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On the Same Page: Discussing Life of Pi

March 19, 2013January 22, 2018 casscolibrary Kindle Fire, Life of Pi, On the Same Page, online discussion, Yann Martel

I’ve enjoyed reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel, which is our 2013 On the Same Page book selection. It’s really fun to think of everyone in Cass County reading the same book! From now through the end of March, I will be posting periodic questions for those who have read the book to ponder. This will serve as our online discussion forum this year.

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Meet your Next Favorite Book at Goodreads

March 7, 2013January 22, 2018 casscolibrary apps, Downton Abbey, Goodreads, Listopia

Goodreads is a social cataloging website for book nerds that launched in January 2007. As of July 2012 it had 10 million registered members with 20 million monthly visits. That’s a lot of book recommendations.

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On the Same Page: Life of Pi

February 20, 2013January 22, 2018 casscolibrary Life of Pi, On the Same Page, Yann Martel

There’s still time to participate in our annual community read project, On the Same Page. This year we’re reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel throughout February and March. It’s a story about stories, and features a young man in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. Participation in any of the discussions earns you an entry in a drawing to win a Kindle Fire or other great prizes.

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The book vs. the movie?

November 27, 2012January 22, 2018 casscolibrary Charles Dickens, Gone with the Wind, J. R. R. Tolkien, Jane Austen, Oliver Twist, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Wizard of Oz

Since the creation of the feature film, works of literature have been a popular go-to for movie directors. Why do you think filmmakers have been so drawn to literature for their film ideas? I think it stems back to an earlier time, before movies were created.

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Dystopian Genre?

September 21, 2012January 22, 2018 casscolibrary Ally Condie, Blood Red Road, Catching Fire, Delirium, Divergent, dystopian fiction, Insignia, James Dashner, Lauren Oliver, Matched, Mocking Jay, Moria Young, Neal Shusterman, S. J. Kincaid, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, Under the Never Sky, Unwind, Veronica Rossi, Veronica Roth

I was recently talking to a group of teenagers and asked them how many of them liked The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Almost everyone raised their hands, but when I asked the same group if they knew what the dystopian genre was, only one knew what I was talking about. I really wasn’t surprised by this. Readers, young and old, have fallen in love with the hit series The Hunger Games, and are looking for more books that fall into this genre. They just don’t know where to look.

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Connecting Points

September 17, 2012January 22, 2018 casscolibrary Connecting Points, Faithful, inspirational fiction, Kim Cash Tate

Connecting Points, a book club for readers of inspirational fiction, meets on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 1:00 P.M. at the Northern Resource Center in Belton. At their September meeting above, the members of Connecting Point discussed Faithful by Kim Cash Tate.

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New Mysteries Unfold in the Harrisonville Branch Mystery Book Club

September 14, 2012January 22, 2018 casscolibrary J.A. Jance, Judgment Call, Linda Castillo, mysteries, Susan Wittig Albert

When I joined the Harrisonville Branch Mystery Book Club seven years ago, I looked forward to discussing books with other readers but another benefit has been finding new authors that I enjoy.