Yes. More like early middle school, Amy. They are GREAT. Really enjoyable. And the new one,with Egyptian mythology is also so fun.
I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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."
Kat - Aug 20, 2010 5:33:58 pm PDT #12162 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Kat - Aug 20, 2010 5:33:59 pm PDT #12163 of 28344
"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 28344
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 28344
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 28344
"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 28344
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 28344
"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.
Steph L. - Aug 20, 2010 7:45:59 pm PDT #12169 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Have any of you folks who like YA read the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series? It's not really YA, but it's really well done and very fast pace and entertaining.
I heard a story on NPR yesterday about a bookstore that does a Percy Jackson and the Olympians *camp* (I assume a day camp) for kids. Fun!
Hil R. - Aug 21, 2010 1:39:06 am PDT #12170 of 28344
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I loved The Westing Game.
Kat - Aug 21, 2010 4:31:59 am PDT #12171 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I heard that too, Steph. About book day camps in general, yes?