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dismom · Delicious Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 126

Is anyone still here? I had no idea there was a book thread! Will and Janelle are so much larger than life that they prevented me from seeing anything else on this board until NancyB rearranged things. Very Happy

I'm off to the library to look for The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. And maybe The Historian.

And while I am it, maybe I will finish the books on my nightstand - The Secret Life of Bees, The Memory Keepers Daughter, A Widow for One Year, and something from Oprah that I can't remember the name of. Or I could re-read A Little Princess or A Wrinkle in Time, which are there too. Laughing

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SDGranny · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:09 pm Post subject:

Has anyone read "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls? It is a wonderful book....it is a memoir...I am half finished and love it.
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kedkid · Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:40 pm Post subject:

RIP Madeleine L'Engle.

Oh freakin' A, I love A Wrinkle in Time. Actually, a couple months ago I bought myself a new copy of that and of A Wind in the Door, which is the second in that series. Really pretty paperback copies that I've sworn to myself I will not bend out of shape! They're the ones from the top row... I want to get the rest of the series as well! The second row is beautiful, too... maybe I'll have to get both sets. Embarassed

Dang... I re-read them too, first time since I was eight. The thing I love most about those books is not any of the sci-fi stuff (although I do love it) but just the atmosphere created when I delve into them. I love the first scene of AWIT, where Meg is up in her attic bedroom freaking out about the storm, I love how L'engle described the sandwiches Charles Wallace makes for his mother and sister... I wanted to be a part of that family! So many books did that for me when I was a kid, just brought me into a new dimension and gave me friends and people to understand me... most notably, I think, were the Laura Ingalls Wilder books and the Anne of Green Gables books. Thinking about both of those series just makes me ache with nostalgia. Anyway... reading is good! Very Happy

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Frances · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:53 am Post subject:

LuvTV · Unrepentant FAMEWHORE Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 713

Reading was my favorite thing to do growing up. Good escape from my family that was less than pleasant.
It is so fun now that my daughter is reading. Thankfully she doesn't do it as an escape from her family because she always plops down right in the middle of everyone with her book.

She just read "Little House on the Prairie". Brings back such memories.

My favorite growing up were Anne of Green Gables and the CS Lewis books.

My kids are loving Magic Treehouse books and Geronimo Stilton. Newer but fun to read. A great children's book we read this year was Edward Toulane (think that's the title). It was wonderful to read aloud.

I love children's literature and am having a much fun as my kids getting their books from the library. Very Happy

I've never read the Wrinkle in Time books but that will be my next read. Have to make sure it is appropriate for the kids. Wink

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Cousin_Jake · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:36 am Post subject:

I just finished reading "The God Delusion" by British biologist Richard Dawkins. Challenging and interesting to say the least.
Also just started "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. It's about Greg's campaign to build schools in a dangerous, remote and anti-American part of Asia.
Jessie
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Pimpinit · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:47 am Post subject:

We have a program here called Accelerated Reader.
They require each child to be tested on what grade level they read at and then assign them a book level they can read. They then set them a point goal. They are required from K-12 to read and achieve their goals each quarter. The junior high level gets insentive to complete their goal by giving them 5 points added to each subject grade if they make their goal. If they dont it doesnt hurt them. In high school it becomes 50% of their English/Lit grade and can really hurt them.

The elementary classes have volunteers that come to the school 3 days a week and each student gets a chance to read aloud with the reader. We focus on reading with expression , pace, enunciation and overall comprehension of what they are reading.

if the elementary meets their goal each quarter for the whole year they get an AR carnival the last week of school full of games, gifts, and yummy snacks. They also receive Pizza Hut book it awards each quarter.

The children love reading and reaching their goals, upping their point level and competing with fellow class mates.
The high schoolers......... not so much.

It is a great program and the children read alot.

Here is an example of the point system

My daughter is in the 4th grade. She has been tested at a 7.5. This means they determine she reads on the level of a seventh grader in the 5th month of school and has a point range of 6-7.5 meaning this is the range of book she can choose from to read. Each book is marked and assigned a point goal. They read the book and then test on it. If they get a 100% on the test they rec'd the maximum amount of points.
Normally it takes 3-6 books to reach her goal.......
She just finished a Harry Potter worth 23 points.......her point total is 37.

it is a great program