Home  ­Newsletters  ­Bulletin Board  ­Join Book Club Circle December 2009 The season of giving! Happy Holidays everyone! Hope this month is wonderful for all of you! Congratulations to the new staff! The lists below will experience some changes, so make sure to check back here often. ~Administrators~They are the top dogs of the forum, but that doesn't mean you can't talk to them. :) You can message them anytime! They are here to make this forum the best it can be and ultimately make the decisions. Evie J Haley(VampyreWriter) Emry BB Dancer Heather VampyreFreak Moderator slots full!The staff is now complete! The moderator list has been updated so congratulate the new additions! We're sorry if you wanted to be a moderator, but didn't make the cut off! :( But spaces may open up! And if they do, you'll be notified immediately. If you know you would like to be a moderator either now or in the future, you may message any of the administrators with your experience, availability, and reasons. You will be added to a waiting list, so if a spot opens up, you will be the first to be asked to fill the spot. You may then decide to accept it or not. ~Moderators~The admins' right hands! They must be respected and obeyed at all times. They are just as important as the admins, so treat them like you would an admin. :) Amii annmarie heatherbone ~Jenny~ kberm89 Onyx LibielShadow xxcrystallxx Mandi Rosalie ~Site Updates~ Information about upcoming events and new additions to the site! Book Reviews!Are you thinking of reading a new book? Want to know what someone else thought of it first? Check out the new Book Reviews area! It only recently started, so there are not many reviews up yet. We could really use more help, so if you're interested in being a blogger/reviewer for Young Adult Book Club, learn more here. We'd love to have you! Bookover Anyone?!Who loves books? Well you all must! You're here, yeah? Well, who loves sleepovers? I know some of you have to! We are now taking suggestions for dates for Young Adult Book Club's Monthly Bookover, where we'll get together in the chatbox and talk all night long about books, music, movies, tv, and anything else we want! If you want to be a part of this month's bookover, head on over to Bookover! and give us your free times (including your timezone) and dates! Hope to see you all there!!! Bulletin Board!Are you curious about book releases? Do you want to know if your favorite author is coming to a city near you? Maybe you want to know if your favorite book is going to be a movie or television show? Well, check out the Bulletin Board! Also, if you have any information about a book that we do not have listed, message an administrator with your information and source. The Book of the Month The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The First Installment in The Hunger Games Trilogy Twenty-four are forced to enter. Only the winner survives. In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the Hunger Games, a brutal and terrifying fight to the death - televised for all of Panem to see. Survival is second nature for sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who struggles to feed her mother and younger sister by secretly hunting and gathering beyond the fences of District 12. When Katniss steps in to take the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, she knows it may be her death sentence. If she is to survive, she must weigh survival against humanity and life against love. The Hunger Games is the first in a trilogy. The 2nd installment, Catching Fire, is available now. The third is due out August 24th, 2010. Learn more about the trilogy by visiting the Official Scholastic Site and join in the discussions for this book here! The Author of the Month Suzanne Collins Author of The Hunger Games Trilogy and The Underland Chronicles Since 1991, Suzanne Collins has been busy writing for children’s television. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains it All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. Most recently she was the Head Writer for Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford’s Puppy Days. While working on a Kids WB show called Generation O! she met children’s author James Proimos, who talked her into giving children’s books a try. Thinking one day about Alice in Wonderland, she was struck by how pastoral the setting must seem to kids who, like her own, lived in urban surroundings. In New York City, you’re much more likely to fall down a manhole than a rabbit hole and, if you do, you’re not going to find a tea party. What you might find...? Well, that’s the story of Gregor the Overlander, the first book in her five-part fantasy/war series, The Underland Chronicles. At present, Suzanne is hard at work on the third book in her sci-fi series, The Hunger Games. And has also been hired to write the screenplay for The Hunger Games Movie. She currently lives in Connecticut with her family and a pair of feral kittens they adopted from their backyard. Learn more about Mrs. Collins by visiting her Official Website and her IMDb Profile Remember, if you have any suggestions for the forum, tell us here! We discuss every suggestion and will do what we can to make the club the best it can be!