderson Responds to Recent Book Challenge

Ironically enough, just before Banned Books Week a recent op-ed article by Wesley Scroggins draws attention to Laurie Halse Anderson's acclaimed novel Speak.  Read Anderson's response to the controversy in her interview with School Library Journal and at her blog.

Book Club - First Meeting

  Book club met on Wednesday, September 14 to kick off a fun year of reading and sharing our favorites. After gathering our snacks and treats, we introduced ourselves and shared titles of recent favorites: 

Angels & Demons
Beastly
The Book Thief
The Cardturner: a Novel about a King, a Queen, and a Joker
Catch-22
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
The Demon King
Dies the Fire
Faithful Place
I Am Number Four
In the Woods
Mockingjay
Mrs. Mike: the Story of Katherine Mary Flannigan
Northanger Abbey
Paper Towns
Perfect Chemistry
The Thief Lord
A Thousand Splendid Suns


Later, as we wrapped up the meeting, we played a game matching titles and authors of all the books the club has read in recent years.

Join us next time on October 14 to talk about Mockingjay, the third book in Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games series.