It is summer and reading is in full swing :-)
The Compound by S. A. Bodeen...is another Texas Lone Star selection which the kids ought to be reading when school starts again. I am not too happy about the list this year...don't like this book too much. But then if you like Science Fiction, you probably will like this one. Maybe I just don't like Science Fiction!
the dead & the gone: a novel by Susan Beth Pfeffer, hah that's the same genre, so here we go it's a bit better then the other book, but still not what I like for summer reading, and some kids might not get into it as they are just not muture enough. Oh, well, don't need a sequel to this one either (it doesn't help that Dan and I started watching a movie going right along this book -Impact, which will conclude tomorrow evening.
And Jason wanted me to read a book he likes Storm Front: book one of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, does Jason know I don't care about vampire books. Well, I read it and will be reading the next one also (well, I'll listen to it on CD as he gave that to me also). Actually the book is about Harry a wizzard and detective who gets to work with the police on paranormal murders.
Oh, my, I almost forgot about this Texas Lone Star book I have read:
Gym Candy by Carl Deuker hmm, what to say. He writes books about sports and this one is just like it. Love football, love the book...well...anyways, the book is about this boy who's father didn't make it big in football because he wasn't doing what he should have done, hides all he's done from his son and is treating his son to become a big football star. With all the pressure he succumbs to the 'gym candy', so there's the message!
Okay, that's all I have read this week, reading a book at work, listening to a book during workouts, and am starting a new book now (then I'll also start listening to Jason's CD in the car...I'll be having 4 books going at once...might have to change the one I am going to read as it looks as though I have picked another SciFi one :-()
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
It is time to update this post again...
I have been reading!
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. If you want to read about Pakistan and Afghanistans school children this is the book for you. It started out very slow for me, but once I knew what it was all about it became a lot clearer. I do recommend this book, it is hard to read with all these customs we are not used too, but I think it is interesting and I believe Greg Mortenson has his heart in the right place.
Diamond Willow by Helen Frost, this is a Texas Lone Star book and I read it for school. It actually is a pretty interesting book to read and gives you a bit of an inside into Alaska's wilderness. And if you want to know what a "Diamond Willow" is click here.
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor, another Texas Lone Star. This is about the saddest book I have read in a long time. But I do recommend this one. No wonder our students are so messed up. A mother who loves her children, or so she says, but is never around to watch what they do or take care of them. The two youngest end up with their father when the oldest has to take care of them all the time. But because the oldest is not his child he can not get custody of her...I won't tell you the ending, but there are some interesting caracters and friendships in this book.
Reading Gym Candy now. Will have to post update later when I am finished with it!
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. If you want to read about Pakistan and Afghanistans school children this is the book for you. It started out very slow for me, but once I knew what it was all about it became a lot clearer. I do recommend this book, it is hard to read with all these customs we are not used too, but I think it is interesting and I believe Greg Mortenson has his heart in the right place.
Diamond Willow by Helen Frost, this is a Texas Lone Star book and I read it for school. It actually is a pretty interesting book to read and gives you a bit of an inside into Alaska's wilderness. And if you want to know what a "Diamond Willow" is click here.
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor, another Texas Lone Star. This is about the saddest book I have read in a long time. But I do recommend this one. No wonder our students are so messed up. A mother who loves her children, or so she says, but is never around to watch what they do or take care of them. The two youngest end up with their father when the oldest has to take care of them all the time. But because the oldest is not his child he can not get custody of her...I won't tell you the ending, but there are some interesting caracters and friendships in this book.
Reading Gym Candy now. Will have to post update later when I am finished with it!
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