December's Meeting

December's book choice is The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner.  Date: Dec 12 at Chez Jack.
Alternate book choices were:
The Prince of Fennway Park
The Graveyard Book

November's Meeting

November's meeting will discuss the Ruins of Gorlan, book 1 of the Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan.


Alternate suggestions were:
-Ender's Game by Orson Scot Card
-Lucky Star and the Moons of Jupiter, Isaac Asimov


Thanks to Owen for 3 great book ideas!

October's Meeting

Octobers meeting will discuss the Red Pyramid, by Rick Riordan.
Alternate book choices were:
-The Mysterious Benedict Society
-The Misadventures of Maude March or Trouble Rides a Fast Horse

Book Club Pot Luck

The Red Pyramid

The Red Pyramid has been one of my favorite books this summer. The main characters are a brother and sister, but they grew up apart and don't know each other very well. They have different points of view and personalities, and this is fun to read.

Green Glass Sea, by Ellen Klages

The Green Glass Sea: Awesome book!

Slow start, but gets better. Way better.

The characters seemed to be real people, not made up to be symbols of something else.

Should be a good discussion!

Right now I am reading a great sci fi book called Enders Game. It is about a boy who goes to a space acadamy and fights alien "Buggers".

-Ben

I just finished reading The 6th Grade Nickname Game. It is about 2 6thgrade boys who nickname everything. They take a bet with "Snoopy". If they can't prove the right nickname sticks "Snoopy" gets a new nickname.It is very good.

Hey Gang;

Aidan and I have picked up this book - 50 Dangerous Things (you should let your children do) - and have been enjoying it! Though many of the items are not dangerous enough for our tastes, there is enough fun stuff in here to make it worthwhile.  So far we have made a bomb, thrown stones, stuck hands out of car windows, and stood on a roof.  All resoundingly fun!

Happy Fourth Of July

Hope everyone is off to a great start of the summer. Ben and I have enjoyed watching The World Cup and are psyched for the Fourth of July celebrations.

For the Dad's, two great soccer books come to mind. 1) Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby -- about a long-suffering Arsenal fan who is a bit of a man-child. Much better than the Red Sox film version; and 2) Brilliant Orange by David Winner -- subtitled "the neurotic genius of Dutch football", this is a great introduction to the Dutch at a time that their team is seeing great success.

How about the boys? Any suggestions for soccer or Independence Day books? What is everyone else up to?