As most of you know, I’m a Young Adult Librarian. I’ve posted about some of the programs I host and you guys always seem to enjoy when I talk more about my job. One of the things I’ve been doing is posting about the teen book clubs I do every month. We’ve read THE RAVEN BOYS and MOSQUITOLANDΒ and THE YOUNG ELITES (but I realized I forgot to post about that one, so I’ll do that soon). During the book club I ask my teens to describe the book and each of the main characters using only one word. It’s a lot of fun for all of us and it gets them to use their vocabulary. Plus, I think you guys like seeing these. Right?
This month we read CINDER by Marissa Meyer. I just read this series for the first time a few months ago (and finished WINTER recently), so I was really excited to talk about this book with my teens. We talked about the persecution of cyborgs, what cyborg ability they’d like to have, the morality of what Dr. Erland did, the setting, the fairy tale parallels, and more. Everyone seemed to really like/love the book, and we had a good discussion. And then we got to our one-word part. Here we go:
THE BOOK
beautiful // perfect // amazing // fascinating // favorite
CINDER
outcast // independent // relatable // sassy // b.a. // sarcastic
KAI
This was the only response – *giggles and blushes* – literally, one of my girls giggled and blushed
IKO
sassy // adorable // fierce // sweet
DR. ERLAND
wise // smart // deceptive // secretive // protective
PEONY (spoilers!!)
awwwwww // sweet // lovable // not one word, but (very seriously while also being silly): taken from this world too soon
LEVANA
ugly // psycho // controlling // manipulative // a witch
ADRI & PEARL (we grouped these together)
bleh // horrible // rude // not a fan // manipulative // cold
What do you think of my teens’ descriptions?
What a great book to read for a Teen book club! So many different themes going on plus the books are AMAZING!
I would be that girl giggling over Kai…I wonder what will happen when they meet Captain Thorne π
Lauren @ SERIESous Book Reviews #Commenting365
Two of them had actually already read the whole series, and one of them was in love with Thorne. Like me. π
I love reading about your library experiences, especially because I work at two! lol I love all of those responses. I wish I was participating in your book clubs. π
Feel free to drop in one day. π
If you like rewrites of fairy tales, you should totally check out Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell.
That one is definitely on my TBR! I hope to read it one day. π
Cool! I know Betsy; we went to school together.
Oh, cool!
This is such a great program. I really wish there had been more outlets like this when I was a teen. So glad that this book is resonating with so many people, I definitely really enjoyed it. Thanks for posting this little insight! – ashley
I’m glad you enjoyed seeing into my little book club! π