Gossamor by Lois Lowry

Whoops! I forgot to blog about a book that was simply delightful! If any has read The Giver by Lois Lowry, they will immediately have a clue of the structure of the series. However, if you haven't, you might have time to pick the way things are a bit. That is one thing I feel the author could have done a little bit better, because every one hasn't read The Giver, and Gathering Blue. Moving right along then! Two dream-givers are watching over people who are connected through a blood bond, or just friends, the point is, they give them dreams! But not the bad ones, good ones. The people, or 'things' rather, that give nightmares are rather scary [but that's my opinion]! The touching story is some thing anyone would enjoy,so read it!

-->Tracia Banuelos

We beat the Streets

This book describes the childhoods and growing up of three doctors and their friends. The three doctors wrote this book to show that, no matter where you came from, or how much money you have, you can do almost anything that you work hard for.

--Mary Alice

The Host

The Host is by Stephanie Meyer. She is also the author of the Twilight series. The Host is a VERY different book from the Twilight books, it doesn't have vampires, but it DOES have love and romance, and two people who can't be together fall in love. The host is about "souls" who choose a planet, and recieve a host, or body, to live in. Once the Host dies, souls recieve a new host or, like Wanderer, move on to a new planet. Wanderer's host, Melanie, refuses to give up full control of her mind. What starts out as a rivalry, becomes a good and close friendship. Melanie leads Wanderer to the safe house here crazy uncle Jeb created, and they discover something much different form what they expected. This book is 619 pages long, but don't let that scare you.

Homecoming

Homecoming is a book about a small group of kids who are abandoned by their mom in a parkinglot. In this book they adventure across the East Coast to find a place where they can live. They go through many hardships, and they travel on foot very far. They finally found one of their extended family members and decide to live with her. When they get there, she is very mean, and they become afraid. But after a short period of time, they realize she is becoming nice. In they end they live happily with her. The whole book goes through a long series where they are trying to find their very rich aunt. But on their way they find a much better home, and live there forever. It turns out that they would've hated living with the aunt, and they are very happy with their other aunt.

--Mary Alice

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol is by Charles Dickens. If you have not read the original story buy Charles Dickens, (NOT THE MICKEY MOUSE SUMMARIZED VERSION!!!!!) you really should. I will not lie to you, it can get boring if you are a slow reader, but definatley worth the time. Charles Dickens really brings out the best in Scrooge in this book, and there is nothing better than a happy ending for a good Christmas story. Christmas Carol will make you laugh, cry, become happy and mad, but it will not bore you.

--Mary Alice

Tex

Tex is by S.E. Hinton. Tex is a book about a kid who lives life in poverty and around drugs. This book is full of action and exciting twists. He deals with drug dealing and fights, as him and his brother struggle to pay the most basic bills. Texas is a good boy, who avoids the dangers of the streets and adores horses. He is very much so a cowboy at heart. This book is a quick and easy read, that everyone can enjoy.

Ugly Guide: To the Uglyverse Ugly Guide One

Oh My! This is one of the greatest books of history. Its so raddd, I dont even believe it has page numbers. When I was scanning through my reading log, I discovered that all the novels I read, were, hardcore novels, and I needed to spice that up a bit. This fun loving book is written and illustrated by David Horvath& Sun-Min Kim. The pictures and context a none other than amazing. Being an ugly doll REALLY shows us that the outside really doesnt matter, because these guys are Halarious. My favorite characters are Ox & Wedgehead! Simply put, they are classic theives with a purpose! THroughout the book, you'll catch these guys at local social events, crashing and bashing, along, with the other uglies. This book cost me $5.99 at the book fair, but the Uglydolls are so popular you can probably purchase it at Barnes and Nobles! The book has a way of writing that it will make you smile when you are bored, entertain a younger siblin [or perehaps older] and just plain fun(; You heard [read] it from me!!!


-> Tracia Banuelos

Another one

It is 448 pages and written by Karen Traviss. It is about a terrorist group that attacks Courascant

Teh Bachman b00ks

dis is a 4 part b00k written by Steve King n it has about 5-600 pages and is about peepl gettin mad n goin on killin spr33s.

haha! i found another twilight book to blog about!!!! yay 4 meeeeeeeee

this book is called midnight sun. it was by stephenie meyer and i have nooooo i dea how many pages it has because heres the thing: its....................uhm.......erm..........not acctually published yet? um yeaaaa........................ bu ti promise it is ABSOLUTELY LEGAL!!!!!!!!! she put it on her website: stepheniemeyer.com and its not finished yet cuz ppl were illegally posting it all over the internet and then she jsut gave up. she doesn't kno if shes going to finish it but srsly she put it on her site and its legal! ok so {garrett will like this} it is exacltly the same as twilight. but its EDWARD
'S XD pov! so yea because its EDWARD'S point of veiw it has lotws of extra stuff in it and not any of the stuff bella does when edwards not like totally stalking her. so anyways it has all his feelings and i totally didnt kno he went and got the guy that almost raped her in port angeles arrested!!!!!!! bella doesnt watch the news and edward obviously does so thats my point is that you get all his personal feelings and those of the ppl around him because he reads minds so yupp its kul



~kinz~

STAR WARS REPUBLIC COMMANDO: HARD CONTACT

This book gives us the untold story of the clones and how hard and how awesome the commando's job is. It is written by Karen Traviss and is 340 pages. It is cool to know that clones actually have a life and some are mistreated.

breaking dawn

and finally im to the end of the series. this book has a whopping 768 pages!!!! now i kno u guys have read books with aloooot more pages than that, but idc! so this book has a bit of innappropriate info in it: we r not allowed 2 read it at school without a permission slip now {>>}!!!!!!!!! oh well no big deal to me i have already read it! so skipping the bad parts they have a child {canya guess y we need permission??? lol but no details i swear} and the crazy part is its part human. then the Voltori find out and a H~U~G~E fight begins to take place. personally, i didn't like the way the stephenie meyer {i didn't sya before but thats who wrote it incase u didn't guess from the fact taht DUH SHE WROTE THE OTHER THREE} wrapped up the series. but its too {again} H~U~G~E to reveal. {shaddup garrett and mary-alice!!!!!}




~kinz~

Eclipse

hello ppl!! are yu guys getting tired of my twilight posts yet? if no: good ur awesome! if yes: TO BAD GET OVER IT!!!!!!! XD ok now about eclipse. it is the third book in teh twilight saga and it is soooooooo action packed {just like the other three in the series} but thats not the only reason its good. it is very sad and happy at the same time. bella has never been good at making desisions, and she just got handed the biggest desicion of her life! ah the typical male on male quarrys over girls. this book was written by stephanie meyer, and has 629 pages. READ IT fur cerealz =}

TWILIGHT

Title: Twilight

Author: Stephanie Meyer

Pages: 544

Twilight is a romance book series about a vampire guy who falls in love with a mortal girl. Personally, I didn't like the series but that's not what everybody else says. I got tricked into reading it. The book is a lot like most books you read these days because good things always happen to Bella and good always prevails.

