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)