DragonFlight by Anne McCaffrey

Dande here! This month the focus of this blog will be DragonFlight by Anne McCaffrey. DragonFlight was published in 1968 and is the first book in The Dragonriders of Pern series. The epic series contains almost two dozen books that take place at various times in the history of the planet Pern.

Overall, we enjoyed our DragonFlight meeting, but we intend to pick more recent books to read in the future, if only so that there will not be such an imbalance between those who have read later books and those who have not.

Our discussion revolved around a few key things: the dragging middle, the unique solution at the end, and the fact that many of our questions about the world would be explained later in the series. The two attendees who had read other books in the series agreed that the quality of the series improves as it goes on. We hope you enjoy eavesdropping on our discussion and contributing your own thoughts in the comments!

The schedule for DragonFlight posts is as follows:

• Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 -- First Impressions & Terms (Part 1)
• Thursday, July 29th, 2010 -- First Impressions & Terms (Part 2)
• Friday, July 30th, 2010 -- Thrown In & Style (Part 1)
• Monday, August 2nd, 2010 -- Thrown In & Style (Part 2) & Threadfall
• Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 -- Firestone & Games
• Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 -- Middle Muddle (Part 1)
• Thursday, August 5th, 2010 -- Middle Muddle (Part 2)
• Friday, August 6th, 2010 -- Lessa and F'lar & Power
• Monday, August 9th, 2010 -- Thread & Title
• Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 -- Colors & Eggs
• Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 -- Politics (Part 1)
• Thursday, August 12th, 2010 -- Politics (Part 2) & Population Control
• Friday, August 13th, 2010 -- The Between, The End, & A Paradox
• Monday, August 16th, 2010 -- The Rest of the Series (Part 1)
• Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 --- The Rest of the Series (Part 2)
• Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 -- Bloopers: When You're Not in The Room
• Thursday, August 19th, 2010 -- Final Thoughts (Part 1)
• Friday, August 20th, 2010 -- Final Thoughts (Part 2)

At this meeting: Newhope, Dande, Walle, Wvskier, Smiley, Chair, Lasagna, Jolly

The Next Book: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Dande here, and welcome to the Morris YA Book Club Blog!

This month we read The Hunger Games, and overall, everyone enjoyed it. I don't want to spoil too from our discussions, but I think it's important to note that the conversation kept revolving around a few key things: the Katniss/Peeta/Gale dynamic, the cliffhanger ending, and speculation on the next book. So be on the look out for those interesting posts!

The schedule for Hunger Games posts is as follows:

• April 20th, 2009-- First Impressions & Prose
• April 21st, 2009-- Names
• April 23rd, 2009-- Food & Sponsors
• April 24th, 2009-- Cinna & Killing
• April 27th, 2009-- Career Tributes
• April 28th, 2009-- Tracker Jackers, Forest, & the Pin
• April 30th, 2009-- Foxface, Rue, & Tresh
• May 1st, 2009-- Cornucopia, Wolves, & Injury
• May 4th, 2009-- The Capitol & Berries (Part 1)
• May 5th, 2009-- Berries (Part 2)
• May 6th, 2009-- The Ending
• May 7th, 2009-- "Gale vs. Peeta" (Part 1)
• May 8th, 2009-- "Gale vs. Peeta" (Part 2)
• May 12th, 2009-- The Next Book
• May 14th, 2009-- Bloopers: Athens & A Japanese Game Show
• May 15th, 2009-- One Last Comment from Everyone

At this meeting: Dande, Newhope, Jolly, Chair, O'Juice, Smiley, Windex, Walle