Club news:
- Last Book Club of 2022: Fri Dec 16
- See you Friday, january, 13, 2023!
- Thank you club members who recently helped work concessions!;
- Percy, Ryleigh, and Abby on Sat Nov 19
- Silvia, Sophia (and guest TyNia) on Fri Dec 2
What we're reading:
- Gallant by V. E. Schwab
- Genre: supernatural
- Summary: Olivia Prior has grown up at the grim Merilance School for Girls with no past except for her one treasure, her mother's journal, so when a letter arrives inviting her to come home to ruinous manor, Gallant, she seizes the chance to find out about her family.
- winner of 2022 Good Reads best YA fantasy book
- Layla, Confess, and other books by Colleen Hoover
- Genre: relationships
- Kylie says the author writes with many styles, so no one book feels like the others
- The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinka
- Genre: fantasy
- Summary: It's Karnawał season in the snow-cloaked Kingdom of Lechija, and from now until midnight when the church bells ring an end to Devil's Tuesday time will be marked with wintry balls and glittery disguises, cavalcades of nightly torch-lit "kuligi" sleigh-parties. Unbeknownst to the oblivious merrymakers, two monsters join the fun, descending upon the royal city of Warszów in the guise of two innocent girls. Newfound friends and polar opposites, Zosia and Marynka seem destined to have a friendship that's stronger even than magic. But that's put to the test when they realize they both have their sights set on Lechija's pure-hearted prince. A pure heart contains immeasurable power and Marynka plans to bring the prince's back to her grandmother in order to prove herself. While Zosia is determined to take his heart and its power for her own.
What books are your waiting to read over winter break?
- Emma says she has 5 books she's saving
- Haunted by Palahuniuk
- Genre: horror
- Summary: Haunted is a novel made up of stories: twenty-three of the most horrifying, hilarious, mind-blowing, stomach-churning tales you'll ever encounter. The stories are told by people who have all answered an ad headlined 'Artists Retreat: Abandon your life for three months'. They are led to believe that here they will leave behind all the distractions of 'real life' that are keeping them from creating the masterpiece that is in them.
- Lightlark by Alex ASter
- Genre: fantasy:
- Summary: Every 100 years, the island of Lightlark appears to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play. The invitation is a summons—a call to embrace victory and ruin, baubles and blood. The Centennial offers the six rulers one final chance to break the curses that have plagued their realms for centuries. Each ruler has something to hide. Each realm’s curse is uniquely wicked. To destroy the curses, one ruler must die. Isla Crown is the young ruler of Wildling—a realm of temptresses cursed to kill anyone they fall in love with. They are feared and despised, and are counting on Isla to end their suffering by succeeding at the Centennial. To survive, Isla must lie, cheat, and betray…even as love complicates everything.
- Ryleigh will consult her color-coded TBR list
- Silvia uses the notes app on her phone to check off what she's read
Finally, we ended with some discussion that Book Club is an extended marketing campaign:
- Starbooks brand
- cups with club logo
- students are the test subjects
- ... and this is not worng.