Have you read What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones? Want to? We'll have breakfast club (catered by Mrs. Wilson!) to discuss the book in October. Sign up in the library if you are interested.
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p.s. If you don't want to wait on hold for the book, buy a copy from Mrs. Wilson. It's $8.65.
p.p.s. Sonya Sones is visiting our school on October 26th! She can sign your book then.
Showing posts with label book club. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book club. Show all posts
Friday, September 17, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Book Club Selections Announced
Welcome back! Book clubs will start up again in October. One book will be What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones, who will be a special guest at our school on October 26th. The other book is your choice! Let me know by email if you want to be on the book club email list so you are kept up to date about book suggestions and meeting times. Can't wait to see (or meet) you!
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
One Book, One Twitter
Want to be part of a REALLY big book club? Read this interview with Twitter's founder...
From SLJ's Extra Helping 5/10/10:
Q: Did you see One Book, One Twitter as a book club or social experiment?
A: It’s not that it’s not a book club, it is. It’s a virtual book club. I was inspired by The Big Read, which is now an NEA program, and one program called One Book, One Chicago. Those are not so much about increasing literacy, but about social capital, about bonding and increasing different communities within a city. I read that we imagine we’re so hindered by geography, but we’re not. I thought, why do this by city? Let’s do this over Twitter. I was on Twitter a lot, and it seemed like a perfect vehicle for me. It was also a great social media experiment. Can we make these connections around the world? I want to increase mutual understanding.
Q: What’s been your favorite moment so far?
A: I was in Florida to give a talk and woke up early, and logged on to Twitter. I log on every couple of hours. Someone mentioned a line I had posted from the book “..language is a violence..”, and said that was the title of a Laurie Anderson song. And then someone else said that Anderson had actually borrowed it from William Burroughs. I thought this is amazing. There’s a wisdom of the crowd thing going on here.
Q: Some people have tweeted about the problem of spoilers — those reading ahead of the crowd, and posting their thoughts. Do you see it as a big issue?
A: People have used the hashtags I devised and moved on, creating their own hashtag systems. They’re obeying the rules, they don’t want to inflict spoilers on everyone. There’s a general spirit of humanity. I generally believe people are good.
Q: What’s been the biggest surprise?
A: Just how international it quickly became. We’ve got tons of Scandinavians. American Gods has a lot of Norse mythology. And Scandinavia is a place where people read in English a lot of the time. So none of that is surprising. But it’s very international, with people participating in the Middle East, Kuala Lumpur. It’s skewing in ways that are sort of predictable. I’m not seeing as much foreign language as I thought I would. The big victory is it's very clearly international.
Q: Will you move on to another book when this one’s done?
A: To some extent it’s up to the community. This took weeks of voting. I suspect people will follow my lead, and if I was going to say let’s wait until next summer… I can’t do this year round I’m too busy. These big reads are generally summer programs. We’ll see if people really want to do it again. There’s a possibility we’ll try to set it up as something permanent, get nonprofit status. I have a domain and haven’t started a website, but could start it as a foundation.
Q: Was your favorite book picked?
A: My favorite book is the one the crowd picked. I think it’s so incredible they came together and chose something so peacefully.
Q: So you’ve been pleased with the experience so far?I love these people, they’re so awesome. A: It’s all book people. They’re so nice. Even when they’re criticizing me, they’re so polite about it. Even when they come on my blog and tell me what a dunderhead I am. They’re so polite about it. I have really tried to include that spirit.
From SLJ's Extra Helping 5/10/10:
Q: Did you see One Book, One Twitter as a book club or social experiment?
A: It’s not that it’s not a book club, it is. It’s a virtual book club. I was inspired by The Big Read, which is now an NEA program, and one program called One Book, One Chicago. Those are not so much about increasing literacy, but about social capital, about bonding and increasing different communities within a city. I read that we imagine we’re so hindered by geography, but we’re not. I thought, why do this by city? Let’s do this over Twitter. I was on Twitter a lot, and it seemed like a perfect vehicle for me. It was also a great social media experiment. Can we make these connections around the world? I want to increase mutual understanding.
Q: What’s been your favorite moment so far?
A: I was in Florida to give a talk and woke up early, and logged on to Twitter. I log on every couple of hours. Someone mentioned a line I had posted from the book “..language is a violence..”, and said that was the title of a Laurie Anderson song. And then someone else said that Anderson had actually borrowed it from William Burroughs. I thought this is amazing. There’s a wisdom of the crowd thing going on here.
