My son, while he admits he loves Dan Gutman's Weird School series. ("yeah, those were funny.") He hasn't fallen in love with the million dollar series. (why? why? why?)
One boy in our book club today said, "Yeah- it was kinda boring.. because I already know everything about basketball so it's like... why read more about it?".
(what? I loved this book!? It's not all about basketball???)
I asked.. "Did you have a favorite part?"
"Yeah- the time they were in the hotel."
"Really, what did you like about the hotel part... specifically?"
"I don't know.. I just like going to hotels and they got to order food in and practically spend a million dollars just in the hotel..."
We have deep and meaningful discussions in book club. :o)
But this is our new book selected and I made all the ki
ds promise they would read this book by Thanksgiving break... so we'll see.
ds promise they would read this book by Thanksgiving break... so we'll see.
(How to Speak Dragonese by Cressida Cowell. Last year we read books one and two: How to Train Your Dragon & How to Be a Pirate.)
(Today only one person had read the whole book. And it wasn't my son. So the discussion part of book club really struggled.)
Partly that is my fault. I need to be more on-top of getting the books to the boys and setting a firm book club date. (all the things I recommend on my site: http://www.bookclub4boys.com/.) It's great advice!
Whew... time to get ready for scouts now!
(Look at the little angel- starting his new book club book!
Laura
5 comments:
Go super readers!
It just goes to show you- that if you give them the book- they'll read!
motivation {book club} helps too-
Now I know why you were late to scouts. You were busy blogging. And your cupcakes were super cute. Did you ever see E in 8C's cupcakes she make for halloween? They were way cool.
Did I ever tell you thanks for doing book club? I know it's a lot of work and my kids really enjoy it.
Thanks. Next time I'm providing the treats, ok?
Great! I was planning on having a yummy steak dinner with a cheesecake from cheesecake factory for dessert?
Just kidding... Thanks for the offer that will be nice.
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