And we're off!

I had a great time last night with Susan, Menley and Katia, and look forward to seeing returning and new members at our next meeting!

Our book for this month is The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. I'm really looking forward to reading this novel, as I am a huge Neil Gaiman fan, and am curious as to why someone would grow up in a cemetery! I thought it would be a perfect pick for our October (spooky) meeting. The novel has won several awards, including the Newbery Award and Hugo Award! If you enjoy the novel, I would also strongly suggest reading Gaiman's Stardust - it's fantastic!

I have tons of copies of The Graveyard Book at the library for anyone who wasn't able to attend last night. Just let staff know you need to pick up a copy, and they will get one for you!

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, October 17th. I hope to see you all there!

Lindsay

February's Meeting

Remember that our next book club meeting will be tomorrow night. We will be talking about Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey. So far I have heard great response to this book from those of you that I have seen in the library, so hopefully that will make for a fun meeting. I'm particularly excited about our craft for this meeting, which has absolutely no correlation to the book! Next month's selection is The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau.

I hope to see you all tomorrow!
Jessica

January's Meeting

Our next book club meeting is tonight. Once again, we'll be welcoming a couple of new members! The book for discussion is The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Only having been familiar with the 1939 movie, I found all of the differences between the book and the movie quite interesting. You will also receive our book for next month, Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey. It is in the running for the 2012 Red Maple award.

See you tonight!
Jessica

November's Meeting

I'm glad everyone was able to make it for our last meeting and hopefully we can keep that good momentum going. We'll also be welcoming a couple of new members! The book for discussion is The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and we'll be doing a festive craft (one that you haven't done before, I promise!). You will also receive our book for next month, The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. I don't know about you, but I will really appreciate a happy ending after the last book.

See you soon!

Jessica

Last Meeting Tomorrow Night!

Hello Everyone:

Sad, but true, it's almost time for our last meeting of this school year!

Tomorrow night we will have our discussion on Anne of Green Gables as well as try our hand at a recycled craft.

Hope to see you all at 7:30!

Lindsay

May's Meeting

Hi everyone:

It was so good to have almost everyone together at our meeting last week!

If you missed the meeting, our last book for the year will be Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery. I have copies of the book on my desk if you still need one - just ask the staff!

Our next (last!) meeting will be on May 18th from 7:30-8:30... I'll try to come up with a fun activity to finish off our time together. If you have any thoughts, let me know!

See you soon!

Lindsay

Book Club tomorrow night!

Hi everyone:

Hope you all had a marvelous March Break, and managed to squeeze reading The Breadwinner into your busy schedules!

We will be meeting tomorrow night at the regular time (7:30 pm) to talk about this book and complete a little activity.

I'll also be handing out our book for April's meeting - Blubber by Judy Blume. Believe it or not, I've never actually read any Judy Blume books, so this will be new for me, if not for some of you!

Hope to see you all tomorrow night,
Lindsay

It's been a while

Yikes! How time flies!

A few of you missed our meeting last week, but not to worry, copies of our new book are on my desk at the library. We will be reading "The Breadwinner". Mom's already finished it and she loved it!

I've also picked the last two books that we will be reading this year if you want to read ahead. The titles are in the column on the right hand side of this page.

See you on March 23rd!
Lindsay

Meeting Date: Tomorrow!

Hi everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season, and managed to squeeze in reading our book for this month!

Our next meeting is tomorrow night (Wed. Jan 19) at 7:30.

Don't forget to bring a discussion question or two to put into our question box!

Lindsay

Reminder: Book Club tomorrow night!

Hi Everyone:

Ready for our second meeting?

I'm really interested to hear all of your thoughts on this month's book Word Nerd. I will also hand out our new book, Out of the Cold by Norah McClintock.

Also, get ready for a spooky surprise - I've found a crazy halloween craft for us to do - brace yourselves, this one's interesting!

See you all tomorrow night at 7:30.

Lindsay

Book Club Begins Again!

It's almost time to register for this year's book club!

Mom and I are so excited to get started this year. You can register for the book club starting on September 7th. Don't forget to sign up both mom and daughter! Space is limited, so sign up early!

