Some of our new members asked for resources for finding good book recommendations, and with a bunch of voracious readers like our daughters, it can be a little tricky to find a book that no one else in the group has read.
For a great list of young adult books that are hot off the presses and come highly recommended, check out the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Here's their list of award winners and top ten best books for 2011.
You can also browse their list of best books for young adults going all the way back to 1996. (I really like these lists, as they annotate and give brief information about each book. This is how we found A Brief History of Montmaray, which we loved.)
Goodreads.com also has a list of recommended titles for young adults. This is a nice resource because you can browse by year or genre.
There is also a well-established Mother Daughter Book Club site that has dozens of lists that can be searched using a variety of criteria, including the age of the reader. It also has a long list of resources for book clubs.
The International Reading Association also has some lists of recommended titles, but they're organized in pdf formats that have to be downloaded, so it's not as user friendly.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Time flies when you're reading!
Well, it's clear from the date on the last post that it's been almost a year since we updated the blog, but just because we haven't been posting doesn't mean that we haven't been reading and meeting to talk about books!
We've had a great year reading a wide variety of books, from the challenging topic of date rape in Speak, to the true story of family and faith in Mistaken Identity, all the way up to our most recent book - the gruesome Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. From the sweeping romance and grand adventure of Mrs. Mike to the intriguing mystery behind life on an island in A Brief History of Montmaray, we've met wonderful casts of characters and traveled to settings all over the world.
We've also grown the group from three mother-daughter pairs (Megan & Fiona, Susan & Olivia, and Liz & Alyssa) to six, and we're excited to welcome Therese & Emma, Melissa & Sienna, and Aimee & Isabella.
Therese and Emma are hosting our next gathering, and we look forward to reading Emma's pick for the month, Ostrich Boys.
We've had a great year reading a wide variety of books, from the challenging topic of date rape in Speak, to the true story of family and faith in Mistaken Identity, all the way up to our most recent book - the gruesome Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. From the sweeping romance and grand adventure of Mrs. Mike to the intriguing mystery behind life on an island in A Brief History of Montmaray, we've met wonderful casts of characters and traveled to settings all over the world.
We've also grown the group from three mother-daughter pairs (Megan & Fiona, Susan & Olivia, and Liz & Alyssa) to six, and we're excited to welcome Therese & Emma, Melissa & Sienna, and Aimee & Isabella.
Therese and Emma are hosting our next gathering, and we look forward to reading Emma's pick for the month, Ostrich Boys.
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