-Garrett Jacobson

8th grade

New Moon

this book is the sequal to Twilight and i don't care if you don't care!!!!!!!!!! you should read it ANYWAYS.!.!.!.!.! ok so it has 563 pages and it was written by stephenie meyer and it is a totally ROCKSOME sequal to twilight. its VERRRRRRY heart breaking. about jacob vs. edward and itS ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL edwards fault!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and jake is such a sweetheart, then he turns into a jerk when edward comes back after realizing that he shouldn't have left and it is REALLY totally ACTION PACKED and i luuuuuuveeeeeddddd iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


in case you didn't figure it out yet.......................
~kenzie~

Home of the Braves

On the 30th of November, I finished the book Home of the Braves by David Klass. This 312 page novel has no comparison with his book You Don' Know Me, written at a later date. When I checked this book was published in 2002. The story begins with a preface of the school being haunted and all of other detail that will really pull the reader in, however, the book doesnt follow through with those details. I was hoping for a fast on the edge novel, where the main character Joe, would solve some sort of mystery linking the new kid, and the mysteries of their high school's legacy, however, the details skipped around. I am in no way saying that the book isn't well written, I was disappointed. The story takes plae in New Jersey, focusing on the life of Joe Brickman, when all of a sudden, a new Brazilian soccer star comes racing forth, stealing glory, helpping out the popularity of the soccer team, but making things hectic. Maybe some where in my reading I missed the point of where Brickman made some sort of connection but I didn't find one.

But one thing is for sure, when Klass gets down to the craving mischief, and bumping throwdowns teens love, he does it well. As I read, I found myself, ready for more action, standing up, screaming, and well, thats just my wild TRACIA-ness factor, but do you get what the point is? I am telling you, rather, COMMANDING YOU, to at least give the book a chance. Even though I was let down, I am one person, with her opionion [sp?], so check it out.


-->Tracia Banuelos

The stand

Hi everyone! just got done with The Stand. it has around 750pages, is written by stephen king, and is about the u.s. military making a "SuperFlu" that kills 99.4 percent of the world. the remaining .6% converge in america where the good and evil people make different cities and declare war on each other, finally leading to the evil side getting a nuke and accidentaly blowing them selves up:) not for anyone who doesn't like detailed death, cussing, and scariness.
-jeremy

When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?

This is a book written by comedian George Carlin. Like much of his stand-up, this book also deals with his religious and political outlooks. In terms of his other books, this book is more darker and more critical. This book is also focused mostly on euphemisms used in advertising and politically correct language. It is about 200 pages long and you could find it at any bookstore. This book is not for the easily offended.

-Derek

Me Of Little Faith

The author of Me Of Little Faith is comedian Lewis Black. In this book, he shares his opinions about all religions. He also describes what life was like being raised Jewish. Me Of Little Faith also includes some of his most famous stand-up material. This book is very funny and it makes you think about what's going on in life. This book is about 300 pages long and you could find it at any bookstore. I defenetely recommend this book for anybody who likes political/religious humour.

-Derek

Things Go Wrong in A School Built Wrong

Book_♥; Sideways Stories of Wayside School
Author_♥; Louis Sachar
Pages_♥; 118

Everyone knows that silliness is like a disease, it spreads amongst everyone. Well in Sideways Stories of Wayside School, it can be clearly seen that the school starts the silliness. First of all, the building was supposed to be built with 30 classrooms right next to each other in a straight row. Instead, the builder got mixed up and built the school 30 stories high ! Louis Sachar begins his tales on the thirtieth floor, where Mrs. Gorf, the meanest teacher, works her magic and turns her students into apples one by one. Besides this mischief, the children somehow manage to turn themselves back into humans, transform Mrs. Gorf into an apple, and have her eaten by Louis, the yard teacher. Soon, a new teacher, Mrs. Jewels replaces Mrs. Gorf and she is so nice, the children are terrified. The children begin to adjust to their new teacher and also her behavior system. Each chapter describes a new character, much like Seedfolks did. The audience learns about Joe, the child who couldn't count correctly, Todd, the blamed one, Sharie, the lazy sleeper, Bebe, the artist, and much more. Each kid comes with their own story to describe their personality and doings. Along with this unique formatting, the book also contains a contagious amount of humor that anyone at any age would enjoy. Read this story to find out how the children get rid of Mrs. Gorf, spirit and all, plus hear the hilarious ending that will keep you smiling. It sure kept me smiling. :)

- amy!

The order of things

This book is around 300 pgs long and realy does take a long time to read. The order of things about pecking orders, ranks, and just random info you never knew you wanted to know. I suggest this book for anyone who is wanting to learn more than school system gives you.






Ben McAdam

Universe in your pocket

The universe in your pocket is a great misc. study guide for any test in any class (except lang. arts). Also a great study guide for NAL *wink wink*. This book is filled with slightly random info about anything from Doomsday theories to animal classifications to tallest buildings to countries and their capitols. This book is around 200 pgs long and is an easy read (found it borders)






Ben McAdam

The Kayla Chronicles

first let me warn you: this is a very girly book guys {cough cough and kasey cough cough who doesnt like cough cough "whiners" cough cough cough} it is about a 15 year old girl named Kayla {hence the title} and her friend Rosalie. the two girls want to become journalists and Rosalie has the perfect plan to "kick off their career". at their school, they have a dance team called the lady lions, and Rosalie's convinced that only "bubble busted" girls are allowed to join. so according to Rozy's plan, Kayla will try out for the team with her many years of gymnastics classes and not be allowed to join because of her "not-so-bubble-busted" chest. i repeat: a very girly book! it's by Sherry Winston and has 188 pages. sounds a little short but i got sucked into it. its very interesting to mee.