Q: Some people have tweeted about the problem of spoilers — those reading ahead of the crowd, and posting their thoughts. Do you see it as a big issue?
A: People have used the hashtags I devised and moved on, creating their own hashtag systems. They’re obeying the rules, they don’t want to inflict spoilers on everyone. There’s a general spirit of humanity. I generally believe people are good.
Q: What’s been the biggest surprise?
A: Just how international it quickly became. We’ve got tons of Scandinavians. American Gods has a lot of Norse mythology. And Scandinavia is a place where people read in English a lot of the time. So none of that is surprising. But it’s very international, with people participating in the Middle East, Kuala Lumpur. It’s skewing in ways that are sort of predictable. I’m not seeing as much foreign language as I thought I would. The big victory is it's very clearly international.
Q: Will you move on to another book when this one’s done?
A: To some extent it’s up to the community. This took weeks of voting. I suspect people will follow my lead, and if I was going to say let’s wait until next summer… I can’t do this year round I’m too busy. These big reads are generally summer programs. We’ll see if people really want to do it again. There’s a possibility we’ll try to set it up as something permanent, get nonprofit status. I have a domain and haven’t started a website, but could start it as a foundation.
Q: Was your favorite book picked?
A: My favorite book is the one the crowd picked. I think it’s so incredible they came together and chose something so peacefully.
Q: So you’ve been pleased with the experience so far?I love these people, they’re so awesome. A: It’s all book people. They’re so nice. Even when they’re criticizing me, they’re so polite about it. Even when they come on my blog and tell me what a dunderhead I am. They’re so polite about it. I have really tried to include that spirit.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Book Club: And the winner is...
The people have spoken. On March 25th, afterschool at 4pm in the library, come eat and discuss
Sign up in the library with Mrs. Wilson. When we meet on the 25th, we'll also discuss which student will pick the book and lead the discussion for April. Hope to see you there!
Here's one more look at the BookTweet for City of Bones.
See the fan-make trailer one more time:
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Sign up in the library with Mrs. Wilson. When we meet on the 25th, we'll also discuss which student will pick the book and lead the discussion for April. Hope to see you there!
Here's one more look at the BookTweet for City of Bones.
City of Bones in 140 characters or less:
Human girl falls for angelic Shadowhunter while he fights demons and tries to save girl's mom. Not Twilight but close. Mindbending end.
Human girl falls for angelic Shadowhunter while he fights demons and tries to save girl's mom. Not Twilight but close. Mindbending end.
See the fan-make trailer one more time:
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
BookTweet: Graceling
Voting Options #1: Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Enjoy a publisher-made trailer...
Enjoy a publisher-made trailer...
BookTrailer: City of Bones
Voting Option #2: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Enjoy a fan-made trailer...
Enjoy a fan-made trailer...
BookTrailer: Incarceron
Voting Option #3: Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Enjoy a publisher-made trailer...
Enjoy a publisher-made trailer...
BookTrailer: Hush Hush
Voting Option #4: Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Enjoy a librarian-made trailer...
Enjoy a librarian-made trailer...
BookTrailer: Marked
Voting Option #5: Marked by PC and Kristin Cast
Enjoy a fan-made trailer done entirely with stop-action American Girl dolls (seriously)...
Enjoy a fan-made trailer done entirely with stop-action American Girl dolls (seriously)...
Saturday, September 26, 2009
BookTweet: Story of a Girl
Story of a Girl in 140 characters or less:Deanna's dad caught her w/an older boy 2 yrs ago & life @ school & home is still miserable. How can she move on if no one will let her?
Book Club for October 2009
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
September Book Club
In September, we'll have our first book club meetings. All students who want to attend should read the book and come prepared to discuss all the juicy tidbits. Please do read the book first because we're definitely going to talk about the ending and we don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't read it yet. You do not have to bring a copy of the book. Just bring yourself.
Watch book trailers for both books on the library wiki @
http://heritagelibrary.wikispaces.com/Book+Clubs
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
Come to either:
Tuesday, September 22 @ 8am
Wednesday, September 23 @ 4pm
Shift
by Jennifer Bradbury
Come to either:
Tuesday, September 22 @ 4pm
Wednesday, September 23 @ 8am
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Watch book trailers for both books on the library wiki @
http://heritagelibrary.wikispaces.com/Book+Clubs
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
Come to either:
Tuesday, September 22 @ 8am
Wednesday, September 23 @ 4pm
Shift
by Jennifer Bradbury
Come to either:
Tuesday, September 22 @ 4pm
Wednesday, September 23 @ 8am
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