Greetings, everyone! The purpose of this blog is to help all of us at high schools in Niagara to connect with each other as we enjoy the ten books that have been nominated for the book of the year by the Ontario Library Association.There is a great selection of books at http://www.accessola.com/forest2009/ to choose from this year and here at Laura Secord, many students have shown interest in participating in the ever growing program of "reading for the fun of it". If you listen to the buzz, these books are being very well received and it is going to go down to the wire as to who is going to come out on top this year. I don't envy the hard choices you have to make, the nominees have written some fabulous titles. Instead of just letting your fellow readers at your school know what you think of the book you have finished, I thought that this virtual meeting ground would be a great place to share all of our thoughts and ideas. I will be posting a weekly blog on each of the 10 nominated books and we will finish up on April 22, 2009. Don't forget that voting day is April 23, so if you are looking for recommendations on what to read next, or just want to tell all of us what you thought of the book of the week, here is the place to be heard. All I ask is that you sign your name to your post and let us know what school you are attending. It will be fun to see where we all are coming from!I would like to kick things off by posting a synopsis of the first book on the list, "After River" by Donna Milner . This discussion can be about what you thought of of the book, how you liked the character development, the plot line, or just a general overview of whether you would recommend this book to others. Have fun with this and I hope that you enjoy posting here!