The Book Girl's Book Club restarted last July and so far we have read nine vastly different books. The pick for this month is American Panda by Gloria Chao, a New Adult book about an overachiever who is trying to figure out her own path in life.
For our new Comic Book Club, I thought it would be great to read Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil by Jeff Smith since the Shazam! movie is out this month (Friday the 5th).
Let me know if you have an suggestions for next month's book club picks.
The Book Girl's Book Club Pick:
Book: American Panda by Gloria Chao
Description:
At seventeen, Mei should be in high school, but skipping fourth grade was part of her parents' master plan. Now a freshman at MIT, she is on track to fulfill the rest of this predetermined future: become a doctor, marry a pre-approved Taiwanese Ivy Leaguer, produce a litter of babies.
With everything her parents have sacrificed to make her cushy life a reality, Mei can't bring herself to tell them the truth--that she (1) hates germs, (2) falls asleep in biology lectures, and (3) has a crush on her classmate Darren Takahashi, who is decidedly not Taiwanese.
But when Mei reconnects with her brother, Xing, who is estranged from the family for dating the wrong woman, Mei starts to wonder if all the secrets are truly worth it. Can she find a way to be herself, whoever that is, before her web of lies unravels?
The Comic Book Club Pick:
Book: Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil (issues #1-4) by Jeff Smith
Description:
When Billy Batson follows a mysterious stranger onto the subway, he never imagines he's entering a strange world of powerful wizards, talking tigers, kid eating monsters, political intrigue and mysterious villains. But Billy encounters all that and more when the wizard gives him a magic word that transforms him into the world's mightiest mortal. Now, he must use his extraordinary new abilities to face an incoming invasion of alien creatures and to stop mad scientist Dr. Sivana and his Monster Society of Evil from taking over the world!
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