Oooh, thanks for posting that, Steph! I have a feeling I would have missed out entirely until someone mentioned having read them otherwise...
We use the latest in scientific technology and state-of-the-art weaponry and you, if I understand correctly, poke them with a sharp stick.
Dr. Walsh ,'Potential'
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."
-t - Mar 08, 2013 2:01:11 pm PST #20526 of 28359
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Steph L. - Mar 08, 2013 6:45:54 pm PST #20527 of 28359
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
It was sheer luck. I just got curious and started reading the author's blog, and lo and behold. A Tanith book! Yay!
sumi - Mar 10, 2013 6:50:30 am PDT #20528 of 28359
Art Crawl!!!
All of the Chronicles of Narnia are on kindle for $1.99 today.
Amy - Mar 12, 2013 3:23:49 pm PDT #20529 of 28359
Because books.
The Orange Prize long list.
flea - Mar 17, 2013 12:16:47 pm PDT #20530 of 28359
information libertarian
Our school got into a grant-funded program to promote early literacy, and I've been asked to coordinate it, and so I have to make a list of 640 unique books for K-3 readers that I'd like them to buy us. And it's actually really really hard to choose THAT many books all at once! I am up to 240 after a couple of afternoons of hard work. It's made a bit harder by the budget - I have to be *really* selective about picture books, since they run about $8 over the "average" price per book I have to spend, and I have to only buy books available through a certain vendor so I can't price-hunt.
Amy - Mar 17, 2013 12:35:46 pm PDT #20531 of 28359
Because books.
Still, books!
Post what you've chosen so far, maybe, and we can chime in with suggestions?
flea - Mar 17, 2013 12:43:00 pm PDT #20532 of 28359
information libertarian
Here's my spreadsheet: [link]
I am also hampered by my limited background in early childhood education (i.e. none). I want to take a preliminary list to the teachers, with whom I'm meeting Weds., to get some feedback about grade choices. Note the 3rd graders are gifted and test at 95%ile or above, so I've cheated up a bit with some of their choices.
flea - Mar 17, 2013 12:46:23 pm PDT #20533 of 28359
information libertarian
So far I've been working off of books I know, and the lists for Common Core exemplary texts and ALA notable books.
le nubian - Mar 17, 2013 1:42:40 pm PDT #20534 of 28359
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Has anyone been reading Scalzi's "The Human Division?" It is a multi-part book that has been released in chunks on Amazon (perhaps other outlets as well?)
I have been enjoying it. I'm about halfway through (on part 5 or 6). Overall, I find this an interesting way to release a book. I am not sure if Scalzi had this in mind when he wrote it, but it very much feels like a written form tv mini-series in that each part has a beginning, middle, and end, but the parts seem to be tied together well enough. The parts seemed really unrelated, but around now the relationships are coming together in an interesting fashion.
le nubian - Mar 17, 2013 1:43:45 pm PDT #20535 of 28359
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
The audio version of the first part shows some labored writing on Scalzi's part. It seemed to be smoothed out after the first. I have mostly read the subsequent sections so I'm not sure if I would have noticed the choppy writing in the first part if I hadn't been listening to it.