Hi guys!

I'm going to try to start updating this blog more often, but for now, I'll just tell you that we now have a Tumblr too. You can see it here: http://ripl-teen-book-reviews.tumblr.com/ Talk to you later!

April Book Club Meeting

Hi guys! Book Club is going to be next Friday, April 6th @ 4pm at 30/31. Come and talk about "The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl" and get your copy of our next book, "Divergent." Hope to see you there! :)

March book and meeting

Sorry I've been so bad about updating the blog!!

We are meeting in March at some point (not sure when exactly).

Here is the book we're reading: Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan

The lives of three teens—Claire, Jasper, and Peter—are altered forever on September 11, 2001. Claire, a high school junior, has to get to her younger brother in his classroom. Jasper, a college sophomore from Brooklyn, wakes to his parents’ frantic calls from Korea, wondering if he’s okay. Peter, a classmate of Claire’s, has to make his way back to school as everything happens around him.

Here are three teens whose intertwining lives are reshaped by this catastrophic event. As each gets to know the other, their moments become wound around each other’s in a way that leads to new understandings, new friendships, and new levels of awareness for the world around them and the people close by.

February Book Club meeting

Our next meeting will be the first week of February. We'll be talking about this book:



Sight by Adrienne Vrettos
Fifteen-year-old Dylan has horrific visions of the last moments of a child's life -- a child who has been abducted, kidnapped, or worse. Dylan gives the police valuable clues that help them to find children's bodies, but she keeps the most personal information about these young victims to herself. Dylan has become used to withholding her sight abilities -- even from her best friend, Pilar -- but the weight of that secret is becoming almost more than she can bear.

Then Cate moves into Dylan's mountain town. Enthusiastic and friendly, Cate seems genuinely interested in Dylan, who begins to reveal a bit about herself. But is Cate all that she seems to be? It's not entirely clear...and it takes the disappearance of Pilar's little sister to finally open Dylan's eyes. In a race against time to save a life, and desperate to focus her abilities so that she herself can survive, Dylan is forced to see more clearly than she ever has before.

If you would like a copy and don't have one yet, let me know!

13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Our next meeting we'll be talking about this book:

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

"Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker - his classmate and crush - who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah's voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out why. Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah's pain, and learns the truth about himself-a truth he never wanted to face."

If you'd like a copy, please let me know. Our next meeting will be the first week of January!!

Next Book Club

Sorry! I've been behind in updating the blog!

The book we've been reading the past 2 months has been Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar.

Starting high school is never easy. Seniors take your lunch money. Girls you’ve known forever are suddenly beautiful and unattainable. And you can never get enough sleep. Could there be a worse time for Scott’s mother to announce she’s pregnant? Scott decides high school would be a lot less overwhelming if it came with a survival manual, so he begins to write down tips for his new sibling. Meanwhile, he’s trying his best to capture the attention of Julia, the freshman goddess. In the process, Scott manages to become involved in nearly everything the school has to offer. So while he tries to find his place in the confusing world of high school, win Julia’s heart, and keep his sanity, Scott will be recording all the details for his sibling’s—and your—enjoyment.

Before I Die by Jenny Downham

This book is about a girl who creates a list of everything she wants to do before she dies.

This is our next book for book club!

I have copies available if you still need one.

I am going to warn you...if you haven't found it already...there are a couple sex scenes in the book. They aren't explicit, but I didn't find them until after we handed out the book!