Le Nub, I had kind of forgot about the mother already. I think she was trying to tie the sister's craziness to the trauma of her mother trying to take her with her when she committed suicide and may not have thought making a genetic link. I'm not sure what she intended. His sister's illness was all over the place. I think it was more poetic license than anything else.
Just tryin' a little spicy talk.
Tara ,'Get It Done'
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."
Sue - May 31, 2013 6:18:33 am PDT #20859 of 28370
hip deep in pie
DebetEsse - May 31, 2013 7:40:59 am PDT #20860 of 28370
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Scola, I'm a couple eps behind and will be stalled for the next month and a half, so I can't comment on that.
There's apparently some scepticism that Griff is who they say.
Polgara, I tried that before I read the books. It went badly.
Erin, I will be SHOCKED if Jon is/stays dead.
Jessica - May 31, 2013 8:44:45 am PDT #20861 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I need book recommendations for a 6 year-old (in two weeks!) who reads at a 3rd grade level. Short chapter book series or comic books would be awesome. He's kind of over Magic Treehouse, and we already own everything Roald Dahl ever wrote.
I'm looking at the 2-3rd grade reading lists on the NYPL site, and I can't tell what's age-appropriate content-wise.
Tom Scola - May 31, 2013 9:01:04 am PDT #20862 of 28370
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I need book recommendations for a 6 year-old (in two weeks!) who reads at a 3rd grade level.
You're going to have to stop being such awesome parents; you're making all the other kids look bad.
Jessica - May 31, 2013 9:24:10 am PDT #20863 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I had nothing to do with it! Blame his kindergarten teacher.
Atropa - May 31, 2013 9:46:29 am PDT #20864 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I need book recommendations for a 6 year-old (in two weeks!) who reads at a 3rd grade level.
The Magic Trixie comics by Jill Thompson? Bone?
DavidS - May 31, 2013 9:51:46 am PDT #20865 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes!
Encyclopedia Brown?
Alfred Hitchcok and the 3 Investigators?
I think when I was reading at a 3rd grade level (in 3rd grade) I was reading All The Animal Stories. So lots of Jim Kjellgaard (Big Red, etc.) and Island of the Blue Dolphins and Black Stallion etc.
DebetEsse - May 31, 2013 10:18:40 am PDT #20866 of 28370
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Most definitely Bone. And the single-volume collection makes you feel like a badass when you finish the whole thing. There is some fantasy war imagery, though, so look through it, first.
Encyclopedia Brown? Maybe look at some nonfiction zoology or history books? I went on a massive animals kick and had a whole set of books on different animals.
Jessica - May 31, 2013 10:27:07 am PDT #20867 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Bone gets pretty dark towards the end, but I think he'd get a kick out of the first two. (And he'll finally understand what DH and I mean when we say "I can't argue with that, but I feel like I should.")
The main problem with Calvin & Hobbes is the complete collection books are too heavy for him to lift.
DavidS - May 31, 2013 10:28:14 am PDT #20868 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The main problem with Calvin & Hobbes is the complete collection books are too heavy for him to lift.
I started Emmett with the original small trade paper collections, which should be very easy to find at used bookstores.