Hi everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year!! And hopefully everyone has recovered from the holidays :)

Just wanted to touch base with you regarding the date for the January pick discussion! I will be posting the discussion the last weekend of this month, January 29th. I hope everyone has a chance to read the book before then and I look forward to the discussion ahead! :)

Also, for February our pick is Dracula and this will wrap up the picks we made last year. Wow, time has flown by it seems!! So it is time to make some new choices for our bookclub!!

Please either post your list of books you would like to read in a comment to this message or feel free to email me the list! I am looking to plan for the next 3 months and I hope to have the choices posted by mid-January so that everyone will have time to acquire the books!

Thanks so much!!! And if you have any questions, please feel free to email me! :)

Lindsay

Hi everyone!

Couple of quick things to address:

1. Are we reading a holiday-themed book? I'm willing and I know we had mentioned it previously, but I just wanted to check since it's practically..December! (Where has this year gone??) Let me know if anyone has suggestions!!!

2. For December our pick is Frankenstein, just wanted to send out a reminder to everyone!! I have never read this book before and I'm really excited about it!! :)

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend!!! Monday's are always so awful coming back from a long weekend, I know I'll be glad to get home and relax today!

Lindsay :)

Hi everyone!!!

Just curious, since not many seem to be posting anymore, has anyone finished reading "City of Bones"? Let me know! I'd love to have a discussion about the book but if no one is interested/hasn't finished reading- I will wait to post the discussion until after Thanksgiving.

Hope to hear back from everyone!!

Lindsay :)

So I am still waiting for I am Number Four from the library. I read Rachel Cohn : Nick [0375835334] Norah's Infinite Playlist. I really enjoyed this one. The dialogue was funny and clever. The characters were interesting. I guess I am showing my age, since the assumption that these teens were having active sex lives did make me a bit uncomfortable. But overall, I would recommend this one. Rick Riordan : Percy Jackson [0786838655] the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Book One (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) was fun and exciting. I can see why all the students I work with have enjoyed this series so much. I also appreciate the inclusion of so much mythology which, I know from some students I know, has encouraged further reading on Greek and Roman mythology. It was also neat to see a character who has some of the problems that many of my students have (dyslexia, ADD) who was a hero. Neil Gaiman : Coraline
was of course funny and clever. Like all Neil Gaiman's books it had wonderful and familiar fairy tale elements. It was just a little bit creepy but not really scary. I really appreciate Gaiman's ability to write from a child's perspective. Coraline is clever, brave and resourceful but still a little girl.

I have a couple of books from Librarything to read and review and then I am going to reread To Kill A Mockingbird.

Hi everyone!!!

Just wanted to check the status of those who will be reading this book with the group!

Has everyone managed to get a copy? Just trying to get a time frame on when we can start reading! :)

Have a great Sunday!!!!

I might be interested in joining your discussion on some of these books, what is your method of discussion, just posting to this forum?

Hi everyone!!!

Sorry I'm just now getting to post the list; summer classes are going to be the death of me!

Anyways, here is the list! I hope you all are happy with the choices!!

"I Am Number Four"

"Percy Jackson's The Lightening Thief"

"Coraline"

"Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist"

"To Kill a Mockingbird"

I hope everyone is OK with the choices and I'm sure we will enjoy them all! :)

Later, we can work through the others you all listed as well!

Hi everyone!!!

Glad to see so many of you are interested in a summer reading group!!

I did manage to come with one idea (but I am always open to suggestions!!); how about a reading list complied of books made into movies?

Let me know your thoughts and if you have any other suggestions! :)

Hope to hear from you all soon!

Lindsay :)

Hi everyone!!!

Happy Summer to you all!!! I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!!

Sorry to have abandoned the group for a few months! The end of the school year is always the craziest time for me!

However, now that school is ending this coming Friday I thought maybe we could come up with some summer reading fun! :)

So if anyone is interested, please let me know!!! After we gather a group we can then work on a list of books!

Hope to hear from you all soon!!!

Lindsay :)

Hey ladies!!

Since the four of us (me, Heather, Andrea and our new bookmooch friend, Stephaine!) are the ones who seem to post the most on here, I'm thinking we should take into consideration what WE want to read! :)

With that being said...

March- Need by Carrie Jones (first book in the series)

The best way I know to describe this book is, Stephen King + Twilight + Pixies + Shapeshifters = Need

I think you all will love this book!!!!

