What to read, what to read?!?

Looking for a great book for over the long break? Why not check out one of these titles--selected especially for you by some of your own classmates! Click on the covers for a more detailed description of each book.

1. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) by Rick Riordan

2. The Host by Stephenie Meyer 3. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

4. Unwind by Neal Schusterman

5. Bonechiller by Graham McNamee

6. Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz

7. Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

8. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (check out the great book trailers below!)

9. Tweak by Nic Sheff

10. Taken by Edward Bloor

11. Evernight by Claudia Gray

12. The Compound by S.A. Bodeen

13. The Midnighters by Scott Westerfeld

14. Paper Towns by John Green

15. Maximum Ride by James Patterson

Book Discussion Today!

December's lunch book discussion will feature the books of your choice. Come to the LMC classroom today during lunch and share your best-bets!

*Bring your own lunch. Some snacks will be provided.

Hope to see you there!

Our January selection is Dear John by Nicholas Sparks. Listen for the announcements after break for a specific date.

Read the book over break, come to the discussion in January, then go see the new movie...sounds like a plan to me!

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Check out Sam's trailer on Thirteen Reasons Why:

The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl

Here's Shaun and Bailey's trailer for The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl. If you enjoyed this book, be sure to check out the new sequel, Goth Girl Rising!

LMC Worker Orientation

Attention LMC workers: here's a short video tutorial that describes some of the tasks you might have to perform on a daily basis here in the LMC. Come back and check it out as often as you need to.

From LMC Student Helpers

Here's an interactive website that teaches shelving skills:

http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~valmstrum/s2s/utopia/library4/src/library4.html

House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker

Fan of Stephen King? Check out Matt and Josey's book trailer for the horror-supernatural thriller House:

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

A book trailer for Thirteen Reasons Why by Nikki--created in Mrs. Becker's Lit & Film class!

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

What's a book trailer? It's a new way to promote a book-- very similar to how a movie trailer promotes a movie. There are a few programs you can use to create your own book trailer--we used Windows Movie Maker this tri, but may try www.animoto.com next time. Check out the trailer below, created by Ms. Gietzel, for Laurie Halse Anderson's newest book called Wintergirls. You can also click on the book cover above to read a brief summary.

Welcome!

Welcome to Talking Books @ BHS! Ever wished you could see what some of your classmates are reading? Want to know what they are recommending? Like to make recommendations of your own? Find a new web tool you'd like to share? Then you've come to the right place! In the next couple of days, we'll be uploading some of the book trailers Mrs. Becker's class has been working hard on (despite a couple of technical glitches!) the past couple of weeks. Stay tuned for even more to come...