Teachers as Readers Book Club 09-10

I do enjoy this gathering of people and the short, interesting discussion about each book. The ensuing ideas and book talks about other interesting books would keep me going 24-hours a day forever. Good people. Intellectual conversation. Pie and Diet Coke. Can you beat that combo?

Here's the list for 2008-2009

September 9, 2009 (missed the meeting)
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy - Ally Carter
....(This is #2 in a series, the first is I'd Tell You That I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You)
Deep and Dark and Dangerous - Mary Downing Hahn READ
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney

October 14, 2009 (another missed meeting)
Epic - Connor Kostick
The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings - Alan Gratz
A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray

November 11, 2009 (yippee, finally made it!)
Football Genius- Tim Green
Get Well Soon - Julie Halpern
Gym Candy - Carl Deuker

December 9, 2009
Homeboyz - Alan Lawrence Sitomer READ
How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-boyfriend - Jeanette Rallison READ
Jinx - Meg Cabot

January 13, 2010
Masquerade - Melissa de la Cruz READ
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - Gabrielle Zevin READ
Peak - Roland Smith

February 10, 2010
Repossessed by A. M. Jenkins READ
Right Behind You - Gail Giles READ
Schooled - Gordon Korman READ
The Warrior Heir - Cinda Williams Chima READ

March.
Skulduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy
Story of a Girl - Sara Zarr
Th1rteen R3easons Why - Jay Asher

April
The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan
Twisted - Laurie Halse Anderson
The Wizard Heir - Cinda Williams
(This is #2 in The Heir Series)

May
Antsy Does Time - Neal Shusterman
Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater READ
Fat Cat - Robin Brande READ
Forest of Hands and Teeth - Carrie Ryan

Teachers as Readers Book Club 08-09

This year I'm going to try to go to the Teachers as Readers Book Club, which is sponsored by the Tucson Reading Association, meeting the second Wednesday of the month at 5 at Something Sweet on Speedway. The reading list for the year has been chosen from the IRA 2008 Young Adult Choices list.

For Sept. 10th:
The Amazing Life of Birds - Gary Paulsen READ
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl - Tanya Lee Stone READ
Being Bindy - Alyssa Brugman
The Boy Book - E Lockhart (seq. to The Boyfriend List) READ
.....OFF LIST:
My Most Excellent Year - Steve Kluger WILL READ SOON
Outside Beauty - Cynthia Kadohata

for Oct 8th:
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - John Boyne
Everlost - Neal Shusterman
15 Minutes - Steve Young DNF-Yuck
Fly on the Wall - E. Lockhart READ
.....OFF LIST:
Parrotfish - Ellen Wittlinger
Sunrise over Falllujah - Walter Dean Myers
The Black Book of Colors - Menena Cottin & Rosana Faria READ

for Nov 12:
Hell Phone - William Sleator DNF-Yuck
Hormone Jungle: Coming of Age in Middle School - Brod Bagert READ
It's A Mall World After All - Janette Rallison
.....OFF LIST:
Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins READ
Sucks to be Me

for Dec 10.
Holiday Book Exchange

for Jan 14.
Lush - Natasha Friend
Maybe - Brent Runyon READ
Mismatch - Lensey Namioka
My Lost and Found Life - Melodie Bowsher READ

for Feb 11.
New Moon - Stephanie Meyer CANCELLED
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Painting Caitlyn - Kimberly Joy Peters
Pieces of Georgia - Jen Bryant READ
Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature - Brande READ

for March 11
Pretty Little Liars - Sara Shepard
Returnable Girl - Pamela Lowell CANCELLED
School's Out - Forever - James Patterson
Small Steps - Louis Sachar
Bones of Faerie - Janni Lee Simner READ
Nation - Pratchett

for April 8
Capirotada: A Nogales Memoir (One-Book)
Hip Hip Hooray It's Monsoon Day - (Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford (One-Book)
What Happened to Cass McBride - Gail Giles READ
Jellicoe Road - Melina Marchetta (Printz)
Loud Silence of Francine Green - Karen Cushman READ

for May 14 (Wed. instead of Tues.)
Chandra's Secrets - Allan Stratton
Estrella' Quinceanera - Malin Alegria
Chains - Laurie Halse Anderson
Godless - Pete Hautman READ
The Compound - S. A. Bodeen
The True Meaning of Smekday - Adam Rex

for June 18 (date change)
Absolute Brightness - James Lecesne
Tender Morsels - Margo Lanagan
Brooklyn Bridge - Karen Hesse READ
Heroes of the Valley - Jonathan Stroud
Dave at Night - Gail Carson Levine READ
The Dust of 100 Dogs - A. S. King
The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trent Lee Stewart

for July 15
The Glory Field - Walter Dean Myers
Savvy - Ingrid Law READ
Fold - An Na
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea - Valerie Zenatti READ
The Rule of Won - Stefan Petrucha READ
The Hound of Rowan - Henry Neff

for Aug. 9th
The Alchemist - #1 The Secrets of Immortal Nicholas Flamel - Michael Scott
Beastly - Alex Flinn
Bunker 10 - J. A. Henderson
Chess Rumble - G. Neri