~kenzie~

A Child Called IT

This was one of the worst books that I'd ever read. Yet at the same time, it made a permanent and lasting effect on me.

If you're not into the depressingly horrible sorts of books, do not pick this one up. All of my Mexican friends back in Newton told me that I should read it because they said it was one of those books that you cannot put down. And I've got to admit, they were most definately right, but for the worst reasons. Like, the only questions running through my mind while I was reading was 'Is he going to live through this?' and 'What kind of sick parents are these?' It makes you really grateful for your mother and father because this is an autobiography about one of the worst child-abuse cases in America - written by Dave Peltzer.

If you do not have a strong stomach, I fervently suggest that you do not read this. The book and it's horrifyingly surreal details made my stomach do flips and clench up in pain. I could not put the book down folks because it would've just been so wrong to do so. Maybe I'm exaggerating, but the first time I read this book was in fifth grade. The second was a few weeks ago at the public library. I stayed there for seven hours before I finished all 148 pages of it, pale and nauseous. It was just as bad as the first time.

It reminds me of Anne Frank to a certain degree because of the autobiographic relations. However, I'm sure you can relate to Dave Pelzer more than you can Anne Frank because this was much more recent - not to mention in our country.

I hated the book for making me gag and being so depressing, but the author uses good fluency and words. It's a good book if you look only at the quality of the writing and I think it's a narrative that you should read at least once before graduating college. But seriously - it's a really grim book. If you're looking for a fun easy read, this is not a novel you'd turn to.

::Gretchen::

Neighborhood Connects With Garden

Book_♥; Seedfolks
Author_♥; Paul Fleischman
Pages_♥; 70

What starts with a nine year old Vietnamese girl planting 3 Lima beans for her long gone father, turns into community garden, and into an entire neighborhood bond. This happened when Ana, an old woman, watches the Vietnamese girl do something behind a trashcan, in an empty lot. When Ana digs up the area, she finds the seeds and feels bad, so reburies them. Feeling good to be involved, she keeps watching the beans take growth. As the story continues, people, one by one, start to notice the small garden and take part, not knowing what the future had in store. Each chapter, a new character's point of view is expressed, and we soon find out that everyone has had an important history, which caused their contributions to the garden. After a while, the garden grows and grows as the neighbors- elders, youngsters, new comers, and long time residents start to connect with one another. Everyone began with their own reasons to plant something, and what the garden gave each one back was very different. Like the garden- colorful and unique, the neighbors talked and befriended each other, earning trust and comfort with the people living near them. Read this book and see how significantly the garden takes this once polluted quiet neighborhood for a transformation. The author's good uses of comparisons will also help you picture the scenes in many parts of the book. ;)

- amy!

Mom Comes Back After Seven Years

Book_♥; Becoming Naomi Leon
Author_♥; Pam Munoz Ryan
Pages_♥; 246

As I've noticed, Pam Munoz Ryan's Esperanza Rising and Becoming Naomi Leon share many similarities. First of all, the covers both have a long haired girl that is either jumping or rising. Secondly, the titles both have the main character's name on it. Thirdly, the stories both deal with family bonds and Mexican culture. Lastly, they both have earned many awards. Having only read "Becoming Naomi Leon", it is almost a must to read Esperanza.

The novel is based around the life of Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw. Besides the fact of having the weirdest, longest name in the world, she lives in a place called the Avocado Acres Trailer Rancho with her middle classed grandma and disabled younger brother. Naomi describes her talents as soap carving, worrying, and making lists. She developed her soap carving skills from her father, who left when she was just a baby. Her mother was the one that gave her and her brother to grandma. Naomi worries that grandma would die any day, that her brother would never be normal, and that she might lose her lists and forget things. Living life as it comes, Naomi experiences similar routines each day. That is, until the day her mother came back- after 7 years. Her grandma is dumbfounded, and is not wild about the reunion. Naomi's mom, now alcoholic, carried along her obnoxious boyfriend. Along with the shock that Naomi and her brother are having, their mother seems to be lathering Naomi with gifts and affection, leaving her brother out on everything. After this, her mother's boyfriend suggests that Naomi moves in with them, and become the babysitter of his own girl. This forms a battle between grandma, Naomi, her brother, the neighbor, and their mother with her boyfriend. Read the rest of the book to find out how the four plan to fight for their old lives back, and see how Naomi finds her other half. This story connects to MANY all around the world because this type of family conflict can be found almost anywhere. Readers connect well with the characters, for they amazingly seem real. This story about Naomi's family and her future's beginning teaches a useful lesson and is a extraordinary one to read.

- amy!

Star Wars Shadows of the Empire

This book tells about a different extremely powerful dark lord other than Darth Vader. His name is Xizor (pronounced she-zer) and he is the leader of Black Sun an underground spy Orginization. They both work for Lord Sidious. Darth Vader wants to capture Luke Skywalker to give his master the ultimate prize. Xizor wants to kill Skywalker to put Vader in Shame and take his place as Sidious' right hand man. Darth Vader realizes what is happening and tries to kill Xizor without his master knowing because the first time he tried, he got punished. It is 168 pages long and written by Christopher Golden.

-Nathan

Star Wars Boba Fett The Fight to Survive

This is abook about Boba Fett one of the galaxy's fiercest bounty Hunters. His father was the most powerful bounty hunter in his time. Boba loses his dad at 12 and has to fight for his in the of a galaxy at war. It is 157 pages long and written by Terry Bisson. I liked it because it told the story of one of my favorite Star Wars characters ever.

It is also interesting that the book describes the culture of geonosians who appear insignificant but actually without them the seperatist army would rely completely on Baktoid armor which isnt big enough to support as much demand as the seperatists need. This book goes into why the geonosians are able to make droids better than Baktoid (the main reason is that when they are born in their hives they are given a starfighter to take care of and usually dont have anything else to do but mess with droids). I found it very fascinating to learn that much about a species that is wrongly not treated as a key part in the Star Wars saga.

-Nathan

Harry Potter 4

I am redoing an old post like Mrs. Forsberg told me to. I am currently reading Harry Potter 4 The Goblet of Fire. It is 734 pages long and is written by J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter finds himself having to Face challenges of grave danger several years beyond that of his magical schooling whenhe didnt even enter the contest that brought it all about.

-Nathan

Sixth Grade Nickname Game

Title: Sixth Grade Nickname Game
Author: Gordon Korman
Pages: 154

I've owned Sixth Grade Nickname Game for two years; when I was on a Battle of the Books team, it was on my list of books to read. And, as can be expected of me..I never read it, and I never brought it back.

