Sorry for the lull in blogging, but I was slated to be a TAKS testing administrator, and for those of you who have been there, you know when you're done for the day...you're done. Then you do it for four more days (for Retesters), or three or more days for the others...
This week is AP testing. Not that testing is going on in the library, but one of our book club members was out. We met this morning, the rest of the members in attendance, and had a very good discussion about "Frostbite." Somewhat difficult, since most of our members had not read the book in its entirety! We had our icebreaker alphabet go-round, and the winner was SK. One of the questions posed was: Why wasn't it finished? The main reason seemed to be it didn't generate interest or maintain it. Next was: What were some of the specifics about the book that lost your interest? Some of the reasons included: too much description given about the characteristics of the Stringoi, Moroi, and the dhampirs. I recalled at the first meeting I had complained it was hard for me to remember all those characteristics, so now I realize how careful I will have to be not to convey my personal feelings before the reading even gains momentum. Also, love relationships between the Moroi and dhampirs (love 'em and leave 'em with kids) seemed to be a problem issue. The members also brought up there just wasn't much going on during the first chapters, again, mostly description. At that point, comparisons between this series, Twilight, and House of Night came up. There was vampire description, but not all at once, and not so early in the book.
It was brought up again, please be vocal if you don't agree with the book selection choices, and vote accordingly. Vampire's Kiss was chosen, but the author was not known by the member who suggested the title, and her description given does not match either of the books I found online.
Meanwhile, teachers are signing up for time in the library for research, but don't let us know when they will be unable to make it in. This leads to others being unable to sign up, and (sometimes) an empty library...
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