Flipped for Flipped

Ok, I've not kept up on the book club blog - but our group has met each month and reviewed some very good (and not so very good) books.

On the one-year anniversary of our book club gathering (July 2009) - we shared our thoughts about "Flipped" by Wendelin Van Draanen. This is a very charming, easy to read, coming of age, love story. Main character Bryce Loski's grandfather notes "Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss... But every once in a while you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare." Still it takes young Bryce a lot of growing up to do before he actually sees that iridescent sparkle coming out of the book's other main character, Juli Baker.

Flipped is also being made into a movie right in our very own neighborhood - one of the reasons we made it a book of the month choice. How fun to see cast and crew playing out the characters and story line right in our own backyards! Can't wait to see the movie!