Last weekend the DSL was out of control, leaving me bored and without a stable internet connection. I picked up the first book I found and started flipping through the pages. Enticed, I went back to the beginning and spent a little while each day over the weekend reading. How sad it is that I never started when I first received it!

Sixth Grade Nickname Game is about two sixth graders - Jeff and Wiley - who, obviously, are notorious for sticking nicknames onto everyone they know. They've been best friends for all eleven years of their life and have never done something without the other. Inseperable, they are.

..That is, until their teacher retires and is replaced with a ginormous foot ball coach, dubbed Mr. Huge. Until the school's biggest snoop challenges them to nickname the most bland, boring guy around. Until Cassandra, the cute, wacky, animal-loving girl joins their class and turns their world upsidedown.

Cassandra especially comes across as a threat with her unusual charm, and it's up to Jeff and Wiley to keep their string of friendship tied. Not to mention their reputation as the nicknamers, and their new teacher's job are at stake!

If you'd like to read it yourself, I'm willing to lend you my copy. You know the drill; take good care of it.

- Kasey

You Don't Know Me

You Don't Know Me is a very good suspense book written by David Klass. It follows a kid named John throughout his life at school, his social life, and his personal life. The reason why the beginning is so suspenseful is that it is full of contradictions. But then as the chapter progresses, the suspense level goes down and then raises again. It is 344 pages and can be found in the school library. Another great book.
-Derek

Seedfolk

We just got done reading this book called Seedfolk in science. It is about a group of very different people with very different problems and how a garden brought them all together with something in common, a love for growing fruits and vegetables. I don't remember the author, but it was a little over 100 pages. It is a great book if you like reading about how something so insignificant can bring so many people together.
-Derek

Alice Cooper: Golf Monster

Alice Cooper: Golf Monster is an auto-biography about how golf saved Alice Cooper from destroying himself. He says that he thinks golf just relaxes him and actually helps him become Alice Cooper on stage. It is about 400 pages long, and unfortunately, I couldn't find it in the library here at school. But I'm sure if you look around at Border's or Barnes & Noble you can find it. It really is a great book and worth the search.
-Derek

Tuesdays With Morrie

Tuesdays With Morrie is a story about a man who graduates from college and because his teacher has a disease he spends days with him talking about very philosophical(sp?) topics. It is written by Mitch Albom and it is about 190 pages long.
-Derek

New J.K. Rowling book

I just purchased a book called Harry Potter The Tales of Beedle the Bard. It costs $12 but was on sale 40% off so Igot it for $7. It is 111 pages.

It is about the wizarding childrens stories mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The titles of the chidren's storie are, The Wisard and the Hopping Pot,The Fountain of Fair Fortune,The Warlock's Hairy Heart, Babbity Rabbity and Her Cackling Stump, and the most famous The Tale of Three Brothers.

Each story has commentary by Albus Dumbledore.

-Nathan

Boy Finds Dog in Sea

Book_♥; Thunder From The Sea
Author_♥; Joan Hiatt Harlow
Pages_♥; 243

In this story, the main character goes by Tom Campbell, a 13 year old orphan. Tom has been in the orphanage since the age of 3. His only dream was to have a family and a dog of his own. Half of this dream is finally fulfilled when Tom is sent to Back o' the Moon Island to live with a fisherman and his wife to work. The couple go by Enoch and Fiona, and are very friendly. He is welcomed by a clean soothing room with a nice view of the ocean. On his first fishing trip with Enoch, a severe storm erupts, and on their way home, Tom finds a dog lost in the sea. They rescue the dog and Tom names it Thunder, from the thunder streak scar on his chest. This is probably where the book recieved its title, Thunder From The Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow. He soon finds himself cherishing the dog. He takes care of the dog and the dog follows him everywhere he grows. Meanwhile, their neighbor's child, Bert, is making things difficult for Tom by bullying him constantly. Soon, Enoch's wife becomes pregnant, and Thunder's owner is identified. Tom is worried that with the new baby, the couple might not want him anymore, and he will lose his first dog. Thunder's owner comes, and Thunder has to choose his owner. Read this book to find out whether this book finishes off happily, or depressingly. This story will for sure change the way you think, and make you see things differently. Now, when I hear orphan, I remember how Tom feels about moving into a new place and how he falt like an outcast.

- amy !

Sardine Boy Gets Old Crane Role in School Play

Book_♥; Replay
Author_♥; Sharon Creech
Pages_♥; 211



In Replay by Sharon Creech, Leo, a curious 12 year old boy, considers himself as a sardine, squeezed into a small can. This is because he lives with a big family and is hardly ever noticed by his talents. One of his brothers plays football, and one of his sisters plays soccer. He, on the other hand chooses to be in a play at school. Leo's chosen part was the Old Crone (Old woman) and he is not very pleased. Throughout the story line, Leo finds himself in ugly situations and imagines the situations afterwards, when he is always the hero. His imagination replays and he sees himself as a successful coach, a doctor, and even a movie star. When he finds his father's childhood belongings, he discovers unrevealed secrets about his family. Leo finds a journal, written by his father as a child, who is not always happy. He starts to develop the reason why his father was the way he was. When he tried to learn more about his past family, someone cried and fainted. After a while, his grandparents and father tell him about what happened back then. Leo also finds out that his father was much like him when he was a teen, doing plays and tapping. Read this book to find out how the play goes, what he does to help the family back together, and is finally noticed for his acting talent. I enjoyed reading this book because everything tied together in the end, and the authors unique style of writing this book in script form. :)

-amy !

Language Arts class

We just finished reading A Christmas Carol in the 7th grade language arts class. It is five chapters long and written by Charles Dickens. It is about a grouchy man named Scrooge who is taught a lesson by a few spirits ands starts to live a better life after their encounter. I think Charles Dickens certainly lives up to his role as second to Shakespeare. The only part about the story that I had a problem with is that it was hard to understand at some times.

-Nathan

Seed Folks

This is a book about a bunch of ppl who live in an appartment who plant gardens in a comunity garden that brings every one together.

