RBHS BookTalk: Students - what are YOU reading?

RBHS BookTalk: Students - what are YOU reading?

This is a test to see if anyone can respond to a posting - so here I go: What I'M reading is Saving Fish from Drowning, by Amy Tan. It combines travel, history, and geography (mostly about Burma) with a mystery and mysticism. I'm reading it for my book club. My opinion so far is that Tan is a good writer, but not a good story-teller. It just goes on and on without really getting anywhere.

Students - what are YOU reading?

Just jot a line or two to let others know of a good book they might like to read. And let me know if we should buy it for the RB Library!
Mrs. Fritz

What I'm reading

Handling Sin, by Michael Malone. A hilarious story of a very ordinary, do-the-right-thing guy, Raleigh, who gets caught up in a quest when his extremely ill father "escapes" from the hospital and sends for his son to meet him in New Orleans in two weeks with several items: an old trumpet; the concrete sculpture of his archrival, which must be stolen out of the library; an old family trunk; his ne'er-do-well and long-missing half-brother; and a man named Jubel. A series of unbelievable coincidences and misfortunes brings Raleigh in contact with the KKK, Hells Angels, an antebellum plantation that MIGHT be the site for the sequel to "Gone With the Wind," some escaped convicts, jazz musicians, gangsters, and an adventure that will change him forever. It's long, but I've really gotten caught up in the bizarre characters. Great summer read!
Mrs. Fritz

Bulldog Book Club September Selection

Teachers - don't forget about our selection for September. It's called "How to be Lost", by Amanda Eyre Ward. As a teenager, Caroline had enlisted her two younger sisters to run away from their alcoholic and abusive dad and their tipsy, ineffective mother. But on the last day of school, the day they were to run away, youngest sister Ellie disappears. Years later, Caroline sees in a magazine a picture of a woman she thinks is Ellie, grown up, and she sets out to find her.

The discussion will take place in the library on Thursday, September 14th at 3:15. See you there!

D. Fritz

Welcome to the RB Library Book Discussion BLOG!

This is a new way to share our impressions, opinions, recommendations, and general information about books, books, books! Students and teachers are welcome to post messages and to react to others' postings. My hope is that the blog will become a common meeting ground for RB readers.

To start things off, tell about a book you read this summer that you really enjoyed, or would recommend to others.

Mrs. Fritz
(P.S. This is my first blog, so be patient with me as I will no doubt make mistakes!)