The Post That Gives You An Update and Two Lists.

This is the part where I explain my absence; a very lovely birthday weekend vacation and a B&B add up to no wireless connection, excuse number one. Excuse number two, is that I live in a part of the south that was entirely unprepared for the ice storm, we lost power for a few days, had some wonderful snowball fights and I read a lot, so THIS time the non blogging was not my fault. I do have UPDATES.

My first meeting of the young adult book club is next week and I have narrowed down my list of books I want to  have us possibly read. Of course anyone who comes can suggest whatever they may be interested in reading, however, I am trying really hard to stay away from the teen top twenty, although I love John Green and the Divergent series etc.. I have read them and I am sure most reading enthusiasts have read them too. I want to introduce new genres and concepts. If I'm not having fun they probably aren't having fun so I want all the books we read to be just as new to me as they are to them. Excited, is probably not a good enough word for my feels on this project.

So the list of books I have compiled, and let me be clear have NOT read, are (the age range in theory is going to be 13+ but if I have a number of 11/12 year olds interested I'm going to have to adjust my book criteria):

• OCD, The Dude, and Me  - Lauren Vaughn
• Red - Alison Cherry
• A Story Lately Told - Angelica Houston
• I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
• The Death of Bees - Lisa O'Donnell
• Replay - Ken Grimwood
• The Secret History - Donna Tart
• The Girl in the Steel Corset - Kady Cross
• Grave Mercy - Robin LaFevers

I'm hoping to get a decent amount of teenagers on the older end of the age spectrum but the younger set would be super fun to read with too. So I'll compile a list for that age range as well. 

• When Audrey Met Alice - Rebecca Behrens
• The Mysterious Howling : The Incorrigible children of Aston Place #1
• Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynn Jones
• Dragon Rider - Cornelia Funke
• Candymakers - Wendy Mass
• Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go - Dale E Basye
• Saavvy - Ingrid Law

That is my list so far. The only other thing I have to do is come up with a name for this bookclub. I am not very good at that sort of thing. My list of possibilities is embarrassing so I'm not going to share that but as soon as I come up with it I will post it. 

For now I'm just amped at the idea of being able to discuss books with people who have read what I have and don't look at me with a glassy stare as I go on and on. I love discussing books and any chance to do so I take. Hence my sending these words and letters out into the void of the internet. This is my only chance to talk at people about what matters to me and routinely getting feedback off of it is going to be a new and interesting experience. 

If anyone has any book suggestions for the YA group or any club names leave a comment below. I'd love to hear some of your opinions.