'Reading' Category
Vampire High
What’s on my nightstand? Vampire High, by Douglas Rees.
I picked this book off the library shelf a month or two ago, just because I liked the cover and vampires are currently hot. I didn’t get a chance to read it before I returned all my books.
Then I noticed the title/author on my Recommended Reading list. […]Power Passages
My friend, Shelly, gloms onto special book passages the way I do, savoring them. She sent me one this morning, and I asked her to post it in the comments here. It’s a great description of a character’s anger.
I hope everyone will consider sharing favorite book passages here. They’re fun to read. Remember to […]Book Truths
I’m reading Hattie Big Sky, by Kirby Larson, and am enjoying it so much that it’s keeping me up at night. Hattie is a sixteen-year-old pioneer, single-handedly proving up her dead uncle’s homesteading claim in Montana. If you’ve read this blog the past week or so, you know me well enough to understand how much […]
Eggs and Crazy Horse Electric Game
What’s on my nightstand? Eggs, by Jerry Spinelli.
Jerry Spinelli and I have something in common: We are both graduates of Gettysburg College. That means we’re pals, right?
Great book. I’m a long-time Spinelli fan.
What else is on my nightstand? The Crazy Horse Electric Game, by Chris Crutcher. Sorry, but Mr. Crutcher’s site isn’t working for […]JK Rowling Commencement Speech
Have you read or listened to J.K. Rowling’s Harvard commencement speech? You can do either here. I’ve read it, but I think I’ll play the recording while I prepare lunch today; I enjoyed the read, and I’d like to hear it in Rowling’s voice.
I pulled a couple of quotes from it that I especially like:
There […]Bernetta Wallflower / Boy Meets Boy
What’s on my nightstand? The Life and Crimes of Bernetta Wallflower, by Lisa Graff.
I confess I had a small problem swallowing the idea of a middle-school girl trying to “earn” $9,000. That amount of cashola just doesn’t seem to fit a seventh-grader. That a seventh grade girl can be a con artist–no problem! Go […]Weekend Site-Seeing: Mother Goose
Comments from Shelly and Becca regarding Mother Goose rhymes further stimulated my curiosity, and I’ve been looking around. While I await my copy of The Annotated Mother Goose, by William S. and Ceil Baring-Gould (thanks for the heads up, Becca), I’ve discovered some interesting goosey things.
Did you know that May 1st is Mother Goose Day? […]Book Reviews
The 48 Hour Book Challenge wound up yesterday morning. Winners are posted here.
The Challenge was to choose a 48-hour period between Friday a.m. and Monday a.m. and read/review as many books as possible during that period. Reviews were to be posted on your blog. Books were to be about 5th grade level and up, comics, […]Inkheart
What’s on my mp3 player? Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke.
I’m just beyond the halfway mark and enjoying it, though I have to admit I get annoyed with the child main character, Meggie. I don’t think I like her, but that might change. The moment she defied her father and obstinately refused to get in the car […]Weekend Site-Seeing
Among other things, I am now on the lookout for The Perfect Book to make into a purse. On one hand, it has to be a book I’m willing to dis- and re-assemble. On another hand, it has to be interesting enough to make me want to muck with it and then carry it about. […]
