Library Thing

A few book clubs ago we read Looking for Alaska by John Green, and since then we've had a hay-day with the whole "in-your(my)-pants" phrase and his & Hank's video blog.

Also, I know several of us here are on Library Thing, and lo and behold the most recent video blog of John's talks about Library Thing. So if you know what Library Thing is, and haven't been watching the Brotherhood 2.0 blogs you should check this out--I'm sure you'll be able to relate to it. And if you don't know what Library Thing is you should still watch it because it will make you laugh (and really not want to eat horshradish).

/random.

And on to books! I'm 90ish pages into Are We There Yet? and have to say I really am not liking this book. Bleugh.

For my British Literature course at UWL though we have to read Sense & Sensibility which I'm pretty excited for. The public library doesn't open for another 7 minutes though so I haven't checked mine out yet. Hopefully I'll like it, I've been wanting to read something by Jane Austen.

Boy Meets Boy

I just finished (actually I finished this a couple weeks ago and forgot to finish my post until this morning) Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan. At first it annoyed me that the city was so nice. Everyone seemed to accept everyone. There didn't seem to be conflict in the normal sense of things. However, after finishing it and thinking it through, I think that is the point. Levithan gives us a picture of how life in an accepting community looks. Initially I think I was irritated that Boy Meets Boy was unrealistic, but I think I was more irritated that our school doesn't necessarily live up to the school environment that Paul's does. I don't know that any school can live up to the example set in Boy Meets Boy, but I think it would be wonderful if it could. The community accepts people as they are and doesn't try to change them to fit molds of our society.

so i just finished reading Forever in Blue by Ann Brashares. it's really good and it's the end of the series and it really made me mad, but it is so addicting that it's not even funny. for those of you who have read it, tell me what you think.

In the news

On Monday night, your very own Bee was on the news with Martha on My Community TV featuring us using the blog. So I thought I would share it with you...

**Unfortunately, as of last week 3/1/2007 (when I checked), the video is no longer on their website.**

Reading Rants

Reading Rants

This is a cool website created by a middle school librarian, Jennifer Hubert, she creates unique reading lists for young adults. There are a few that I thought you would be especially interested in...

Just "Fanging" Around
Nail Biters
Graphic Fantastic

If you could...

In Timeline, scientists develop way to time-travel. If you could travel through time, would you? What time would you travel to? Why? Is there someone you would like to meet? Why? What questions would you ask this person?

Looking Ahead

Our next discussion is for Read it 1st. We will be discussing Timeline by Michael Crichton. An action packed novel where scientists researching time travel get stuck in Medevil Europe. Will they get back? Read it to find out. The discussion will be on February 22 during all thre lunches and at 6:30 p.m. we will be showing the movie in the library. Pick-up your copy in the library today!

Happy reading!

John Green...

...is a fantastic author. For sure :) I haven't been so taken by an author since Twilight last April (though in a completely different way--no offence Miles, but Edward is 100x better :P). Anyways, Looking for Alaska was FANTASTIC. I know a lot of people had issues reading it because it was kind of hard to relate to at the beginning (I did too, but I blamed that on having just finished Eldest...Alabama is just slightly a different setting). I don't know what it was about the book that has me so obsessed, but it's really good.

There are a lot of thought provoking events in it, and a lot of hilarious ones. A definate must read, in my opinion :D (I would sort of classify it with The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Donnie Darko, etc..., and I'm not even quite sure why because they're definately different but there's something about it that is similar).

Currently I am three chapters into An Abundance of Katherines, also by John Green. I didn't want to start it right after finishing Looking for Alaska due to the, event, that occurs during the book (the entire thing is dated a x many days before/after the event) but now a week or so later I'm loving it. John Green is definately an author that if I ever see a new book by him I won't hesitate to buy a copy ^^