Thursday, April 19, 2007

Eragon @ the Library Lock-In

The next book on your to do list should be Eragon by Christopher Paolini. Eragon was made into a movie in 2006. If you haven't seen the movie Read It 1st--In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters. With a description like that how can you not try it.

Lunch Discussion

Check out the photos from the lunch discussion. We had great discussions. Feel free to continue the discussion online here on the blog!

HHS Reads


Happy reading!!

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Who's Your favorite?

Who is your favorite character from American Born Chinese? Tell us why!

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

American Born Chinese


I started reading the book, and all I kept thinking was, "what the heck?" I was not getting the whole monkey thing. Did not like the book all that much until it came together in the end. I really need to re-read it because it really is a good book and I think I will enjoy it knowing what the monkey thing is. It has a ton of great discussion points! I am excited to discuss it next week! Hope you all enjoy : ) Don't get hung up on the monkey...

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Authors

So, if anyone's curious as to how authors write, etc... in his latest video blog John has filmed himself with several other authors (including Scott Westerfield; I haven't read anything by the other authors). It's not his typical hilarious video, but it is interesting to see what authors do while they write :)

Also, if you're a Twilight/Stephenie Meyer fan: READ MY LAST ENTRY. It really would be nice to know so I can figure something out about it.

Bee, hopefully you're having a nice vacation!

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Stephenie Meyer Goodstuff

Ok, so. I have a few points to make, all of which center around everyone's favorite author :D

01. Prom Nights From Hell by Meg Cabot, Stephenie Meyer, and a few other authors didn't come out on April 1st like it was supposed to. The current release date is April 24th--hopefully they don't change it again! For anyone who's interested it's 4-6 short stories about paranormal prom dates, all of which go very wrong. It looks really good, and is by several fantastic authors so you should definately check it out once it's released!

02. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer comes out in paperback soon, and this is supposidly a "special edition" book, from what I understand. It will have the first chapter of Eclipse in it (yay!) as well as a few other goodies (I want to say a poster and maybe something like stickers but I can't remember for sure). Originally I thought it came out May 5th, which is the date of the Eclipse Prom (a Stephenie Meyer event in Phoenix, for those who aren't aware ^^), but after talking to the bookstore that is sponsering the event the current release date for this book is April 10th. Make sure to watch for it if you want to read the first chapter of Eclipse!

03. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer comes out August 7th. I talked to a few people at Barnes & Noble last night and asked them nicely to have a Eclipse release party, similar to what they do with Harry Potter. I got a name and e-mail to contact, but before I did so I wanted to find out how many people would be interested in going to it. That way we would be able to get the book at 12:01 AM rather than waiting until normal opening hours--if you're anywhere as obsessed with these books as I am you won't want to wait the extra 10 hours or so. Plus, what could be more fun than a party for it!?

Oh, and in terms of what I've read recently. Frankenstein, which wasn't very good. I wouldn't reccomend it, though learn about the author if you're bored. Mary Shelley had a very interesting life...

Monday, April 02, 2007

More on American Born Chinese

Check out this review of American Born Chinese, it is interesting and gives us some interesting information. It will also give you a great overview without giving away the story. I would encourage you to check it out if you a little skeptical about reading it.

Something else to check-out is an interview with the author of American Born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang.