Finally! After waiting through snow, sleet and scheduling issues the readergirlz finally met to disuss The Hunger Games. It was unanimously liked, though to varying degrees. Katniss is a strong, independent person, and many felt that there should be more books featuring girl characters like Katniss instead of the "traditional damsel in distress". Wow! Great comment and I will be compiling a list of such books for the readergirlz next meeting.
After eating, discussing, eating more and discussing more, we proceeded to make Oobleck. Usually, the readergirlz do some sort of computer-related cool thing or a craft, but this month we leapt into the world of wacky science. So much fun. Very creative used of food-coloring to create the tie-dye effect was employed by many. The only bummer was that it was not in a very good container for transport so the r-girlz had to dispose of their Oobleck before going home. However, corn starch and water are easy to obtain and hopefully many readergirlz will be concoting Oobleck to their hearts content this weekend.
The next readergirlz meeting will be Thursday, April 8th. We will be discussing The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart. See you then!
I'm glad that you all enjoyed THE HUNGER GAMES. Sounds like it was fun to make the Oobleck!
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a blast with The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. As you already know, we featured that title at http://www.readergirlz.com in January, so we're flattered that you've made the same selection, and we'd love to hear from you! Your profile doesn't have an email address for me to write to you, so please feel free to email readergirlz(at)gmail(dot)com Thanks!
I just happened upon your earlier comment, and I will be emailing you shortly. :)
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