April- Marked by P.C. and Kristen Cast (this is the first in the series also)

This would be a "grown-up" Harry Potter but with vampires!

May- Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (again, first in the series)

"Grown-up" Harry Potter + Gossip Girl + Vampires + Hot mentor = Vampire Academy

Rose (the main character) is a woman after my own heart! She puts up with no BS, VERY protective of her friends and loves to have a good time!

I think you guys will enjoy this one!! Plus, I know it will help some of you (Heather ;) ) clear up a TBR book!! Haha.

All of this books have been around a couple of years so therefore should be pretty easy to find at library's and used bookstores. Again, if you need my help in tracking down a book - I don't mind at all!! I visit Half-Price Books on a regular basis and would be glad to help anyone out!!

And as a reminder:

I'll be posting The Hunger Games discussion the last weekend of this month.

And don't forget! Our Feb. pick is Dracula and I hope you all enjoy it!! :)

Hi everyone!!!

Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!!

Just wanted to touch base and see where everyone stood on their reading for the challenge and The Hunger Games?

Post updates here and we will try to get some discussions going!!!

So now that you have your "person" to chose for, here is a list of catagories you can make suggestions in! I chose to go with a "January" theme for this first month- hopefully this will make it a little easier to chose books for your partner!

Here we go!

A. Try Something New

1. New Author- have you read someone lately that you'd love to share with a friend? Or an author you've been wanting to read? Suggest them here!

2. New Series- do you have a series that you LOVE and feel others would like too? List it here!

3. New Genre- check out your partners mooch list (keep in mind some of us mooch for the Angel Network though!)- notice they typically read just one genre all the time? Or two? Then suggest a new genre they may not have thought about reading before!

B. Better Year- Better You

1. Lose Weight!- check out your partners wishlist, see a book on there that has moochable copies but they haven't mooched it yet? Suggest it here! If none listed, perhaps picks a book that Amazon has listed for a .01 so it's one less book on that person's wishlist!

2. Save $$- suggest a book that you liked (but didn't love, or you feel you wouldn't love) for your partner to check out for free from their library!

3. Enjoy Life More!- pick a book that you feel would be a fun read for your partner! The idea for this catagory is to chose something your partner can read after a hard day at work, or school and they need something to unwind that doesn't take much focus! And yes, cheesy romance novels could apply here! :)

Well, there you have it! I hope you all will enjoy this challenge and the categories listed!!!

Please try to make your suggestions no later than this Thursday, January 20th, so that we can get started reading!! Also, please make all suggestions using this forum (and not a new message).

I look forward to everyone suggestions (I'm sure I'll be adding a ton of books to my reading list!) and if you need help PLEASE email me!!! I've gotten to know most of you pretty well through Bookmooch and I would be happy to help anyone who might need a few ideas for their partner!

Happy Reading!!!! :)

I'm not sure I belong in this forum, although I could be accurately described as a bookworm. BUT . . . I don't go for most of the books listed on BM. I detest endless series of formula books which recycle a character and soon you don't remember which book is which. I am against "conspiracies to take over the world" -- what are they going to do with it if they get it. I am also violently allergic to serial killers, vampires, psychics, so-called horror (what can top the Holocaust, Hiroshima & Nagasaki, and casual genocides?), science fiction and sappy (aren't they all, though?) romances. Oprah's choices are not mine at all. So I read mostly old books, often from second hand books shops or thrift shops. Unfortunately as I get older (and I have been at it for over 7 decades) the "old" books get newer and newer, and my choices get fewer and fewer. I forgot to mention "modern" inflated fiction, especially books of more that 300 pages or so. So we stick with the classics. By now, the trash of my youth have become today's classics. And what ever happened to the art of the essay?
When my daughter, an only child, was nursery age, she used to sit and tell herself stories. Will I have to write my own books?

Hi ladies!!

Welcome to the first "pick-it-for-me" challenge!

Here are the partner lists:

Lindsay picks for Stephaine
Stephaine picks for Heather Rose
Heather Rose picks for Lindsay

Andrea picks for Amanda
Amanda picks for Cara
Cara picks for Andrea

***I know some of you were worried about being able to make picks for your person so I thought I would offer a couple of suggestions: use their wishlist! (especially if there are books listed on Bookmooch!) or if your person has listed some of their favorite authors/genres use www.fantasticfiction.com for suggestions! Even better, pick something for your partner that is near and dear to your heart- sharing our favorites should be what this bookclub is also about! :)

Hi ladies!

