Take the Library Challenge! discussion

Welcome to the first post in the book challenge! What category are you starting with first?

Our Teen Librarian Ms. Colleen is starting with "A Book Set in a Different Country". She is reading The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley. It's about a teenage girl that moves to Ireland when her mother gets remarried. There, she is dealing with a new school and friends, a boy, and family issues. When something devastating happens, she starts an adventure to fulfill a dying wish.

Let us know what category you are reading!

I started with "Translated from Another Language" and I'm reading The Secret in Their Eyes by Eduardo Sacheri...but I still need to pick up my challenge form at the library!

That's great Megan! We have a new bulletin board set up for the Challenge in the hallway outside of Reference - one of our Reference librarians Kirby made it, and it looks AWESOME. You can find the sheets right there!

I started with the category "A book that takes place in your home town," and taking that broadly, I have read Lincoln Child's A Forgotten Room - which takes place in Newport. It's a typical Lincoln Child - a quick, exciting read with a hint of the supernatural and many bad guys. I'm looking at finishing up the Discovery of Witches trilogy next - as the "Read a Trilogy" category.

I'm starting with "A book that scares you" and reading THE LIBRARY AT MOUNT CHAR by Scott Hawkins- it's suuuper creepy! My next book is ALONG THE INFINITE SEA by Beatrice Williams- I think I'm going to read it first, then decide on the best category for it :)

I started with Negative Reviews. I finished Go Set a Watchman last night. Now I'm reading Lois Lowry's The Son for a book I can finish quickly.

Mattie wrote: "I started with the category "A book that takes place in your home town," and taking that broadly, I have read Lincoln Child's A Forgotten Room - which takes place in Newport. It's a typical Lincoln..."

I loved that one Mattie! Mainly because I liked looking for all the "local" stuff ... still have to do some research to see if any of the restaurants and other things are real or fictional!

Deb wrote: "I started with Negative Reviews. I finished Go Set a Watchman last night. Now I'm reading Lois Lowry's The Son for a book I can finish quickly."

What did you think of Go Set a Watchman? Would you give it a negative review as well?

Newport Librarians wrote: "Deb wrote: "I started with Negative Reviews. I finished Go Set a Watchman last night. Now I'm reading Lois Lowry's The Son for a book I can finish quickly."

What did you think of Go Set a Watchman..."

I loved it. I am glad that the book was written, but I wish that BOTH books had been written and edited, one after the other, so that we, the readers, could have a true continuing story of the Finch family. It was strange reading some of the same passages in both books, but the underlining story of racism and the emerging civil rights movement and how that caused some conflicts during a couple of days in the early 60s in Alabama was still clear and beautifully written. The book wandered at times, and some of the dialogue was unclear and overly emotional, but I still believe it is worth reading and reading again.

I started with a book with a one word title and I read "Uprooted" by Naomi Novik. Beautifully written fantasy novel! Now I'm reading "A Wild Swan" by Michael Cunningham for a book of short stories.