I know you are still reading. I am still reading, too. We will never stop reading, but sometimes we need to take a moment, reflect, and celebrate the books we have enjoyed and shared. It is time for the second annual Nerdy Book Club Awards, the Nerdies. In a sea of end-of-year book lists and […]
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It’s Time for the Nerdy Book Club Awards by Tammy Mulligan and Clare Landrigan
posted by donalynm
Donalyn Miller’s post, Happy 4th Anniversary, Nerdy Book Club made us smile. It’s time again for the Nerdy Book Club Awards! Each week, Nerdy Book Club features a “Top 10 List” so we thought it would be fun to share the Top Ten Reasons Why We Love the Nerdy Book Awards: Time to Reflect – […]
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Nerdy Book Club Turns Three by Donalyn Miller
posted by donalynm
The first Nerdy Book Club post appeared on December 1, 2011. Today marks our third anniversary. When Colby and I started the blog, we didn’t have grand ambitions. We wanted a place to celebrate the books our students loved and share ideas about engaging young people with reading. We weren’t sure anyone would read the […]
2012 Nerdy Book Club Award Nominees
posted by donalynm
I spent the day combing through your 2012 Nerdy Book Club Award nominations–discovering many new titles and revisiting many books that my students, colleagues, and I enjoyed reading this year. Thank you to the hundreds of readers who took the time to nominate books. Narrowing a wonderful year of reading into a short list of titles challenges […]
Research Gold by Matt Phelan
posted by CBethM
I would wager that all historical fiction writers could be categorized as Nerdy, at least in their chosen subject. Research is absolutely required and these authors are the sort who rub their hands together with glee at the prospect. For Bluffton, my research involved watching all of Buster Keaton’s movies and reading about the history […]
We’ve Been Bitten: Rot & Ruin Reviewed by Lee Ann Spillane and Beth Scanlon
posted by CBethM
Title: Rot and Ruin Author: Jonathan Maberry Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication Date: September 2010 Genre: Horror Jonathan Maberry’s Rot and Ruin takes place in and around Mountainside, a town settled by survivors of First Night, the night the dead rose. For protagonists, Tom and Benny Imura, it’s been fourteen years […]
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