The Fantasy First book club is a group that meets in a Barnes & Noble store here in Portland, Oregon. While not officially a mother-daughter book club, the group is comprised of several mother-daughter pairs. The girls are in high school. They focus only on fantasy, and here’s what they’ve been reading:
2009
January: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (teen)
February: Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (teen)
March: Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris (adult)
April: A Great & Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray (teen)
May: Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison (adult)
June: Marked by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast (teen)
July: Nightlife by Rob Thurman (adult)
August: Sabriel by Garth Nix (teen)
September: King Dork and Andromeda Klein by Frank Portman (teen)
October: Dog Days by John Levitt (adult)
November: Maximum Ride: Angel Experiment by James Patterson (teen)
December: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (teen)
2010
January: Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn (adult)
February: Percy Jackson and The Olympians series by Rick Riordan (see The Last Olympian movie with the group + then discuss the series at the meeting)
March: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (adult)
April: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (adult)
May: Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (teen)
June: Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (teen)
July: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (teen)