I am juggling so many different books right now especially when I get tied up (so easily) in this online world of blogging and commenting!! I am reading The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen for a 5th grade blogging book club I am working with at school and reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan with another 5th grade book club-both great books and very, very different. I am, also reading The Magician by Michael Scott, a follow-up to his book The Alchemyst. My son and I have read this series together and we love this sequel as much as the first one. I am trying to read The World is flat by Thomas Friedman because I’m interested in his new book and thought I should look at this one first and Little Heathens byMildred Armstrong Kadish, an Iowa farm story.
Wow…I should shut off the computer.
Things I love…
Okay, it is not environmentally-friendly but I love taking a bath…a bubbly bath w/ patchouli bubble bath! i know all the statistics about how taking a shower uses less water but there is very little comfort in water drizzling over you. Something about a hot bath soothes all that is wrong in the world and tonight after a very hectic day I had to have one. It is amazing and I usually am able to read a few chapters this way until I’m all shriveled like a prune.
Meg Cabot
This is a great little video of author Meg Cabot talking about the writing process while talking about her new book character, Allie Finkle. Can’t wait to show it to a 5th grade student at school who is reading this book!!
Wordles
It is a new day!
At 10:05 this evening Barack Obama has just been declared the next president of the United States of America…I am so proud of my country right now as well as all the people who have worked so hard to make this happen. Only the second time I have had the pleasure of voting for the winning candidate.
Barack Obama
Oh, my the world is so exciting right now!!! I cannot believe how anxious and thrilled I am! Everyone’s hard work for Obama hopefully is coming true right now. I cannot imagine how thrilled I will be to wake up in the morning to a new day in America.
Laughing during this time must be healthy!!
I read this article from Huffington Post, which I love and it really, really made me laugh, which made me feel good at this time of high stress. I thought I was the only one who looked at how well their suits fit and lo and behold, Nora does too…and she says it way funnier than I could!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nora-ephron/life-in-the-shallow-end_b_132850.htmld
Anne Lamott
This is a great article. Please read and she is right-we need to talk everyday about Barack Obama and the good things he stands for in his run for the biggest job America has to offer.
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/09/16/anne_lamott/
Junie B.
I have read two Junie B. books with Japhy and have been really enjoying them with her. I mentioned this to my dear friend, Verda today and she reminded me that I have been negative about this series in the past. Well, now I take it all back. The last time I read a Junie B. was when Tristan was younger and they seemed to be a baby-ish chapter book and I didn’t think the language in it worked. Of course, Tristan now 13 came out speaking in full adult-like sentences and never sounded like Junie B….now I have a 6-year-old, Japhy who is quite similar to Junie b. so to all those I have not recommended-I have changed my mind and love Junie B. now. That does not make me a flip flopper…just someone who can intelligently change my mind!! So cheers to Barbara Parks!
book shopper
The very best part about my job is picking out books. Oh, I love to work with children I really, really do but still the best part is “shopping” for books for them. I get to thumb through Booklist, Booklinks, and LMC copies circling my special choices. I get to look through Titlewave, Bound to stay bound, or Baker and Taylor to choose my selections. My Mom would laugh because I always liked circling things in catalogs when I was little-I guess I never grew out of it!
I have so many books in my back room waiting for me yet I still am busy circling, choosing, picking the right ones for students and teachers. Now I have a new source to add to my searching: blogs! There are tons of blogs out there from addicted readers like myself giving me more and more and more suggestions for great books to add to my collection. It is mind-boggling and yet thrilling!! There is not enough time in my day to read all the reviews and magazine articles I want to read and now blogging sites. Real teachers work all the time…
