8/12/08

Wordle

This produces an interesting graphic when you supply the words... http://wordle.net/

7/26/08

Water for Elephants

If you need the discussion questions, look under "Our Next Book" on the right for a link.

7/23/08

Book Worm News


The Book Worms have launched a blogspot! The Bluestockings are very proud that these little girls are learning to love reading at such an early age; click on the Book Worm at left to learn more.

7/1/08

Caelan's Band of Book Worms


If you missed Joe Courson's marvelous WALB segment on Caelan Collins and her fellow book clubbers, you can click on Caelan's picture to read it. For those of you who prefer a video, Chanon has the DVD. Just think, our legacy is safe!

6/18/08

Queen for a Day

Yes, we do enjoy following through with the theme of a book...congratulations to Angie for best dressed, to Mary Ann for best hostess, to Jean for most fun hair, to Kay for best scepter, to Ann for most colorful, and to Chanon for best sash.


5/16/08

Homework Video #1 - Why Be A Sweet Potato Queen?

Homework Video #2 - Big-Ass Novel Background Information

Extra Credit Video - The Sweet Potato Queens and Friends at the 2008 Mal's St. Patrick's Day Parade

Answers to Homework for May

If you could only have five books, what five books would you choose?
In no particular order and not attributed to any particular Bluestocking, here are some of the books we listed (I told you we were an eclectic group!):

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
a poetry anthology
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Webster's Dictionary
Roget's Thesaurus
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Lucky's Lady by Tami Hoag
The Bible
Gift From the Sea by Ann Morrow Lindbergh
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Military Brats: Life Inside the Fortress by Mary Edwards Wertsch
Grendel by John Gardner
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Oxford English Dictionary
Norton Anthology
a medical reference book
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
a cookbook