Youth Summer Reading Club 2008

            The Page and Screen Book Club at North York Central Library is a mixture of book club and sitting back and watching movies.  The premise is that the participants read the same book and watch the movie version at the meeting.  The books were voted on by the Writer’s Group at North York Central.  The books are very varied and range from classical author Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility to the disturbing journalistic account of Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation.  The three books this summer were all great reads and turned into fantastic movies.  Sense & Sensibility is a great family drama with elements of romance and heartbreak thrown in.  Fast Food Nation is a very disturbing look at the fast food industry and should not be watched by the squeamish or those who would rather not know the deep, dark, secret of what’s in the beef.  And the last movie in the series will be William Goldman’s The Princess Bride which is pure entertainment, with laughs, great characters, adventure & romance, and Fred Savage.  The Page & Screen Book Club is not only about watching movies or being too lazy to read the book, it’s also about enjoying good snacks, having interesting conversations and challenging debates about whether we should eat fast food and if the sister in Sense and Sensibility should have ended up with Alan Rickman.  This has been a fun addition to my summer and I’m sad to see it coming to an end but for those looking to get in on the fun there is still one more movie.  On Thursday, August 28th the P & S Book Club will be showing the Princess Bride so whether you do or don’t read the book stop in and watch the movie.  There’s no sign up required.

by Joseph, 18