I will hand out our official first book at our meeting on September 22nd. However, to get us started, I would love to hear about the favourite book each of you read over the summer.

See you all soon!

Lindsay

Ingrid and the Wolf

Hi everyone!

It was great to see many of you last night as we talked about life, death and chocolate!

If you didn't make it to the meeting, there are copies of our new book "Ingrid and the Wolf" by Andre Alexis in my office at the library. It's a short novel, so it won't take you too long to read!

This will be our last book we read together, as May 19th will be our last meeting for the year! If you have any great ideas of what we should do for our last meeting, email me, or post them here!

See you in May,
Lindsay

New Book Available

Hi Everyone:

It was great to see so many of you last night, and card-making fun was had by all!

If you weren't able to attend the meeting, I have extra copies of our next book on my desk.

See you on April 21st!
Lindsay

March Title

Hi everyone:

I'm so excited to announce to you that we will be reading Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt as our next book for April.

I will hand out the books at our next meeting - remember, our new date is Wed. March 24th at 7:30 pm.

Hope to see you all there!
Lindsay

New March Meeting Date!

Hi Everyone:

Since you are all escaping for March Break, we have moved the next meeting to Wednesday, March 24th at 7:30 pm. I hope to see all of you there!

Lindsay

New Book

Hi Everyone!

It was great to see so many of you out for our chocolate party and movie viewing this week! I for one am still recovering from the sugar shock!

If you couldn't make it this week, I have copies of our next book Losing Forever on my desk. Please go ahead and ask the staff for a copy if I am not in.

As for our meeting date in March - seems like all of you have decided to go away for March Break! So, I will look in to getting the date changed. Keep checking here for an update once I have a new date.

Enjoy the book, and don't worry - Spring is just around the corner!

Lindsay

Valentine's Day Party!

Hi everyone:

Just a quick reminder that we will be meeting early on February 17th. We will start the party at 7 pm sharp with a quick discussion about The Secret Garden, and then enjoy the movie version! Don't forget, we will also have a chocolate fountain for the evening - Happy Valentine's Day! We will meet in the Neill Room off of the children's section so we have a better view of our feature film.

Our new book for March will be Losing Forever by Gayle Friesen. For those of you who were in book club last year, she is the same author who wrote The Isabel Factor. I think you will all enjoy this one just as much!

See you next week,
Lindsay

It's Classic Month!

Hi everyone:

It was great to see you all last evening, as well as to welcome Maria and Meagan to our group!
I have handed out our new book: The Secret Garden and have one copy in my office for each of the families that were not present last night. Just ask for them when you are in!

Our next meeting will be on Wed. February 17th, but will start at 7:00 pm so that we can watch all of The Secret Garden and decide which is better, the book or the movie. We we also be celebrating Valentine's Day with the Chocolate fountain!!!

I would love to hear what you have all been reading lately, and whether or not you would recommend others read them. Post your comments here!

Happy New Year,
Lindsay

Book Club Meeting Tomorrow Night!

It's that time again!

I can't wait to see you all tomorrow evening, and to discuss what you all thought of "Uglies".
We're going to try something crafty again tomorrow: bracelets that are great for giving away to friends for the holidays - or just because!

Our book for December/January (alas, we will not meet again until Jan. 20th, 2010!) will be a little bit of an adventure, that is the mothers will choose for the daughters, and the daughters will choose for the mothers!

See you all tomorrow night,
Lindsay

And we're off!

It was great to see old and new faces at our first book club meeting last evening. If you are a member from last year, please remember that you do need to register at the library for this year if you are intending on coming - you can do this online at www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/programs/

Our next meeting will be on October 21st at 7:30 pm, and our book for that evening will be Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. I've given out all of the books I had, but there are still other copies of the book in the system should you sign up for the program and still need one!

Also at our next meeting, we will have someone coming in to help us make hand-painted scarves, so start thinking creatively!

Don't forget, you can always post on this blog to let us know what you are reading, thinking about, or any questions you have.

See you all soon!

Lindsay