Winter is Coming... in the Middle of Summer!

Just a real quick little post before our meeting today.  Thanks to everyone who voted in our poll.  The people of Westeros have spoken and our Summer Reading Series will be....

A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin!

There is one thing we need decide before we get reading- how many of the books are we going to read?  Currently, there are five books in the series.  The last one, A Dance with Dragons, is excluded because it's not yet available in paperback.  That leaves us with A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows.  Do we think that we can get through all four before we meet again?  Something to think about is that A Storm of Swords and A Feast for Crows are the same time period, just divided by points of view.  So technically, they can be thought of as one giant book.  However, if we read all four our page total will be 3,872 pages.  Let me know what your thoughts are and I'll post our decision along with the reading schedule next week after the in-person meeting.

Fifty Shades of Grey News and More!

Hello everyone!  Just wanted to remind you that today is the LAST day to vote for our summer reading series and that our in-person meeting for Fifty Shades of Grey is THIS Saturday!  We've got a lot of things going on right now, but I know we're all excited to talk about this book.

There's a lot of information out there about our current book club selection, so I thought I'd round it all up for you!  (More after the jump)

Fifty Shades of Grey Part 1 Review

If you will notice to your right, I've posted the poll for our summer reading series.  For some reason, it let me add more than four this time.  Don't ask me why.  You'll have until May 10th at 11:59pm to vote in the poll.

Below is the review of the first 249 pages of Fifty Shades of Grey.  With the last book, I was pretty specific with the review.  With this book, not so much.  Now- on to the review and beware of spoilers!

Looking Ahead- Summer Reading Series

Hopefully everyone is enjoying 50 Shades of Grey.  I know that we've just started reading it, but we already need to start looking at books for this summer.  Since the summer is a nearly impossible time to get together because of vacations, summer camps, etc., we'll be reading a short series or the first couple books of a series to cover us until August.  Of course, I'll be posting reviews along the way!

More after the break!

Fifty Shades of Grey Reading Schedule

As you all should have read, we'll be reading Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James as our May book club selection.  The in-person meeting for this book will be held at the Ladysmith Branch on Saturday, May 12th from 1 to 3pm.  Unfortunately, this doesn't give us much time to read and review the book.  So I'll be splitting the review into just 2 parts this time and posting them on the following days.

• Part 1- Chapters 1- 14 (pages 3-249)- May 2nd
• Part 2- Chapters 15- 26 (pages 250- 514)- May 12th

Happy Reading!