American Gods
American Gods by Neil GaimanFirst, please excuse the lack of usual formatting, links and picture. I'm using my sweet iPad to type this and haven't really figured out the mobile Blogger...
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I'm figuring out the formatting thing on Blogger using my iPad, so please be kind when I make errors.So! One week down, another half over. I had to bring the Hammer of Thor (aka my sweet classroom...
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You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack by Tom Gauld
You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack by Tom Gauld (2013)Ah, comics for the nerdy of heart. I picked up Gauld's book at the library this week and read it in one sitting.There are nerdy jokes galore,...
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It's Cybils Time!
We're taking a break from our regularly scheduled Readers Advisory posts this week because I couldn't get it together to put a post together. I was struck down by a plague this weekend. Children are...
View ArticleSo You Want to Read...Historical Fiction
So. Historical fiction. I don't like historical fiction. That's what I tell myself, anyway. Just the same way that I don't like mysteries. But if you've read much of this blog, you'll know that what I...
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Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Okay for Now by Gary D. SchmidtIt's 1968. Things aren't great on Long Island for Doug Sweiteck, but he has a couple friends, and he has just met the great Joe Pepitone, who gave him, Doug Sweiteck, the...
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So You Want to Read...Comfort Books
Fall is here, Gentle Readers! It's properly Sweater Weather in my neck of the woods, perfectly coinciding with my first paycheck from the new job, so I bought a couple snuggly cardigans. It's also time...
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So you want to read...in the car
So you want to read in the car, do you? But you're driving. Who among us has not been tempted to hold up a book or iPad as we drive, especially down long stretches of highway? Not me! When I say a book...
View ArticleReading...stuff
Gentle readers, I'm sorry to say. I don't have a readers' advisory post this week. I'm reading student compositions this week, and I don't recommend you read those unless you are a teacher. Also, this...
View ArticleNot a Rant, A Tiny Little Whinge
It goes without saying (but I'm going to say it anyway) -- teaching is hard work! And going from working only 20 hours a week to nearly 60 in the space of a couple weeks has been a lot harder to manage...
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So you want to read...about someone else's life
I've been grading narrative and descriptive writing assignments for the last couple weeks, and I find it utterly fascinating that humans can have such varied experiences, yet so much that underlies our...
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A Rest from Adventuring
Dearest Readers,So. It has come to this.I love this phrase, and I use it whenever I can. Today, it means that I have to take a break from blogging. I haven't been that stellar since I started the new...
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So yeah. About that short break I was going to take.Well.I've been meaning to write something about reading for a long time, but it's kind of an unpleasant topic, by itself and because it leads to...
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I Read YA, or, Hi there
Hi there. You look good. Did you get a haircut? I did.Let's skip all the awkwardness and just dive in, shall we? If you've browsed at all on the blog, you'll know that I read a LOT of YA. There are all...
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Tweets of Note: Having a Gay Character is not a Spoiler
Not only have I gotten back into reading, but as summer vacation looms, I have time to get back to the book I started writing in November, so my characters have been kicking around the ol' brain pan,...
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Reading Like a Student
It's been a long time since I've lived with a book they way I'm living with Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle books. I can't get the story out of my head* (helped in no small part that I've finally...
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Summer Reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guys! It is almost vacation time! My grades are done, it's my last day with the kids and a couple days of cleaning and meetings, and then I'm hitting the road/air. I'm going to Ireland/Wales/England...
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Books. Check 'em Out.
Now, which one do I take on vacation?I also have Fangirl at home on my nightstand. And three Elizabeth Peters paperbacks. Choices! I guess I could leave some of my clothes at home and just bring...
View ArticleWe Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Okay, here is my entire review of this book.Holy.Fucking.Shit.This book is a beautiful punch in the face. Read it.The end.(If you're into knowing plots and things, look at Goodreads or Amazon, but...
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Wales
Guys, it's no big deal or anything* but I am currently in Cardiff, Wales. I just saw this and flipped my shit. Probably because I got up at 3 AM because I had an early flight from Dublin to Cardiff and...
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I am home, safe and sound from my wanderings around Ireland and the UK. I bought a LOT of yarn, since that is my current obsession, but I also managed some literary fangirling. We got to see a...
View ArticleWhat Books Do
Books are dangerous. That's why we have to protect the vulnerable and innocent from them, right? Protect children from profanity* and sex and questions and ideas. Because we can't have anyone getting...
View ArticleThe Lost Sun by Tessa Gratton
Baldur the Beautiful, one of the gods of Asgard, was supposed to rise from the dead and bring his light to the world, as he had done for thousands of years. But this year, he does not rise. His ashes...
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The Boy in the Smoke by Maureen Johnson
So, we have seven looooong months until The Shadow Cabinet, book three in Maureen Johnson's Shades of London series is out. Seven looooooong months until we know how The Thing plays out, or at least,...
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The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy by Kate Hattemer
The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy by Kate HattemerSelwyn Academy is a prestigious arts high school in Minneapolis, and it has been overtaken by a reality competition show called For Art's Sake,...
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