Saturday, April 30, 2011
The Other Life
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Throwback Thursday
Queen of Water
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Waiting on Wednesday
Cleaning Nabakov's House
Monday, April 25, 2011
I Love My Job
Anyway, when I returned I found a note a student had left me. It read:
"This is Kianna. Write me back. I need a tragic book."
What's not to love about that note?
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Small As An Elephant
Jennifer Richard Jacobson's debut novel was a great read and one I am hoping to place in the hands of many of my tween readers at school.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
The Reading Promise
Friday, April 22, 2011
Earth Day Read Alouds
New Addition
Made For You and Me: Going West, Going Broke, Finding Home
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Throwback Thursday
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Waiting on Wednesday
Having watched her life turn into a nor’easter, 34-year-old Leelee Satterfield is back home in the South, ready to pick back up where she left off. But that’s a task easier said then done…Leelee’s a single mom, still dreaming of the Vermonter who stole her heart, and accompanied by her three best friends who pepper her with advice, nudging and peach daiquiris, Leelee opens another restaurant and learns she has to prove herself yet again. Filled with heart and humor, women’s fiction fans will delight in this novel.
Where She Went
Monday, April 18, 2011
History of a Suicide:My Sister's Unfinished Life
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Rock Star
My daughters were disappointed they didn't get to meet this icon of children's literature. Brown did meet with groups of elementary school students during his brief stop in Iowa, but sadly, we do not live in the district where he visited. Brown shared a few of his future projects with us, and I am so hoping that there are more adventures with Arthur yet to come.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Deadly
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Thowback Thursday
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Waiting on Wednesday
The Children In Room E-4
Monday, April 11, 2011
Book Blog Hop
Books are - of course- my major guilty pleasure. I have tried to stick mostly to books since having more hobbies is almost impossible with three young children, a husband, and a full time job. If I had more time, I would definitely enjoy doing some knitting again. I still manage to find time to exercise, so running is a guilty pleasure that I do make time for. I rarely watch TV, even though I can find lots of shows I know I would enjoy. Someday I hope to find time for that again. I also still keep up with several friends that I talk to a few times a week.
What fun things do you enjoy beside reading?
Split
Friday, April 8, 2011
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu
Throwback Thursday
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Second Fiddle
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Learning to Swim
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Waiting on Wednesday
This week's pick: Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner Due out: July 12, 2011 Summary: In the latest from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner, four women bound by obligation and opportunity struggle to find a way to make a family… Jules Wildgren is a Princeton senior with a full scholarship and a family she’s ashamed to invite to Parents’ Weekend. Tall, blond, and outwardly identical to her prep-school-educated classmates, her plan is to take the ten thousand dollars she’ll receive from donating her “pedigree” eggs and try to save her father from addiction… Annie Barrow is a working-class mother of two who scrapes by on her husband’s single paycheck. After watching a TV show about surrogates, she thinks she’s found a way to recover a sense of purpose and bring in some extra cash… India Bishop, thirty-eight (really forty-three), believes she’s found her happy ending when she marries a wealthy, older man, Marcus Croft, but decides a baby will seal the deal. When her attempts at pregnancy fail, she turns to technology, and Annie and Jules, to make her dreams come true… But each woman’s plans are thrown into disarray when Marcus suddenly dies, and his twenty-three-year-old daughter Bettina is named guardian of the unborn child. As the baby’s due date draws near, these women—with nothing and everything in common—discover what makes each a mother in her own right. With her laugh-out-loud humor, and spot-on characterizations, Weiner once again takes readers into the heart of women’s lives, in an unforgettable story that interweaves themes of class and entitlement, surrogacy and donorship, parental rights and the measure of motherhood.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Three Stages of Amazement
Sunday, April 3, 2011
In My Mailbox and Sunday Salon
I also broke down and bought two books this week. I have been doing a great job of not purchasing books, but somehow had a weak moment - or two- this week. Heaven is for Real has been receiving a ton of buzz and my mother-in-law read and enjoyed it. Normally we don't have the same taste in books at all, so it will be interesting to read this one. And Sweet Valley Confidential by Francine Pascal is such a blast from my past. I still have books #1-#88 in a Rubbermaid box somewhere. I saved my precious money when I was in sixth-eighth grades to buy these books. Sadly, I would save and buy one and it would last me all of an hour or two. There definitely wasn't much to the books. Even though I have read less than stellar reviews on this one, I can't help but want to find out what happened to Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield and their friends.
This week I am back to teaching a normal schedule. Last week we administered the ITBS tests at our building. I still need to type my lesson plans, but at least have in my mind what I am planning to do. Supper tonight is a recipe I took from Janssen at Everyday Reading - the Sweet Potato Foil Taco Packets. We had those a few weeks ago and they were fabulous!