Next Book Choice:

Betsy Tacy

Best Friends Forever
There are lots of children on Hill Street, but no little girls Betsy's age. So when a new family moves into the house across the street, Betsy hopes they will have a little girl she can play with. Sure enough, they do--a little girl named Tacy. And from the moment they meet at Betsy's fifth birthday party, Betsy and Tacy become such good friends that everyone starts to think of them as one person--Betsy-Tacy.

Betsy and Tacy have lots of fun together. They make a playhouse from a piano box, have a sand store, and dress up and go calling. And one day, they come home to a wonderful surprise--a new friend named Tib.

Ever since their first publication in the 1940's, the Betsy-Tacy stories have been loved by each generation of young readers.

Review

"I read every one of these Betsy-Tacy-Tib books twice. I loved them as a child, as a young adult, and now, reading them with my daughter, as a mother. What a wonderful world it was!" -- Bette Midler, actor and singer

flush

I think that flush was actually boring and interesting at the same time. It was interesting because I could not stop reading it. It was boring because at some points, the author would just go on talking about something that already happened.

book for next time

At our meeting on Sunday, I chose Flush by Carl Hiaasen for our next book.

Also, we decided that Rhianna will pick next, and then Lydia. After that we'll rotate back through Sophia, Hannah, Charlotte, Rhianna, and Lydia again.

My favorite part about the book, was that there were some moments in the book, that were like little intermissions. Example:[Ok, Carter, give me the mic]

I liked how Carter and Sadie took turns telling the story. Did you?
I also liked how the book had a lot of details. No wonder the chapters were long!
By the way, great suggestion, Hannah!

a link about The Red Pyramid

i found this information on wikipedia. enjoy!

Thoughts.....

Hmmmm.................

It was OKAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I liked Kufu the baboon!!!!!! He has quite odd dietary habits.

It was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(that part about Kufu)

this book (the red pyramid) reminds me of of harry potter, because there are major villians in both books (set and voldemort).

2 thumbs up!

I seriously can't wait for the sequel. I am practically jumping up and down with excitement! The first book was so good! Is anyone else jumping?

Isabelle Bean

Drawings of Isabelle Bean from "Falling In":

Charlotte:

Hannah:

Lydia:

Rhianna:

go girls!

i hope we have a lot more activities! last time we met, that draw-isabelle's-face thing was fun! we got to scan the pictures and everything! check for them on our blog in the near future.

Second Book Chosen!

Charlotte, Rhianna, Lydia, and Hannah met on Saturday, May 8 and after some discussion, chose the following book:

The Red Pyramid, The Kane Chronicles Book 1

by Rick Riordan

Here's the description of the book from Amazon.com:

Since their mother’s death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane.

One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives.

Soon, Sadie and Carter discover that the gods of Egypt are waking, and the worst of them--Set--has his sights on the Kanes. To stop him, the siblings embark on a dangerous journey across the globe--a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.

Here's some more information from the back flap of the book:

From the author of the blockbuster best-selling series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, comes the first installment of the Kane Chronicles, combining non-stop action, humor, and suspense in an epic tale of loyalty and heroism.

Next Book Consideration

Hi all,

As we get ready to meet tomorrow evening and discuss "Falling In", we also need to think about our next book selection. Use the comments for your ideas!

Have any of you read the "Besty-Tacy" books?
This is a series about the friendship of two girls in the late-1800's to early 1900s. The houses that two girls grew up are going to be named as National Historic Landmarks this month. They're in Mankato, MN, just southwest of Minneapolis.

Rhianna has aunts and cousins in Minneapolis. Maybe someday we could have a book club trip!

Question

How long do we have to finish reading this book?????? I think we should have two weeks to finish the book and come up with the discussion questions. So maybe next book club we should share our final thoughts about the book as a group. I think that each book club meeting we should share our thoughts about the finished book and choose a new book. What do you guys think of that idea?????? Also what social thing will we discuss next meeting. Are we rotating whose house the meeting is going to be at? I think anyone who wants to host the meeting should get a chance to. Lastly who are all the people in the book group and do they all know about the blog????????

First Group Book Chosen

Sophia, Peninah and Rhianna met this evening. They added to the potential book list posted by Charlotte via the "comments" and then, after some discussion chose the following book for the group:


  
Falling In,

by Frances O'Roark Dowell



Here's the blurb from the front flap of the jacket:

B z z z z z z z
The buzzing sound?
Do you hear that?
There it is again.
B z z z z z z z
No? Well, I really shouldn't have asked. Most people can't hear it, anyway. But, if you could, you'd think it sounds like you're teetering on the edge of the universe. That's what Isabelle Bean thinks...and she's not that far from the truth.
B z z z z z z z
You really don't hear that?
Well, it's actually not that great to have a buzzing in your ear. It's distracting for one thing. And when Isabelle starts listening to the buzz instead of, say, her boring teacher, strange things happen. She gets sent to the principal's office (that's not so strange), but then while awaiting her punishment, she tumbles into an adventure — into another world that's a little bit different, a little bit Hansel & Gretel-y, a little bit like a fairy tale, which would be great, but...did I mention that Isabelle is an unusual dresser? When she shows up in fairy-tale land wearing her favorite high, pointy boots, the fairy-tale people start thinking that Isabelle is a witch — and not just any witch, but the witch!

We decided that for the sake of moving forward, the book decisions get to be made by whomever is at the meeting. We'll have plenty of time for everybody to advocate for their choices at future meetings.

There was much fun had outside before we sat down and showed the girls how to log in to Blogger and make comments and new posts. Then some indoor game playing before the book decision was made. What was overall a wonderful evening, did have its moment of drama when an outdoor accident resulted in an injury. Hey! How many people can say that their book group is a contact sport?! But all's well that ends well and the evening ended with big smiles and excitement about reading Falling In.

We're scheduled to meet again on Saturday, May 8th, but there is some desire to do this on late Sunday afternoon rather than Saturday evening. So, we'll see how everybody feels about Sunday, May 9th at 5pm.

Meanwhile, the girls find out how they get along with the book and whether they want to share any of their reading experiences here.

Read along now...

Ideas For Books

Here are some ideas for hooks we could possibly read:

1. A Wrinkle In Time By Madeline L'Engle
2. The Percy Jackson series By Rick Rordian
3. The Half Magic series By Edward Eager
4. Harriet The Spy By Louise Fitzhugh
5. Chasing Vermeer By Blue Balliet
6. The Mysterious Benedict Society By Trenton Lee Stewart
7. The Evolution Of Calpernia Tate By Jacqueline Kelly
8. Warriors Into The Wild By Erin Hunter
9. Little House On The Prairie By Laura Wilder
10. Anne Frank Life In Hiding By Johanna Hurwitz
11. Sounder By William Armstrong
12. A Little Princess By Frances Burnett
    

We Have A Book Group!

Hi,

We're a group of girls in Boston who get together to talk about the books we're reading and the books we like.

We've just started, so join in if you want!