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Our Book of the Month for the month of November is going to be The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.  Stephenie recently had this to say about The Hunger Games~

“People often ask me for reading suggestions, and I’m always happy to share because books are exciting things to me. My latest excitement is this: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I was so obsessed with this book I had to take it with me out to dinner and hide it under the edge of the table so I wouldn’t have to stop reading. The story kept me up for several nights in a row, because even after I was finished, I just lay in bed wide awake thinking about it. I’ve been recommending it to total strangers in Target. And now to everyone who reads my website. The Hunger Games is amazing.”

Here is a brief synopsis of The Hunger Games that was posted on Suzanne Collins site-

Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, “The Hunger Games.” The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When her sister is chosen by lottery, Katniss steps up to go in her place.

The Hunger Games can be purchased HERE.  You can learn more about author Suzanne Collins and her other works HERE. 

Our discussion forums will open up November 1st so you better get reading!

We are pleased to announce that Stephenie has chosen The Serpent Garden by Judith Merkle Riley. Our discussion forums will October 1st.

We’re excited to announce Stephenie chose Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman for September’s Book of the Month. Discussion forums will open on September 1st here.

Amazon has the Paperback for sale here, the Kindle version here, on Audio CD here, and the Hardcover edition here.

We’re so embarrassed!  It’s July 23rd and we’re just now announcing August’s Book of the Month?  How ever will we all get it in time to read & discuss when the forums reopen August 3rd? *sigh*  Oh, well, better late, than never, right?  For August’s Book of the Month, we’ll be reading & discussing Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer.  There’s still time to preorder it at Amazon here or Barnes & Noble here for delivery by August 2nd. Or we hear some bookstores are selling it at 12:01 am August 2nd.  Maybe that will give some of you enough time to read it by August 3rd?  We sure hope so.   Because we’re so late getting this announcement out, we’ll make it up to you…. somehow?  Maybe by creating a brand new forum for you to discuss it AND keeping it open for a long, long time?

And don’t forget about Steph’s pick for July’s Book of the Month, Dragonhaven. Because the forums are closed for discussion for half of the month and Robin McKinley had graciously started answering questions, July’s forum discussions about Dragonhaven will continue throughout August here when we reopen on August 3!

July’s Book of the Month Forums are now open here! Stephenie Meyer chose Dragonhaven as our book for July - there’s still plenty of time to read it and join the discussions, especially now that Robin McKinley has graciously agreed to answer questions!  Her time is very limited, so please read through her FAQ and online interviews (links here) so we can ask questions she hasn’t already answered first.   After reading her FAQ, please post your own question here.

~TwilightMOMS Admins

We are pleased to announce that author Robin McKinley has agreed to stop by our forum and answer questions during the month of July.  Stephenie Meyer chose her book Dragonhaven as our book for July.  A special thanks to Stephenie for chosing great books each month for us to read.

~inspiredbytwilight

As many of you know, TwilightMOMS has a wonderful thing called Stephs Book of the Month. Each month Stephenie picks a book for us to read and discuss. This month she has chosen Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin.

If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. She wouldn’t have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldn’t have hit her head on the steps. She wouldn’t have woken up in an ambulance with amnesia. She certainly would have remembered her boyfriend, Ace. She might even have remembered why she fell in love with him in the first place. She would understand why her best friend, Will, keeps calling her “Chief.” She’d know about her mom’s new family. She’d know about her dad’s fiancée. She never would have met James, the boy with the questionable past and the even fuzzier future, who tells her he once wanted to kiss her. She wouldn’t have wanted to kiss him back.

But Naomi picked heads.

Gabrielle has been kind enough to stop by and answer some questions for us, and should be coming back over the course of this month to answer more! Thank you Gabrielle!!!

Please stop by and discuss this book with us HERE, and be sure to leave any questions for Gabrielle HERE.

~Gypsy

As previously announced, Stephenie chose Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin for June’s Book of the Month Club. The Discussion Forum is open and, as we hoped, Gabrielle Zevin has popped in to answer questions! She just told us she’s also a Twilight fan!

Please join us in welcoming Gabrielle & post your questions for her in this thread. She’s going to stay clear of the other discussions, so be sure any questions you’d like her to answer are posted in the Questions for Author Gabrielle Zevin thread. You can read more about Gabrielle Zevin on her web site. If you haven’t read the book yet, there’s still plenty of time to get the book & join the discussions. Amazon has Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac in Hardcover & Paperback available.

~lisa