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Category Archives: Reading
More Reading in 2014
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, A: The story (in case you haven’t already heard) is about a teenager who must fight for her life in an annual state-run competition called the Hunger Games. The competition is brutal, as there … Continue reading
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Reading Report
I got a little crazy for a while and ordered more books from the library than I could possibly read. I tried hard, but it wasn’t enough. I had to send a few back unread, including The Last Days of … Continue reading
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Some Recent Reading
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson, A+: In this book, a timid teenager receives a package from an aunt who has recently died. The package contains 13 blue envelopes and money for a plane ticket to England. The envelopes … Continue reading
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Finishing up 2013: Part I
100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson, A- I enjoyed this slightly unusual book about a boy who, in the farmhouse where he’s staying with family, discovers cupboards that connect to other worlds. Parts of the premise were difficult to believe, and … Continue reading
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Remembering High-School English Class
Trying to write a synopsis of a book always reminds me of Mr. H, my least favorite high-school English teacher. Mr. H was energetic. He tried to engage the class. For example, when we were reading Beowulf, he used one … Continue reading
The Book of Tiny Gardens
Gardening in Miniature by Janit Calvo Grade: A If you’ve kept up with my blog, you know how I feel about the tiny gardens that grow on the rocks in the woods behind my house. And you know that I’ve … Continue reading
Chipping Away at the List
I’ve been chipping away at the list of Top 100 Children’s Books. My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett Grade: B+ My Father’s Dragon is a cute story about a boy who rescues a dragon that is being exploited by … Continue reading
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Replacements Needed
I have been slowly replacing the old paperbacks in my library. It’s a necessary task. Some of them have degraded to the point that they might not survive another reading. The most decrepit of them all is C.S. Lewis’s Prince … Continue reading
The Worry Week
The Worry Week by Anne Lindbergh Grade: B+ The Worry Week is a fun story about three sisters who are supposed to stay with an aunt for a week while their parents deal with some business, but instead they sneak … Continue reading
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Fifty-Two
Today I completed my reading goal for the year: 52 books. Perhaps now I’ll try to work my way through three books that I inadvertently abandoned along the way (The House of the Seven Gables, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, and … Continue reading
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