So I've decided to spice things up a bit in regards to our bookclub!! Here is what we are going to be doing:

Every month we will have a reading challenge PLUS our pick for that month! Now I understand that not everyone will have time to read additional books but I hope that every now and then those people will get to take part in our challenges! :)

First reading challenge:

PICK-IT-FOR-ME!

How does it work?

I will ask those who are interested in taking part to respond with a comment to this post.

Once everyone has responded (I will give everyone till Saturday!) I will then "partner" those people up!

I will then post a list of about 6 different genres or sub-genres (example would be: Paranormal, Young Adult Paranormal, Paranormal Romance).

For each genre you will be a book that you love or think that your partner will enjoy!

Ideally, it would be great if we could all read each other's picks! However, I know that is not always possible. So therefore, our goal should be to read AT LEAST 2 picks from your list!

The best part (besides discovering new books!!) is that we can have discussions all month!! So as your reading post your thoughts! Let us know how it's going and if you are enjoying the book!!

I hope everyone will be as excited about this as I am!!! Thanks to everyone for being a part of this bookclub!! :)

Hey ladies!

Sooo...what did you think??? Instead of listing in-depth questions to answer I thought we'd just start off simple (especially since it's a holiday weekend!)- did you like or dislike the book? Favorite characters? Least favorite? Any surprises?? Are you going to keep reading the series??

Let's get talking! :)

Lindsay

Hi everyone! My name is Stephanie. My partner, Amanda {Manda}, of 2 years (as of Jan 2, 2011) and I are both early childhood majors (year and a half to go!). We are both 20 years old and have a 5 year old son (from my previous relationship). We also have two pets Mario {big fat white cat} and Red {a sissy Pit bull/Terrier Mix}. I hope to teach 3rd grade and she wants to teach Kindergarten. We both have always loved to read, but sometimes struggle to find the time to read for pleasure instead of just school. This past semester we had a children’s literature class plus our lil man is finally interested in books and reading (we read like 4 books a night with him). Manda and I have recently started taking turns reading in the car. The first book we did it with was Bridge to Terabithia for our class, now we're reading Holes. We’ve been trying to decide what book we would like to read next and it looks like it’s going to be The Hunger Games.

I’m excited to be a part of the group! Can’t wait to start reading the January pick!

Hi everyone!!!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are getting ready to have a Happy New Year!!!

Did anyone happen to read our pick, Frankenstein, for December? If so, what were your thoughts about the book? Was it your first time reading it? Or your 2nd, etc?

Sorry I am late in posting the discussion for this month!! This holiday season has been a little hetic!!!

Happy New Year!!!!!

Lindsay :)

Hey there! I'm new to the group (and BookMooch in general) I was just wanting more info on how this group works. Thanks!

Hi Heather!

Thanks for taking part in the discussion! I read through your responses and kept nodding my head as I was reading! I, too, found myself not liking Tally, then liking her, then wanting to yell at her and then finally liking her again! The same thing with the book, I loved the book don't get me wrong!, but I found myself just shaking my head at the idea that you must be a "Pretty" in order to have a great life. This concerns me because I see our society, including our school system, developing this attitude.

For example, I LOVE watching Dancing with the Stars on ABC! I'm addicted to this show! However, a few seasons ago there was a controversy involving a Lane Bryant ad and the show- the Lane Bryant ad wanted to run during DWTS but the show would not sell advertising rights to it because it represented "plus-size" models and the producers/ABC felt this would be a turn-off to viewers. When I read about this I was livid! Who is to decide what body type watches this show? Can only size 0 women like this show?

I see more and more of this idea developing in so many people. Women and men are supposed to conform to the ideal body type and act a certain way. Gone are the days in which we are allowed to develop our own personalities and images. I do not believe the media, parents, etc truly understand the effect these things have on our youth. It is truly sad.

On a brighter note, I hope you enjoyed the book! It sounds like you did at least! :)

So what does everyone else think??? Agree? Disagree? Post your thoughts!

And remember, I will be posting another discussion board for our November pick "City of Bones" I hope everyone has had a chance to read this, it is a great book!!!