Slice of Life: Books, Brownies, and Beyond - Fourteen Weeks In!

Today I join my fellow bloggers in "serving up a slice" 

to the Tuesday Slice of Life (SOL) community.

Thanks to Stacey, Betsy, Dana, Beth, Kathleen, Deb, Lisa, and Melanie

                    for hosting this meeting place each Tuesday and nurturing our writing lives.

Tuesday afternoons

readers gather to share books,

thoughts, cookies, and joy!

Our after school book club, Books, Brownies, and Beyond, has been meeting together for fourteen weeks now.   Here are a few highlights of our year together so far.  (I've finally received all the parental permissions so I can share these pics.)  

 Special book club session with Irene Latham, visiting poet!

 Free books for Halloween treats!

Books for December book club discussions!

We share our favorite genres, authors, books, favorite places to read, and even our favorite foods to eat while reading.  Our numbers continue to grow (two new members last week and one new member this week).  We'll meet two times this week because on Friday we get to participate in a google hangout sponsored by King County Library System with John Anderson, author of Ms. Bixby's Last Day.  

Next week we have book discussions for the following Newbery possibilities:

Pax, Wolf Hollow, The Inquisitor's Tale, Ms. Bixby's Last Day, Some Kind of Courage, and The Girl Who Drank the Moon.  

And then we hope to read two more books (one over winter break and one in January) before the 2017 Newbery winner is announced.

Please leave a comment and let our book club members know which book you're hoping will win the Newbery this year.    

Tuesday SOL: Book Babble

Today I join my fellow bloggers in "serving up a slice" 

to the Tuesday Slice of Life (SOL) community.

Thanks to Stacey, Tara, Betsy, Dana, Beth, and Anna

for hosting this meeting place each Tuesday 

                                                      and nurturing our writing lives.

Thursday, June 11, was our last meeting of the school year for Books, Brownies, and Beyond, our after school book club.  Far too quickly, it was 4 o'clock and time to say goodbye until our summer meetings in July and August.  All middle school students including incoming 6th graders are welcome to join us at the Mercer Island Public Library on July 16th and August 6th, from 4-5 p.m. Bring books to share, come learn about great reads, and enjoy cookie bars with us.  You don't have to attend during the school year to join us for the summer meetings.  

                                  Check out the smiles emanating from this group!

I chose the arun* form to celebrate our final gathering.

*arun -  fifteen-line poem in three sets of five lines. Each set of five lines follows the same syllable structure: starting with one syllable and increasing by one (1/2/3/4/5 — 3x).  Fellow blogger, GirlGriot, introduced the arun to me.  

A
final
time to talk
books and peruse
Ms. B's blue book bins.
Share  
yummy
cookies and
favorite books
with one another.
Book 
passion
surrounds us.
Goodbye until
our July meeting!