MockingJay

I am pleased to say, the third book in the Hunger Games series has a release date!! If you haven't started the series, you MUST. They are fabulous books! I got the following from USA Today:

"Since the September release of Catching Fire, the second in Suzanne Collins' best-selling Hunger Games trilogy for teens, Internet speculation has focused on the title of the third book. The most common guess: The Victors. Not even close. Today, Scholastic reveals the title and cover of the last book in the series set in a dictatorship where teens are forced to fight to the death on TV. It's Mockingjay, out Aug. 24. In the series, mockingjays are offspring of mockingbirds and jabberjays, a government-bred mutant designed to spy on rebels. Mockingjays become symbols of resistance. Collins is finishing her screenplay of The Hunger Games, the first book. Catching Fire entered USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list at No. 1."

August 24th people... mark your calendars!

ipad

ipad: not the NY way of saying ipod. This I have learned.

No, this my friends, is like an enlarged iphone or Sony Reader where you can download books. But with the ipad, you have a 3G network, therefore you have internet wherever you go!

It's full features list includes:

Safari

Mail

Photos

Video

You Tube

ipod

itunes

App Store

Maps

Notes

Calendar

Contacts

and.. ibooks!

I can't decide if I think digital books are a good idea. I'm quite the book hog in that I want a copy of each book I read. I like having the physical book to put on a shelf. I like having books on display. On the other hand, how convenient would it be to travel with 7 books all the size of this ipad? I do think this idea is fabulous, will have many versions before it's done right, and I will want one undoubtedly.

What do you think about the new ipad?

J.D. Salinger Dies at 91

J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, died of natural causes at the age of 91. We have not yet chosen this book to read in book club, but I would love to read it. It was written in 1951 and currently sells over 250,000 copies each year.

To read the full story, go here.

We're not alone!

BC (bookclub) member, Debbie, found something! She found another No Obligation Book Club! The exact name! So.. I decided to google 'No Obligation Book Club' and we are not alone. Realsimple.com has a no obligation book club, and there is one on goodreads.com! And we thought it was such an original name! :) I thought this was funny news to share.

Well, read on No Obligation Book Clubbers, read on!

I hope everyone's enjoying the book, The Haunting of Hill House. How creepy is Mrs. Dudley? :)

Price War: Walmart vs. Amazon

Looks like Walmart and Amazon are going head to head to offer the lowest prices on some of the newest books! Check out this article from the NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/17/books/17price.html?_r=1&hpw

Honestly, I never thought Walmart even had many books to choose from, but going online, they had this month's book, The Haunting of Hill House for $10.17, which is pennies cheaper than Amazon! I guess if you are a fan of Walmart, they offer competitive pricing for books!