The Real Frank Zappa Book

The Real Frank Zappa Book is a book about Frank Zappa and written by Frank Zappa. It chronicles the life of Frank Zappa from birth, when he gets his band The Mothers Of Invention, and when he goes solo and has his own band. It is about 300 pages long and unfortunatly it cannot be found in the school library.
-Derek

diary of a teenage girl:sold out

this book is about a christian girl in a band and God is mentioned alot so if that will bother you don't read this. it has 284 pages and it was written by Melody Carlson.so far i am only about on page 47 and the story is mostly about a teenage girl that has all the normal high school problems. her friends do drugs and shoplift and all she realy wants is for them to become Christian like her and lead better lives. of course, not all of her friends are bad. her band is very much Christian, but her friend Laura's pastor is trying to control the band and Chloe(the narrator) does not agree. if you like "girly realities" this would be a good book to read as long as the religous mentionings will not bother you.

~kenzie~

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Title is up there, obviously. The author is Scott O'Dell and it's a book very similar to Hatchet. There are 184 pages and it's a moderately easy read. There wasn't much dialogue used, but this book is deep and detailed, which is awesome. There were a few twists and an honest to goodness ending that doesn't leave you hanging. I seriously hate those sorts of books. The storyline is about an Indian tribe that leaves behind a girl named Karana, who ends up living there alone for years. It was super interesting and a relatively fast read. Check it out.

:::Gretchen:::

P.S. It's a Newberry Award Winner book. That has to mean something, right?

"Bad Things Come in Threes" ; Proved Wrong

Book_♥; Jumping The Scratch
Author_♥; Sarah Weeks
Pages_♥; 167

The cover of this book was what attracted me. It was bright red, with a big button on it, and I thought it stood out. The title, Jumping The Scratch, had no meaning to me because I didn't know what it meant. When I saw who the author was, I knew the book was worth reading. Sarah Weeks was also the author of the sensational So B. It. I've never read So B. It, but from reading the plot, I learned that this author sure writes the most interesting, realistic story lines. Anyways, about "Jumping The Scratch" - the main character is named Jamie Reardon. Everyone has heard of bad things coming in threes, but after Jamie's cat dies, his father leaves, and his aunt encounters memory loss from a cherry-factory accident, another fatal incident causes Jamie to suffer. He spend days figuring how to forget the incident that is haunting him. Jamie collects empty cherry cans to stack around him at night so that when he comes, Jamie can wake up and escape. No one knows of this incident but himself, and he carries it with him everywhere. Meanwhile, Jamie and his mother are trying to find the "magic trigger", the object that will save his aunt's memory forever. The ending is when I found out what the secretive incident was, and along with that, what the magic trigger was- although, surprisingly, it was right in front of my face the whole time. The power of memory is strongly enhanced in this memorable novel. :)


- amy !

Posts Have Been Checked

Anything posted prior to this post has been logged on a grading sheet. You may not go back and add to old posts, but please do continue to make new posts. The posts are getting better. Please remember to not just say a book is awesome but to comment on something about it or to share why you liked it. Also, it must include the author's name, the number of pages and your name at the end of the post to get full credit. As far as the responses to other posts go, they need to have more thorough responses. You can't just say you like or don't like something or ask a simple yes/no question. Respond to something meaningful so your response will count. Keep the dialogue going, and do remember that there are only 3 weeks until the quarter is over. For those of you who don't have any posts or responses logged, you need to get busy. There isn't much time left.

Mrs. Forsberg

Diary of A Wimpy Kid

Sorry I forgot to blog about this book. Being the non-chalant person I am, I really dont care about reading books unless they are worth it. This 217 page book by Jeff Kinner is Halarious!I ROFL [rolled on floor laughing[. With all of the main character's [Greg's] wacky drawing, a freedom of expression. It makes the book worth your while! Check it out if you can! I'll detail ater


-->Tracia Banuelos

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

At an earlier date, I posted a blog about the book Impulse, by this same author. However I did not go in to full detail, but let's not get side tracted. I bought the book Crank on Friday the 21st, and finished it Sunday evening. It was that thrilling, and did I mention only a minimum of 537 pages? It is her[Hopkins] first novel and it is marvelous. The way sh elets the text literally flows to inhance the readers enjoyment of teh book really captivates me[plus how short the pages are!]. On with the sorty shall we? Now, before I talk about the book, let me warn you, this book was not found in the CMS library, I bought it at Barnes&Noble[s?] for $9.99. So if your parents don't approve of you readinga book about a seventeen year old girl with her wacky date with the monster, Crank, then don't say I didn't tell you so. The girls birth name is Kristina, however she turned into a drug thirsty woman, by the name of Bree. Bree gives her confidence, she speaks her mind, [and fliration skills!]. Yet, Bree is not the one that is going to give birth. Bree is not the gifted straight A junior in high school, she is a repercussion of bad parental skills. As the story begins, take note of the visit she has with her biological father in New Mexico. That leads off the story! As Kristina tries to find her true self inside this binge, Bree takes over. Bree gives her comfort, Bree gives her what she dreamed. Bree gives her what she wanted, but not what she needs. Before you know it, you will be at the end of the book! Don't worry people, there is a sequel Glass [which i will also purchase at a date unknown].I highly encourage any one and everyone WITHIN LIMITS to read this book, for the sake of their own good will.

--> Tracia Banuelos

It was me

I forgot to write my name but im the the one that wrote the post I know we've all read it

-Nathan

I know we've all read it

Ino we have all read Harry Potter but thats what Im reading right now and we are running out of time to get good posts down. I am currently reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire. It is written by J. K. Rowling and has 734 pages.

Pearl Harbor hits U.S.

Book_♥; Farewell to Manzanar
Author_♥; Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Pages_♥; 213

In Mrs. Forsberg's 7th Grade Gifted Language Arts class, our class book was Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, a Japanese-American. It is one of the few intricately detailed personal narratives still left in our world today. (Yes, that means it is a true story). What sparked me about reading this book was how Houston wrote the book without making us feel sorry for her. She said the story in a story-telling way. She began her book when she was age seven, the age that she was sent to a concentration camp after the famous Pearl Harbor bombing. The camp was known as Manzanar. During her years at the camp, she struggles with hardships, danger, and discrimination. Rarely did she ever experience any tremendous happenings that she treasured. Jeanne describes her and her family's adventure during their imprisonment and sometime she talks about what happened before the war. Soon, those memories fade, as she lives her life in Manzanar. Read to understand what a big influence the camp has had on Jeanne's life and how it shaped her future.

I am mainly telling the 8th & 6th graders to read this book, but 7th graders may try reading it again?? ;)

-amy !

