Names+My+Sisters+Call+Me

Taylor, Brianna & Lisa

__Names My Sisters Call Me__ is about three sisters who couldn't be more different. This book tells about one sister's wedding. These sisters always faught about everything and hopefully they can all come together in peace for the wedding day. This book seems like a good read. It is about family problems that many sisters might have to go through. This book discusses issues that no other books we have read talked about. All girls throughout their life face issues with friends and family and this seems like a book that our group might be able to relate to in the future. The author, Megan Crane is a new author to our group. Even thought we have not read any of her works before, this seems like a very good book that you would want to keep reading and reading. This book has received high reader rating, which makes us believe that it will be an interesting book to read.

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__Book Club #1__
A- Brianna B/C- Lisa D- Taylor

Questions: 1. What do you think happened between Raine and Norah at Norah's wedding? 2. What do you think will happen between Courtney and Matt after he opens the door? 3. Do you think that the story of Norah's wedding is foreshadowing Courtney's wedding? Explain. 4. Do you think it's good or bad that Beverly Cassel (the mom) still talks to Raine?

Summary: We mostly talked about the characters and how we could relate to the story. Bri's family is just like the book. Her mother is one of three sisters and her aunt is getting married. Bre's mom isn't allowed to attend the bridal party for her sister's wedding even though her mother invited the sister to hers. The same concept is going on in the story. One sister was invited to another sister's party but now that sister might not be invited to this sister's wedding. Question One; we all had the same idea, we thought Raine was out of control at Norah's wedding and made a big deal about leaving with Courtney's boyfriend Matt. Question 2; Bre and Tay think Courtney will handle the situation well and put a good spin on things. I personally think Matt will try to get Courtney back. Question 3; I think Courtney's wedding is going to be fine and nothing too bad is going to happen. Tay thinks something might go wrong but Courtney will be able to handle it because she's not as uptight as Norah. Bri thinks something is going to go wrong but it depends on who is at the wedding and who is going to be the troublemaker there. And finally Question 4; we all thinks its good that Bev still talks to Raine. Bre said that it's a mom's job to keep in touch with her kids and monitor them to make sure they're alright. I also agree with Bre i think keeping in touch with family is very important even if you don't like them. We are all really hoping we find out what happened at Norah's wedding.

Main Characters: Courtney- Courtney is the youngest of the three sisters and she just got engaged. She is more laid back than her sister Norah, but has more of a sense of life compared to Raine. Her fiance's name is Lucas. Throughout Courtney's life she had a big crush on Raine's friend Matt. They dated secretly for a little while until Raine ran off with Matt at Norah's Wedding.

Norah- Norah is the oldest of the three sisters. She is married and has a young son. Norah is a complete control freak and everything has to be perfect. She is getting to be a little pushy with all the wedding stuff for Courtney. She hates her sister Raine now for ruining her wedding and has not talked to Raine since. Norah is strict with rules and her job is important to her. She also holds a family dinner every at her house.

Raine- Raine is the middle of the three sisters. She is the wild child of the family. She never follows the rules and gets in trouble. At Norah's wedding, Raine mad a huge since and then ran off to California with her "friend" Matt. No one in the family has kept in touch with Raine except the mother.

Beverly Cassel (Mother)- Beverly is the mother of all 3 sisters. She keeps in touch with each of the girls, including Raine. Her husband died many years ago, leaving her to raise the girls by herself.

Book Club #2
A - Taylor B/C - Brianna D - Lisa

Discussion Questions: 1. Do you think Matt still has feelings for Courtney? 2. Do you think Matt and Lucas will get along? 3. Is Matt jealous of Lucas? 4. Do you think Raine is going to the wedding?

