Reading: December 2011 Archives
The Lower School Guys Read group met on November 30 and compared ideas on The Maze Runner by James Dashner and its two sequels. Hearing about the sequels made the rest of us want to finish all three books, and members only told a few spoilers on The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure. For the winter break period, we picked two books: Watchmen (graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons) and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Those hungry for more can read the two Hunger Games sequels, Catching Fire and Mockingjay. (I have them in my Audible account and plan to listen while driving.) The January meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, the 11th.
The Read for Fun Upper School club had two meetings recently--on November 18 we discussed Divergent and nominated several books (see our Book Club Selections and Nominees page), from which they chose Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin. It was a quick and satisfying read with some of the same ideas and themes as Divergent and I Am Number Four, but with a little more depth, artistic language, and character development. And it tells about one of the best gifts of all. For the holidays, we are taking on the massive Game of Thrones by veteran writer George R. R. Martin. Three of our students put on a powerful chapel presentation on the series and probably encouraged a lot of people to read. (I'm not much of a TV watcher and hate to pay for HBO, but I may rent the season after I finish the first book.) The January Read for Fun meeting will be on Friday the 27th, so feel free to read on into the sequels, listed in order through the library's login at http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=noh&tg=UI&an=763648&site=novelist-live . Enjoy and have a happy break everyone!