This Book

There is this other book that I'm reading it's about the life of Hitler and why he made the decision to do what he did. I am on page 400 and there are about 900 pages of actual book. So far I think it's kind of interesting. But this book is something you'd check out for research for a book report than to read.
-Derek

NIGHT

About 120 pages.

I would have to say that it night is one of the best books ever. It really captures your imagination and once you start reading it.... You don't stop. You can always have a mental picture of what is going on the whole time because the author is just so good at telling the story.

-Garrett Jacobson-

So B. It

So I just recently read So B. It by Sarah Weeks, and its only 243 pages. However it is quite an interseting read. The main character Hiedi, or thats who she believes she is, goes on a realld raddicals jourey to uncover her menatlly disabled mothers past. I have to say I had doubts about this book at first, however I realized it got into the conflict pretty quick. Hiedi's mother, who is So B. It [ she has a real name buhht that is unconvered later on in the book] says the word soof when anything good happens. Yet, she also says it when bad things happen. That got to me. As I read more deeper int the book , I couldnt believe the things happening, and then it hit me, the book is fiction. One thing I believe the author could have done better was describe the natural settings around Hiedi on her journey. She travels to New York, from a locatin that i forgot [hehe(;] And the way the author desribes it, it just doesnt fit the strory line at all. She travels between bus station to station, however the reader might get lost.

However, if you want a quick captivating read for the campagn [sp?] you should consider this book. It is not very girlie, and the plot twist was phenomenal. I was very pleased that it did not turn out the way I would have hoped it would, and it is quite odd to think about. Just remember one thing: Just because you may be ill, it doesnt mean you cant accomplish anything!

--> Tracia Banuelos(;

What is your favorite childrens book?

Mine is either if you give a mouse a coookie or the cat in the hat

flipped

i recently went to book-a-holic and traded in a lot of books for extra stpre credit. when i was looking through they're books i found a few that sounded appealing. they are called flipped, sold out, kayla, and hidden child of the holocaust. they also had the boy in the striped pajamas but i thought that was in coleman's library, was that right? but right now i am reading flipped and i is about a girl and a boy. the boy has avoided the girl since second grade, and the girl has tried to get the boy to like her. then when they get to eighth grade, the boy decides he likes the girl and the girl decides to give up on the boy. that is the description on the back, and i have only gotten to the part when the two second graders meet. has anyone read it? if anyone else is interested in reading it, you can borrow it from me in mrs. forsberg's class.

~kenzie~

XFGJDJETJZET

PEOPLE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RESPOND TO MY TWO POSTS. THEYVE BEEN UP FOR OVER A WEEK NOW


-NATHAN

Night

In Mrs. Forsberg's class the 8th graders are reading the book Night by Elie Wiesel. It is a book about the struggle of being a teenager during the Holocaust. So far, I think the book is pretty interesting and if you think a story about a major event from one person's point of view then I think this book is for you. It has 115 pages.
-Derek

The Little Prince

Title: The Little Prince
Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Pages: 97

I have decided to start off my part of the campaign with a classic..a classic kid's book, to be exact. I received the Fiftieth Anniversary Edition of The Little Prince, complete with a description page, the manuscript draft, a ribbon for use as a placeholder and a box for safekeeping, before I was even a month old, for my first Christmas - I was a little shocked after reading it, I must say, that I was gifted with such a deep, moving and rather disturbing book as a newborn!

But, judging by its content, I now understand why kids who grew up in the past behaved so differently than children of today. Nobody must have cared about protecting their kin's mind from corruption back then!

The Little Prince describes the short, yet emotional journey for survival of the narrator and a strange young boy known as 'The Little Prince' after the narrator's crash landing in the middle of the Sahara desert. During their hardships, The Little Prince tells stories of his home, an asteroid scarcely bigger than a house where the three volcanoes reach up to his knees and baobabs constantly try to take root in order to destroy it, as well as his trip to Earth and the odd adults he meets along the way.

I will reveal no more - if you want to know what happens, go get a copy of the book or ask to borrow mine. I'm more than happy to lend it, but I request, no, demand that it is kept in the box when you're not reading it and looked after with utmost care. It's special, and I don't want you losing it. Be very sure that you do not misplace the description page!

The Little Prince is one of the most amazing books I've ever read - not to mention the prince is adorable! I highly recommend it, so please do consider reading!

- Kasey

Big Friendly Giant Said to be Seen.

Book_♥; The BFG
Author_♥; Roald Dahl
Pages_♥; 208

I have finished reading The BFG by Roald Dahl, and I tell you, it is absotively posilutely outstanding. Some may think that Roald Dahl has no point in the books he writes, but I find them very amusing. :) The style that Dahl writes in is unique and won't be recreated this well anytime soon. He connects the real-life to the fairytale-life in the most creative ways. So I suggest that you stick your nose into one of these books and get it over with instead of going through life wondering what Roald Dahl's books were like. A good way starting point is The BFG !

I have just started this book, and so far, and orphan named Sophie is snatched from her room into the hands of a giant. The giant's actions are very suspicious to Sophie, and she fears tremdously that the giant will eat her. She then finds out that the giant has a hilarious secret. He is a non-human-eating giant, a big friendly giant ! Although he is a non-human-eating giant, it doesn't mean the others aren't. The other giants are labled with horrid names and do unimaginable things. As of right now, Sophie is just relieved that the BFG will not eat her.

As the book proceeds, Sophie finds out the other giants are up to no good. They are going to her home country, England, to chew up many more children! Sophie and the BFG come up with a VERY clever plan, but will it work? Well, I can't tell you ! Read this marvelous book and you will be truly captured. ;)

amy !

my collection

Would anyone be wanting to read a Star Wars book. Ihave a very extensive collection and would be happy to let anyone borrow any book out of it at any time. Here is the list:

The Cestus deception
Dark Rendevous
Republic Commando hard contact
Dark Lord the rise of darth vader
jedi quest #2
tatooine ghost
Idont have it but a good one is Star Wars Medstar 1: Battle Surgeons and Medstar 2: Jedi Healer
Thats all I can think of without looking through my closet.