Summary: Today we talked about the feelings of everybody. We think that Matt might still have feelings for Courtney. These feelings might not be really strong but they can still be seem. Also Courtney's old feelings for Matt are starting to appear a little bit. We think Matt and Lucas are only acting nice to each other for Courtney's sake. We found out how wild Raine really is. We are also wondering if Raine will come to the wedding, and if she does will Norah. Norah is not happy about Courtney seeing Raine. We also talked about how this book is very slow moving and not as interesting as the reviews said it would be. We are disappointed so far with the turn out of the book.

//Book Club #3//
A - Lisa B/C - Taylor D - Brianna

Discussion Questions: 1. Do yo think Courtney' plan of bring her sisters together is going to work? 2. Do you think Matt will get in the way of Courtney and Lucas's relationship? 3. How do you think Lucas feels about all this family drama and is it effecting Courtney and Lucas's relationship? 4. Do you think Courtney will have an "artistic impulse" like Raine and her father? Does it really run in the family? 5. Do you think Norah will find sometime to work with Raine and actually mend their relationship?

Summary: First we discussed the questions and how Courtney thinks that her sisters may be getting along. We feel that Raine and Norah and faking for Courtney and they still really hate each other a lot. We also think that Matt still likes Courtney and Courtney may have feelings for Matt but she doesn't know what do to especially because she is engaged to Lucas. Lucas is going to be supportive of Courtney because he truly loves her. Courtney has somewhat of the "artistic impulse" because she is involved with a lot of music which ties into the artistic side that Raine and her dad also had. We think that Norah is going to be mad at Raine for the rest of her life because Raine did ruin what is supposed to be the happiest day in Norah's life. Those are the current main issues in the book. We feel that the book has a generally low diction and there are only a few words that we don't know.


 * Book Club #4**

A- Brianna B/C- Lisa (absent) D- Taylor

Questions: 1. Do you think that Lucas knows about what happened between Matt and Courtney? Is Lucas and Courtney's fight trying to bring information out of her? 2. Why do you think that Matt even talked to Courtney if he liked Raine all along? 3. What do you think will happen between Matt and Raine in the future? 4. Will Courtney finally get over Matt and be happy with Lucas? Explain. 5. Do you think that Lucas is right about Courtney's family? Do you think that Courtney realizes that Lucas is right?

Summary: The first thing we talked about was the actual image on the cover. We feel that this is the best symbol for the book. The three different types of lipstick and lip gloss are examples of the three main characters. The red lipstick is representative of Norah and how professional and sophisticated she is. The lip gloss represents Raine because she is sassy and her own person and it's something that she would wear going out. The chapstick represent Courtney because she is laid back and the little sister. We also discussed the questions. Even though Matt confessed his love for Raine without her knowing, Courtney was there and she was shocked by this news. All this time she thought that Matt had like her when he really liked Raine. We think that Courtney will never really get over Matt but she realized that she should marry Lucas. With Lucas she will have a good family and she wouldn't have to worry about things happening between them. Lucas is proabaly right about Courtney's family. Courtney needs to realize that no matter how hard she tries her sisters are not going to get along and she needs to stop forcing them to be together.

**Book Club #5:**
A: Taylor B/C: Lisa D: Brianna

Discussion Questions: 1. Did Lucas surprise you in how he reacted about Courtney and the kiss with Matt? 2. Is Lucas more confident than you think? 3. Will this family every be "normal" or at least act normal? 4. Do you think Matt will stick around even after everything that has happened and after Courtney and Lucas are married? 5. After Norah's spontaneous visit to Courtney's, do you think she is beginning to change?

Summary: we started out talking about how the book ended. It turned out that Courtney did marry Lucas, Matt really loved Raine and they remained friends, and the reader found out why the three sisters never really got along with each other. Through out the book Courtney had flashbacks of her childhood which really helped develop her character. The book started out really slow and boring but started to pick up after Courtney flew to meet her sister. And it got even better once you understood why the sisters were so mad at each other and why they could truely never get along. We also asked questions like once you finished the book were you relieved or did you wish there was more, or do you wish it ended differently, or would you recommend it to any of your friends? We asked and discussed the other questions posted above the summary as well. Overall it was an OK book.