I love the Percy Jackson books. And they are currently my favorite example of why we should encourage the readig of fiction. Hundreds of kids have asked for books on greek Mythology because of those books
What? I'm not allowed to hit people? Wesley: Not people capable of genocide. Angel: Those are exactly the types of people I should be allowed to hit!
'Just Rewards (2)'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
beth b - Aug 20, 2010 4:37:01 pm PDT #12159 of 28333
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Calli - Aug 20, 2010 4:41:44 pm PDT #12160 of 28333
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I hope we get another snowpocalypse this winter. If I'm stuck in my apartment for more than a couple of days, that's when I usually reorganize my bookshelves. They could really use it right now.
Atropa - Aug 20, 2010 5:08:11 pm PDT #12161 of 28333
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
People organize their books?
Mine are vaguely organized. They were originally organized by genre(ish) and author, but now they're back to their natural state of covering every flat surface I can get away with stacking things on.
Kat - Aug 20, 2010 5:33:58 pm PDT #12162 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Yes. More like early middle school, Amy. They are GREAT. Really enjoyable. And the new one,with Egyptian mythology is also so fun.
Kat - Aug 20, 2010 5:33:59 pm PDT #12163 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Strix - Aug 20, 2010 5:56:46 pm PDT #12164 of 28333
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I was SO obsessed with all kinds of mythology as a kid. Read Hamilton like candy.
Amy - Aug 20, 2010 6:55:09 pm PDT #12165 of 28333
Because books.
And the new one,with Egyptian mythology is also so fun.
Oh, fun. I'll have to look for them. And dig up Ben's copy of The Lightning Thief.
I bought him The Westing Game and Freak the Mighty for his new school's summer reading list today. I haven't read either, so I plan to steal them when he's done.
Kat - Aug 20, 2010 7:18:19 pm PDT #12166 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
IMO, Westing Game is blergh. Freak the Mighty is pretty great, though.
beth b - Aug 20, 2010 7:19:17 pm PDT #12167 of 28333
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I really liked the Westing Game, and so did my book group kids
Kat - Aug 20, 2010 7:21:17 pm PDT #12168 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I know plenty of people who do like it, but rarely did any of my students like it. I just didn't like it at all. A book that was decidedly blergh to me.