-nathan

Reminder From Mrs. Forsberg

I have to say that the ongoing conversations are great. That is just what is supposed to happen; however, there are a few things to remember. First of all, you need to remember that your main posts need to have good, thorough content, a title, an author, the number of pages in the book, and whoever posted it. Too many random posts with no substance are just being thrown out. These posts should be about books you are reading for the campaign, and then you should engage in good conversation about those books with one another. In reading through the entire blog, I found 4 original posts that would count as good substantial original posts (and 2 of those 4 were missing page numbers). Secondly, you need to make sure your language and banter are appropriate for a school assignment. Some of your informal conversations with your acronyms and slang are a bit too informal . Please watch your language and make sure your comments are clear and appropriate. And finally, have a scholastic purpose for your conversation. This is not a forum to have random conversations about ANYTHING, it is a forum to dialogue about good books. Enjoy, but remember what our goal is. Everyone should be making quality posts and quality comments.
~Mrs. Forsberg

JEDI vs. Spartan vs. vampire

Jeremy , Kenzie, and I have a disagreement. Say who you think is more powerful between JEDI Spartan and vampire and why







-nathan

They See Me Bloggin', They Hatin'

Tryin' ta catch me writin' dirty..

- is shot -

I can't remember the last time I fell in love with a book. Today's new authors, frankly, are boring. Always writing about love, teenagers, highschool, angst, etc..it's getting kind of old.

What I'm asking for is recommendations. Something that doesn't have anything to do with that kind of stuff. Please?

I'm a sucker for fantasy and mystery writing.

- Kasey

STAR WARS INSIDER

Have any of you ever wanted to have something that can give very up to date cool Star wars knowllege. Star wars insider is the perfect magazine for that. It runs for about $8.00 andis about 80 pages long. It can be found at almost all bookstores and comes out with an issue about every two months. One of my favorite parts is versus. Versus is when two characters that are pitted against each other even thogh they may never have actually met in the Star Wars galaxy. It is a really cool magazine.-Nathan

REALLY RAD BOOK!

*about to scream!* THE TWITS by Roals Dahl is llike, i swear the best one ever! i'll tell tou guy latahh's. gtg!


--> Tracia Banuelos

The Supernatural

I am about to begin reading The Supernatural. I have heard a lot about it and it really intrigrues me. Does anybody know if it is a good book?

-Garrett Jacobson-

Impluse by Ellen Hopkins

ELLEN HOPKINS is simple phenomenal. Even though there are 666 pages, the book is rather short. The three main characters seem as to be connected through fate, love, and death. I cried at the end this book was so strong, and i'm a tough cookie! The author also has three or four ohter books that aare simialr to this one. The are: Crank, Burned, Glass, and Identical. However I believe Identical has not yet been published. I encouraged anyone within close range of a book store to go purchase these books! I KID YOU NOT, i will not mislead you.

-->Tracia Banuelos

Counterfiet[sp?] Son

I also read this book last year nd i have to say it was powerful. It is a realistic fiction book that will always leave you wanting more and the plot twist and mysteriousnesss makes you jump up and down. I don't know if the author has published d any other books quite like this one however David Class has many more books compelling for the young mind.

--> Tracia Banuelos

WAZZZZZZZZZZZZUP???

I just read Brisinger(magic term for fire) by Polini and it was AWSOME! I've already read it twice. But Its at least 750 pages long!!!!!!! But I really thought that the book was entertaining and adventurouse. But anywayIT WAS AWSOME!!


SCOTT THOMPSON

Hey, has anybody read the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series?

I read them in like 5th and 6th grade and they are very good.

Wish I could count them =[.....

But has anybody read them?

-Garrett Jacobson-

Does anybody know of

Any good realistic fiction boooks?

Oh and, how are everybody's halloween stories going?

Comment away on this one until it cant eat any more comments.

-Garrett Jacobson-

The River

The river is abook i finished a month ago, about a guy who gets trapped in the wilderness for over a month and has to fight for survival... After returning home he is burraged by reporters to the point of laying low until they all go away. A few weeks after the media attention dies dow e is asked to go back into the wilderness with a psycologist for the US military. Brian (the main character) agrees to go back against mother's will. The rest is for you guys to find out, ohh and this is by gary Paulson

*****Ben McAdam*****

So B. It [TEE FRESH]

at the current moment i'm reading So B. It by Sarah Weeks. I have to say it's a bit odd and low for my taste buhh ti t sort of a thrilling reading Yet it is so unrealistic. I mean, we all love fiction buhht realistic fiction gets to us even better. I have to say, so far, this book as left me partially unsatisfied. I just have to say, I hope it gets better by the end. The main character is a gambling twelve year old going to recover her mentally disabled mothers past. And the only thing that triggered these thoughts was the word soof buhht wouldn't just knowing the fact that you're sortof an orphan trigger that? I'll keep you guys updated. Hopefully this book will live up to par.


--> Tracia Banuelos
Channel Four News.

Most Fantabulous Book Eva.

One of the best books that I've ever read, like, ever. I mean, seriously. Like, ever - is called "The Kite Runner". I forgot who it's by but it's super awesome. It's really deep and making sense-like. And the phrase that it uses "For you, a thousand times over" is really loving and stuff and I'm kinda a sap for that sort of stuff. You don't even have to use it for a lover, which, I have to add, is awesome. Like, with the phrase "Always, babe," is your girlfriend/boyfriend, but "For you, a thousand times over" is just for someone you really care about. (Insert "awwww" here) In the book, they use it really sweetly and the book in itself is really good. Don't watch the movie before the book though, because it'll spoil your image of everything.

I really love the book. It's very realisitic and life-like (unfortunately). My aunt suggested (AKA forced) it onto me when she was inspired by it. She said it changed her life. And I gotta admit, it was worth it. It's about two hundred and fifty pages, I think, and you get really into it. You can't put it down, like Twilight. Lol. xP But in a different way.

-Gretchen Choe

P.S. The book is fantabulous, so READ IT.

DOWN A DARK HALL

i absolutely love lois duncan. i am reading one of her books right now and i'm only on like page three or something like that but i already like it. it is called stranger with my face anybody read it? is it any good? i'm not very picky. anyway my favorite book of hers that i have read so far is down a dark hall. READ IT!!! oh and read don't look behind you too!!!
-MacKenzie Bair

you dont know me

somebody mentioned this earlier, and i didn't realize that anybody else had ever really heard of it! well duh other people have but you
get what i mean! so it is a really gooooooood book! i loved it from the first page i read! ok so yes it was really confusing at first but when you get a little used to him imagining things that seem like hes acctually doing....... well nevermind just READ IT!!!!!
-MacKenzie Bair

OH NO YOU DINT" GIRLFRANN!

garrett is just jealous that i'm the hottest thing in town. BEN__> SQUIRREL [sp!] ARE NOT AWESOME, they look like they can flyy and i can sense they dont like me!

