Are you ready to start our new read????

It's Love, Ruby Lavender, by Deborah Wiles!

I can't wait to talk to you about it!  So many of you have come up to me and practically been jumping up and down about it, saying you can't stop reading it!  All right, then!  We've got a winner here!!!!  I'll never forget the look on most of your faces when you saw the assignment: read the first 10 chapters by next Friday.  Your faces said, Are you serious?  And I said, Don't worry, it's really funny, it will go by so fast!  Sooooo. . .  when can I say I told you so?  =-)  

I got on Deborah Wiles' blog last night.  Actually, she has two of them: one to outline her book tour of 2007 with her newest book, The Aurora County All-Stars, and another one that tells what it's like to be a writer.  Very interesting stuff!  Here are her blog addresses:   http://deborahwiles.blogspot.com and  http://deborahwiles1.blogspot.com

As readers of Love, Ruby Lavender, you will really enjoy the first blog.  You will travel with Deborah to the real home of Ruby, meet the real Miss Eula (or at least witness the things she lived with), and see the real town represented in the book.  In the second blog, if you've ever wondered about the writing process (as I have) and what authentic writers are all about, you'll get an up close look at a great author!

Happy Reading!  See you Friday morning at 7:15 sharp! =-)

Have you finished????

I have!  Just tonight, I sat and read until I finished the rest of the book!  I look forward to discussing it with ya'll Friday morning.  Some of you -- no names mentioned here! -- have said you'll be glad to finish the book.  Others have said it's a favorite.  I feel a little of both!  We'll talk more about it Friday morning.  

One thing I want you to ponder:  have you ever wondered why it was against the law for slaves to learn to read?  It seems quite ridiculous to keep reading from anyone now, but ask yourself:  what did the masters think was the harm in letting the slaves know how to read?  Be prepared to talk about this in your blogs and in our group, as well as your overall impressions of the present-day characters versus the historical characters.

See you Friday morning, 7:15 in the library!