New YA Releases in the Nook

New YA Releases in the Nook
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Friday, April 29, 2011

What are Nooksters Reading?







A Chilling Good Time

On April 14 and 21, the Nook Book Club discussed Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater, the story of a teenage girl in love with her wolf, but surprise!-- he's not just a wolf, he's a werewolf! I'll admit that this storyline had a been there, done that in Twilight feel to it when I read the back cover. So as a person who was less than impressed with Twilight, I was kind of dreading reading this book. But I was soooo wrong! In my opinion, this book puts Twilight to shame. The love story is better (not so needy and desperate), the characters are more likeable (the guy has a sense of humor and the girl isn't terminally depressed), and the story more believable (as believable as werewolves can be anyway). But that's just my opinion. The overwhelming majority of Nooksters agreed with me although there were a few who weren't fans of the book. I personally thought the lovey dovey stuff would kill this book as far as my male Nooksters were concerned, but the fifth and sixth grade boys said that was their favorite part! :) In true Shiver fashion, we took part in a trivia contest with questions written on "snowballs" that the kids could throw at each other and then we enjoyed an icy popsicle during our discussion.

Our next, and final, book of the school season, is Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick. Seventh and eighth grade will meet Thursday, May 12, and the fifth/sixth graders will meet Thursday, May 19. Nooksters expressed that they do indeed want to meet over the summer, so we will meet in June and July during our regular times while taking August off. More information to come!