GARRETT!!! IM GOING TO READ MORE BOOKS THAN YOUUHHS.

GEE FRESH
tee fresh is hotter

We Beat The Streets

We are currently reading We Beat The Streets in out language arts class. We are about halfway through it.

GFRESH IN THE BUILDING

I KNOW YOU SAW THE RECENT NEWS, AND NO, TRACIA IS NOT TAKING OVER!

GARRETT IS TAKING OVER IN HERE!

You Don't Know Me

This book is full of contradictions and at first does not make any sense. I thought it was pretty suspenseful and very entertaining. And eventually you do kind of understand the main character. David Klass is an amazing author.
-Derek Bruey

Tracia Banuelos[again]

mmkays people! NOW, i just recently read Chain Letter, by Christopher Pike and I fell in love with it!
ouh, mangggs, i gotta make this short coz' the teachaaaa lady might get on me. LOLS, xD its scary and its not all appropriate! THATS MY KIND OF BOOK! Who wants to read a book without suspense?! A book with no frickin' purpose?! Seriously dudes, [and chica's]. And the mental image of the characters is phenomenol [sp!] I KID YOU NOT! Now, i g2g. TTYLS!

Twilight

Girls from robinson middle school last year told me how good this book series is.
So i decided it couldn't hurt to read one book.
So I read it and....
I don't like it xDD
It's too girly.
But everybody told me OMG NO GARRETT YOU CANT STOP READING!
So yeah I read the rest of them....
MESSAGE TO ALL GUYS: DONT. READ. IT.
Not to mention I cant stand Edward.

-Garrett Jacobson-

Artemis Fowl

I finsihed reading Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox. This all about scifi. A 16 yr old mastermind trying to save his mom from a mysterious disease... but his mom is realy just possesed, and it is realy confusing so just read it!!! or not!!!

Ben McAdam

I Am America(And So Can You)

The book I Am America(And So Can You) by Stephan Colbert is wonderful at explaining his opinions about subjects that range from religion to the school system using comedy and sarcasm. I recommened this book to anybody that loves comedy. It is about 200 pages long. "I laughed, I cried I lost 10 pounds."
-Derek Bruey

The Outsiders

I read THE OUTSIDERS recently. Thiss book iss very good, and it makes you alwways wanna keep reading to find out what is going to happen next. It is very true about how groups can clash and how there is always going to be conflict and that you just gotta know how to stay away from trouble. It was sad when Johnny dyeeeeddd =[[[[[. lol.


-Garrett Jacobson-

LOL, TRACIA BANUELOS TAKING OVER

OHKAYYS, some seventh grader mentioned I Know What You Did Last Summer that story is really raddd[;. its a classic combination of horror and teenage fun fo rthe cool person HOWEVER the movie is WAY better than the book, I mean seriously, perhaps it is because of the actors and since i saw the movie first[ the actual one, not the paradoy] i thought the book was euwyy. I mean, that vook bored after only a few chapters, and i am easily entertained, so its all the authors fault. FUHHREALS. Now, i have another book to blogg about so siyanora [sp?] fellow bloggers! ON A FIVE POINT SCALE--> this book is 2.5 stars!

i have to say my favorite book (besides twilight of course) is The Wizard of Oz.

Halo books R AWESOME

Halo books have lots of action, a little bit of blood, and are very entertaining.-JK

twilight twilight twilight!!!

I am not really sure what to do............. but if there is anyone on here that likes TWILIGHT as much as i do, please respond or whatever it is you do on here!! oh yea and by the way, my favorite part of the first book is bella meeting jacob :DDD (just to get the conversation flowing)

Rules of the Road

The 25 Book Campaign is specifically being tracked in your consortium, and there is no classroom grade connected to it; however, in language arts you will receive a grade for blogging about what you are reading. You will be evaluated on a rubric for your participation, and the points gained from blogging will be added to your grade at the end of the 9 weeks. That means you will receive one grade for the 2nd quarter, one for the 3rd quarter, and one for the 4th quarter. For the 2nd quarter we will all respond in my blog. If things go well, you will create your own individual blogs for the 3rd and/or 4th quarters.

Blogging Breakdown

20 points
Blog 8 or more times in 9 weeks.

15 points
Blog 5-7 times in 9 weeks.

10 points
Blog 1-4 times in 9 weeks.

*These are entries based on your own reading, and they need to include a book/reading material title, an author, the number of pages in the book/reading material, and whatever you want to say about the book/reading material. Think critically and share your personal perspectives and insight. You in no way need to provide a complete book summary. In fact, you want to explain things just enough so people can understand your point, but you don't want to give everything away in case you inspire someone else to read the book.

20 points
Respond to another post 5 or more times in 9 weeks.

15 points
Respond to another post 3-4 times in 9 weeks.

10 points
Respond to another post 1-2 times in 9 weeks.

*These are genuine comments, questions, and/or discussion points regarding other people's reading. These comments are not critical of the person, the information in the post, or the technical merit of the post.

20 points
Posts and responses show creativity, critical thought, and genuine insight.

15 points
Posts and responses show clear thoughts and reflections about the book(s) and/or reading material.

10 points
Posts and responses show little personal interest and contain predominantly generic information.

*The content is important. YOGOWYPI (You Only Get Out What You Put In)

With this rubric, you can see that you have the opportunity to earn anywhere from 30 to 60 points with your posts. You can not score below 30 unless you simply do not write any posts at all.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

~ Joseph Addison ~

The Road to Enlightenment is Paved With Good Books

I don't remember who said it, but there's an old saying that goes, "He who does not read is no better off than he who can't." In our quest to continue to grow as readers, we will be participating in the 25 Book Campaign. Instead of just logging your books and pages in your consortium, you will be blogging about what you read, as well as interacting with others about what they are reading. The 25 book challenge is lofty, but the journey and the rewards will be well worth it. You will be posting on this classroom blog, and you can invite anyone else to join and participate in our blog. From friends, to parents, to teachers or even siblings, anyone can join if you give them my email address and password. So join me as we enrich our lives with books, critically reflect upon each one, and support one another through our bloughts, the new Forsbergian term for blogging thoughts.