Thursday, August 21, 2003

Book Groups for Teens Book Groups Spur Teens  (The Washington Post, August 17) Reading groups have found new life among teenagers, and the signs are all around -- from bookstores sponsoring monthly reading groups for middle school and high school students to publishers including book-club discussion questions at the end of novels targeted at teenagers. [via the NCTE Inbox, Aug. 19, 2003] This is good to read about. I wonder how I can get a book discussion group going with my students. 8:28:59 AM    comment []

What's a Classic? How They Sell Now: Classic Bestsellers. Heres A Neat Chart from BookMagazine that shows how well the "classics" are selling these days. It's a look at the best selling classics in 2002, according to BookScan. The top 5 are: The Hobbit, Catcher in the Rye, Red Tent, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Lord of the Flies. [LISNews.com] This is sort of fun. The list includes everything from Wuthering Heights to She's Come Undone. I guess their definition of a classic is anything published more than two years ago that's still selling. Hmmm. 7:23:03 AM    comment []

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