It also amuses me to no end that he treats the dean's wife's horror at him asking for both lemon and milk in his tea as some silly social convention. Very good reason not to do that -- milk + lemon = cheese.
Does anybody else miss the Mayor? 'I just want to be a big snake.'
Xander ,'End of Days'
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."
Hil R. - Nov 15, 2008 2:03:07 pm PST #7917 of 28414
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Noumenon - Nov 16, 2008 4:40:28 am PST #7918 of 28414
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
This may be a stupid question, but is there an easy way to tell if a science book geared toward adults is appropriate for a 7th grader?
Is it harder than Isaac Asimov? Tons of seventh graders have tried Asimov and liked it, right?
I also read Ender's Game at about that time and although the violent scenes were kind of an attack on my innocence, I liked it a lot.
sj - Nov 16, 2008 5:52:35 am PST #7919 of 28414
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks Noumenon, but he doesn't like fiction at all at the moment.
Ginger - Nov 16, 2008 6:33:28 am PST #7920 of 28414
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
There's always the wonderful Carry On, Mr. Bowditch.
In the same vein, any suggestions for first-grade girls who like to read?
Barb - Nov 16, 2008 6:34:57 am PST #7921 of 28414
“Not dead yet!”
At that age, Abby was devouring the Junie B. Jones books, Ginger. And Magic Treehouse.
Amy - Nov 16, 2008 6:50:05 am PST #7922 of 28414
Because books.
Also the Ramona Quimby books, I think. She could also try Little House in the Big Woods.
Strix - Nov 16, 2008 7:27:32 am PST #7923 of 28414
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
What's her level? I was a freak, so it's hard for me to tell what's the norm.
Little Women?
Ooh, Trixie Belden? Loved Trixie Belden!
Zylpha Keatley Snyder "The Witches of Worm" "The Egypt Game"? (Although WoW STILL kinda scares me.
Matilda? James and the Giant Peach?
Shel Silverstein?
Encylopedia Brown?
Ginger - Nov 16, 2008 8:31:27 am PST #7924 of 28414
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
What's her level? I was a freak, so it's hard for me to tell what's the norm.
That is my problem, as well, in addition to not knowing much about kids these days. At that age I was reading Little Women and really every book I could get my hands on. I know I liked The Wonderful Trip to the Mushroom Planet at that age and I started on Narnia not long after.
Barb - Nov 16, 2008 8:44:05 am PST #7925 of 28414
“Not dead yet!”
Oh, Erin, I was just talking about Zylpha Keatley Snyder the other day. I LOVED The Velvet Room so, so much-- I was probably a little above first grade. Probably third, when I first read it. Wound up nicking it from the library.
I know, I know... unrepentant thief, that's me. But come on-- the book hadn't been checked out in ten years before I got it.
Strix - Nov 16, 2008 8:57:05 am PST #7926 of 28414
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
The only ZKS books I ever read were the one's listed above (hey, they were the only ones my childhood library had.)
I should check if the KC library has more. I read TEG over and over and over...
I read Anne Waldo Somewho's "Sacajawea" when I was about 5. Some of the more sophisticated parts I didn't get, but I read it over and over again, till it fell apart. My dad quizzed me on it, and after I passed, sky was the limit. I could read anything I wanted, with the caveat that if there was something in a book I didn't get, I should ask mom or dad about it.
Dad had a large collection of Burrough's books, and I remember being absolutely PUZZLED by what a gee string was that all the girls wore. It was in Heinlein's books, only as a "minimum gee" and until I finally asked Dad what it was, I thought it was some kind of gravity stabilizer.
I think my dad about had a laughing apoplexy when he figured it out.