Books panorama

Books panorama
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This post is to share with you great book suggestions from my PLN contacts. What a powerful list, and the contributors shared within a 12 hour period. Obviously, from the looks of this list, these are powerful readers. Thank you for sharing:

New Amsterdam by Elizabeth Bear
[My New York contact offers a wonderful review, "It's a grown-up alternative to the Twilight series, mildly erotic but fascinating look at an alternative history, where the British still rule the colonies and magic is an acknowledged part of life." *****

Mysteries, mysteries, mysteries:
Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark
Chasing Vermeer (ages 9-12)
Stephanie Plum Series, Janet Evanovich
Just One Look, Harlan Coben
Harriet Vane in Dorothy Sayers' Lord Peter Whimsey Series
The Beekeeper's Apprentice Mary Russell Series, Laurie King
Angels and Demons -- book beats the movie!!!

Man Gone Down -- Michael Thomas
Oryx and Crake -- Margaret Atwood
Suck it Up, surprise ending! YA
The Book Thief
The Brief Wondrous World of Oscar Wao -- Junot Diaz
The Cinderella Pact -- Susan Strohmeyer
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Loved Dog
Three Cups of Tea
Jane Austen -- of course!

My PLN friends from PA say, "You need to read every day in some way!" and "Reading can take you places."

And ThinkingTom says, "The serious books he reads are the type of books that you find yourself submerging into...time flies by and you don't wish to do anything else!"

What are you reading?

Teens share from the heart!

Teens share from the heart!
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SE Polk Book Club enjoys giving new books to the Seasons of Sharing Project, sponsored by Central Place. This is an effort to provide gifts to others in our community. The teens raise the money to buy books by working concession stands. It is rewarding that we can handle these books, bringing back memories of our own childhoods. We personalize these books from the Book Club and know that these books will make families in our area very happy during this holiday season.

"Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep." ~E. Hubbard Teens Share Slideshow