E-mail

Ladies,

Would anybody like to be e-mailed when theres a new post up or when someone comments? Blogger has it set up that if you want to receive e-mails when something new has happened on the blog, they'll send an e-mail. This doesn't mean you'll be getting random spam e-mails from other places. You'll just be getting an e-mail saying so-and-so commented or published on the blog. It just helps so you don't have to come back every day if nothing new has been commented on or published. If you'd like to have e-mails sent to you, just let me know and I'll put your e-mail up for you.

Also, Sis. Brittany said there is a website that you can go to call half.com it's a website for books that are half price. I think Britt and Sis. Dayna got their Narnia books for $0.75 each. Shipping was a couple dollars more, but that might help just in case you can't find a book at your local library, and much cheaper then buying it at bookstores and sometimes amazon.com. We'll all probably be buying the "Mistaken Identity" book because it's so new in our library and a hot pick since it's a "New York Best Sellers" book.

~Sis. Lorraine

Our First Meeting

Alright Ladies, we had our first meeting today with all the sisters! We've decided to read up to the 9th Chapter. That means you stop at the 9th chapter...no reading it at all!! ;) We'll be getting together on July 5th for our next meeting. So have all your chapters read by then. We'll be discussing stuff about the book, and we'll post it on here too.

Also, we have picked our next book. This way you all have time to get the book! It's called "Mistaken Identity". Once we start the Mistaken Identity book, we'll be picking out of a bag again, so again, if you have any book ideas please let us know. Try not to pick a book you've already read before, please!

And the last thing I should ask is: What do you all think about reading fantasies? I know some people aren't into witches, vampires, wizards, etc. So, please let us know if that's a problem and we'll not pick or choose any of those kinds of books. We don't want to offend anyone!!

And remember, any of you can post things on this blog, not just comments! So, feel free.

-Sis. Lorraine

Book Reviews

I was searching forever and ever this morning after Sis. Dayna wrote a comment on this blog about Reviews for books, for a place that shows reviews AND ratings for books and movies. After spending about an hour, my brother walked in the room as I mentioned to mom that I wished there was a rating site for books, and he quickly told me there was this great site he goes to for movies, games and books. Thank you Jonny!!

This site is very cool because it rates it by: Language, sex, the message, and violence, and then rates it by what age groups should and could read it, and has difference colors for the rating. Green is great, Yellow has a little bit of stuff in it, and Red is pretty bad. Anyways I just thought this might help people that see books and don't know if it's going to be appropriate or not. So, Sis. Dayna, we found the site for you!! :)

commonsensemedia.org

Book Ideas

Okay ladies! Starting this Sunday, us sisters here in Oregon are getting together to figure out how many chapters we'll be reading for "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", and we'll be throwing out book ideas for the next book we want to read. Getting through the Narnia book will probably be quick because it's so short. Do any of you have some ideas for what we should read next? Once we get a few ideas I'll post a little poll thing on the side of this page and let you all vote what you want to read. Mom and I came up with some books, like(I made them all links to Amazon books so you can read about them): "Gone with the Wind", "Jacob Have I Loved", "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn", "Peace Like A River", and "Walk Two Moons". We're doing this ahead of time so that people can go to the library and put the book we choose on hold if they need to, or go and buy it.

And what do you think about reading a book of every genre such as: A biography, Classics, Mystery, Romance, and any other genres out there. We could just keep it to just voting on books, but maybe this would make it fun-er to read all sorts of books instead of just classics all the time, or just romances all the time. Just a thought I'm putting out there.

Oh yes, and don't forget that if you're really not into reading books, there's always a choice of listening to them on CD or tape, and getting them from the library. We have a few here that aren't into actually sitting down to read, but they're going to try getting books on CD/Tape and see if that keeps their attention and keeps them entertained. :)

So, bring on the ideas ladies!

-Sis. Lorraine

The Book Club

Alrighty, so June 22 we've decided to all get together and start a book club with the sisters in Oregon. Mom, Mandy and I thought it'd be a fun idea to have the sisters from all around the US join us too. We're not going to be reading lots of chapters all at once. We'll be getting together every 2 weeks (hopefully) and talking and deciding what chapters we want to read next.

The first book we'll be reading is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. And when we get together we'll be putting book ideas in a hat for the next book we read after the Narnia book. So, if you have any books you want to read, give us a list and we'll add it to the hat! But, (I know I probably don't have to mention this) keep the books you pick appropriate for everyone, please! Oh and now that I think about it, we could also put up a vote on this blog for which books we want to read instead of putting them in a hat.

Also, all the girls that are joining have access to posting on this blog whenever they feel like it. So feel free. I just need emails to add you, if you want to do that. :) If you have anymore questions, just ask!


-Sister Lorraine