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July 3, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Felicia Day and her joyous geeky ways, a model of an online book club

July 3, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS   3 comments

So, I woke up super early this morning and didn’t know what to post and was feeling amazingly uninspired.  Then, suddenly, someone (I don’t remember who, sorry but thank you so much for the entertainment this morning) Tweeted about this online book group by Felicia Day called the Vaginal Fantasy Hangout.  All hail the power of the Internet.

Two things:
1) I love Felicia Day, she is a geeky gem and I love her geeky ways.  Just last night I watched her go all glitchy on the newest episode of Eureka.  Everyone should see her in the most fantabulous Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing A Long Blog.
2) I didn’t name it that, sorry to those with more delicate sensibilities.

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So I spent the morning doing extensive research for you (you’re welcome), and am really impressed with the format and think to myself – self, this would be a great way to do a book discussion group with teens and create some online content.  I’m not going to lie, it would be helpful to have some good personalities involved.  You may have noticed, but I am not a particularly funny person.  But we all know and love some teens who wear snark well, get them involved.  Bonus points if you can get them to read the book, too.

So here is what they do:

1. They have an online book discussion via Google+ Hangout.
2. They record it.
3. They upload it (to YouTube)
(Note: you could also just all meet in the same room and just record it)

Here, for example, they discuss Gabriel’s Ghost
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDv72DuJHwo]

They do have an online webpage and forum for the group powered by tumblr.  They post in the Goodreads forum.  They Tweet.  Basically, they are using the power of the web in all the right ways and are talking about books.  They really do talk about the books.

This is such an excellent example of how you can get teens into tech and discussing books.

As for vaginal fantasy, it appears to be fantasy with sex.  I am not sure if they made that term up themselves or if it is a real genre that I just somehow missed.  Maybe someone can clear that up in the comments for me.

Filed under: Book Discussion, Felicia Day, Technology

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About Karen Jensen, MLS

Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).

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  1. Katy Vance says

    July 3, 2012 at 1:29 pm

    This seems like a GREAT idea, especially for international schools where many students spend their summers all around the world and can't be expected to come into the school over the summer for book club meetings.

  2. Lunanshee says

    July 3, 2012 at 2:27 pm

    This is an awesome idea – thanks for sharing!

  3. Megan says

    July 4, 2012 at 11:26 am

    LOVE this idea, and of course, I absolutely adore Felicia Day. If you decide to organize something (or know some teens who would be down for this) then let me know and I'll be happy to help out and participate!

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