Egham Chatterbooks Best Summer Reads

They all raised their hands when asked if they enjoyed their summer holidays. Chatterbooks members said they read for fun during the holidays.

Chatterbooks met for the first time after the summer break on Tuesday 27th September. They enthusiastically discussed their best summer reads. Here are the top titles and their ratings:

Reigate Chatterbooks group met yesterday we had a fun game of Book Charades. We are currently reading Superfudge by Judy Blume

Best Summer Reads According to the Avengers Teen Reading Group

After a long summer break the Avengers Teen Reading Group came together at Egham Library on Tuesday 13 September. It was good to catch up with existing members: Elliot, Grace and Emily and a warm welcome to new members: Phoebe, Tiree, Emilyanna and Sophie. Each member talked about the best book they had read over the summer. Here are their recommendations and ratings:

The Avengers Teen Reading Group also looked ahead to their future reading group meetings by spending some time designing their own reading journal front covers. Here are the results - creative and artistic inspiration to record their thoughts and views about the books they will read in the future.

Woking Library's First session of the new term will be on Thursday 15th September 2016, from 4pm to 5pm.
The book we will be discussing is Archie Greene and the Magician's Secret by D.D Everest.

A Unique form of time travel in Timesmith by Niel Bushnell

The Chatterbooks reading group met on 19 July to discuss Niel Bushnell’s ‘Timesmith’.  The group thought that Bushnell’s idea of time travel into the past was clever but at times quite confusing. Time travel in the book happens through Sorrowlines, the channels that connect every gravestone with the date of the person’s death. Although the characters could see their future selves and the future selves of people they knew the Chatterbooks members were unable to properly identify with them because the plot was somewhat complicated. Some members even went so far as to say that the book should be pitched at an older reading group. However, the group might have enjoyed it more if they had read the first book in the series before reading this one. Try it for yourself… the mysterious storyline certainly made Sophie Luo keep reading till the end. Those who got to the end of the book also commented on the unusual ending. We won’t say anyone more.

Sophie Luo's review of Timesmith by Niel Bushnell

 

Keep track of what Reigate Chatterbooks are reading.

Reigate Library's Chatterbooks group ages 7 - 11 years old. Meet approximately once a month, to discuss the book we have read, and take part in an activity, either craft making or a quiz or a game and eat biscuits !!


Next meeting is 23 September 2016 after school.

There currently is a short waiting list to join, but contact Reigate Library if you are interested.

Graphic Novel Gets Four Stars

Yesterday, the Avengers Teen Reading Group met at Egham Library to discuss Eoin Colfer's graphic novel, 'Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code'. The entire group enjoyed the book and thought the graphic illustrations were outstanding and really brought the characters and the plot to life. The group found the story easy to follow even though some of them had not read any of the previous Artemis Fowl books. They said it was a clever interweaving of plot and characters with lots of action. They all like Artemis as a character and were able to identify with the strong females in the book. One group member said she would have preferred to have read the actual novel rather than the graphic version because it would have provided more detail but she still liked the book and illustrations and everyone gave it:

 

The group also enjoyed re-writing the ending of 'Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code' but found it challenging to fit their own text around the images. They said it would have been easier if they developed the story first and then created the images. Perhaps you would like to consider a similar activity with your own reading group?