Summer Reading Update

Here is my list of books I wanted to complete this summer: The Reader by Bernhard Schlink  (saw the movie.  Does that count?) Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strut The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (re-read) Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (re-read) The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood Everything that [...]

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Review: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

Summary:  Colin Singleton only dates Katherines.  Nineteen of them to be exact.  When he is dumped by Katherine the XIX, he and his friend Hassan decide to take off on a road trip.  Did I mention that Colin is also a former child prodigy?  A borderline genius and an annagramming master, Colin Singleton must find [...]

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Teen Book Group and the Wonders of Skype

I posted earlier about starting a teen book group at the book store. Well, I am happy to report the group is up and running.  We had about ten or fifteen kids show up and we chose the following four books to read over the summer: 1.  An Abundance of Katerines by John Green 2.  [...]

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