taking liberty away!!

on to the next book! our next book discussion will be in october. we have yet to set a date for that, but it will come out shortly. now for the big reveal. it is NOT ladies of liberty! we will thank brenda for not making us read this now. thank you!! (i may check it out later since i did buy it...) even though we were willing to read this lovely book, brenda decided to switch it up for us. instead we are reading: THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY, approximately 127 pages long. i hope you all check out this read and until next time, happy reading!!

coming up

Well, Thursday's discussion of Star Girl was a smashing hit. Just Kidding, kind of. I think we all read this short story by Jerry Spinelli. It was about a quirky girl who was home schooled and decides to try high school out. There is a boy, Leo, who does like her, however, she is a bit odd and draws so much attention that he can't make up his mind whether or not to truly be with her. Since it's either/or situation he is stuck....This alone made the group think he was a coward and didn't actually deserve to be with a girl who was so orginal. It was also recognized this was a small town where no one wanted to stand out much which can be hard if it's you that everyone is talking about. This book made some recollect high school in a not so wonderful way. Which really, who loves high school games anyway. The real grown up world is much better ya? It also made us wonder what happens next. There is a sequel. Which I read. But I am not allowed to comment on. just yet...Overall, this book was a nice hit. I think it makes you look at how you treat others in general. Maybe we can be a little kinder, nicer, understanding of others. Or maybe we could look for ways to reach out to others in a way that isn't so obvious. I liked this read and hope you all did too!

almost there

september is here and we are just about ready for our star girl discussion. that will be september 16th at 8pm at my house. that is the correct time and place for this month. yes, i finally read it. i ran it pretty close but it is done. it is a short read, got it done in a day. it's my understanding that there is a sequel to this and i would be very curious to know how that one turns out. i will give further commentary on this one after our nook meets! so until then happy reading since we are almost there!