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Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading!August 18, 2008Just as I assume that most, if not all, of you reading this blog already subscribe to PW's "Children's Bookshelf," I assume that most of you reading this blog already subscribe to "Notes from the Horn Book," the Horn Book's monthly electronic newsletter. If not, I recommend subscribing (for free!) right now. I'm a big fan of material presented in a clean, well-organized, easy-to-parse way, and like the oatmeal in Baby Bear's bowl, this one's "just right." Posted by Alison Morris on August 18, 2008 | Comments (23)
August 18, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Kenny Brechner commented: I'm reading The Summer Book, by Tove Jansson, an adult book by the beloved author of the Moomintroll children's books. This is absolutely a book to savor, each vignette sharper and more moving than the last. It follows a grandmother at the end of her life and her six year old granddaughter, who has recently lost her mother. The two spend the summer comporting together out and around a small island in the Gulf of Finland. Not to give this book a taste would be to miss a truly poignant treat.
August 18, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Lisa commented: I'm reading "Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man" by Dale Peterson. It's a fascinating look at a woman who practically founded the modern science of primatology. Still, it is rather slow going - the author includes far too many insignificant details (what books Jane read as a young girl when she was home sick in bed, all her pets, even what she has on her desk) that just bog the book down. But Jane Goodall is more than what she seems in some very interesting ways - her love life, her insecurities, her passions - and the book is an excellent portrayal of what makes her tick.
August 18, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Ally Goodwin commented: I'm re-reading "Childhood's End" for the classics book club AND Reading the fourth in the Percy and the Olympians series; "The Battle of the Labyrinth"
August 18, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! SUMMER LAURIE commented: I've been trying to go back and read those shoulda, coulda, woulda books that I missed from years past and just (sadly) finished NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST by Cohn and Levithan. Loved it!
August 18, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Leslie commented: I am reading Something To Tell You by Kureishi, finished Graceling awaile ago but loved it so much I want everyone to read it. Also just finished A Day A night and A Day by Glen Duncan..one of the best books this year.
August 18, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Lesa Holstine commented: I'm reading the reprint of Margaret Campbell Barnes' My Lady of Cleves, which is a wonderful book about Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife. I'm also reading Forced Out by Stephen Frey, recommended by my husband, The Richest Season by Maryann McFadden, and Holly Jacobs' latest romance, Same Time Next Summer. I do read multiple books at a time, until about the last 100 pages of a book when I zoom through it to find out what happens.
August 18, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Beth J. commented: All Shook Up by Shelley Pearsall. My 12 year old giggled all the way through it, so I just had to read it. What a hoot!
August 18, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Amy Krieger commented: I'm reading The Actress by Elizabeth Sims.
August 18, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! heather commented: I'm reading The Grift by Debra Ginsberg. Enjoying it- and trying not to ignore my husband &
August 18, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Sam commented: After a marathon reading session in my yard today, I just finished Graceling by Kristin Cashore (which comes out in Oct.). I adored it. I was halfway done with Inkspell (the sequel to Inkheart), so now it's back to that I go...
August 18, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Rose commented: I am reading They Poured Fire On Us From the Sky, the story of the lost boys from Sudan. It should be on everyones reading list.
August 18, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Crystal commented: Just finished the ARC for Eon by Alison Goodman - totally amazing! Now reading White Sands, Red Menace - Ellen Klages & Me, the Missing, & the Dead - Jenny Valentine. Adult book group finally getting around to Snow Flower & the Secret Fan, so am reading it after everyone else in the world.
August 19, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Jane Sutton commented: I'm in the middle of Digging to America by Ann Tyler. I hadn't read anything by her in many years, and it's lovely to hear her voice again. This novel is about 2 families--one American and one Iranian-American--who adopt baby Korean babies, and the characters are very well drawn.
August 19, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Shirley Mullin commented: I actually just finished an ADULT book. One of those treasures from the white box. Anyway, I absolutely couldn't put it down! Two Rivers by T. Greenwood from Kensington Press. It's a combination of two love stories intertwined with the Civil Rights Movement. Just a great summer read!
August 19, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Emily Pardo commented: I just finished Sharon Creech's Hate That Cat and was reminded of all the reasons (and came up with a few more) why I just adored Love That Dog. I also finished Paper Towns and went back and read Abundance of Katherines and Looking for Alaska. John's writing some of the best YA fiction around, in my opinion, and I think he has outdone himself with Paper Towns. I've now picked up Leonard Marcus's Minders of Make-Believe from Virginia Duncan's recommendation in Notes from the Horn Book and so far, it is wonderful!
August 19, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Carol Chittenden commented: Not counting picture books,
August 19, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! NB commented: I just finished the two Atherton books by Pat Carman. The stories had great environmental themes, sociological concepts, and a very enjoyable protagonist.
August 19, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Heather Doss commented: As usual, I always have several books going at once. Currently I'm reading The Sisters 8 books 1 & 2 by Lauren Baratz-Logsted (Houghton-Dec), Morganville Vampires series bk 2 Dead Girls Dance by Rachel Caine, I Q by Roland Smith (Sleeping Bear-Sept) & Brooklyn Bridge by Karen Hesse (Feiwel & Friends-Sept). I've also been reading an adult book on my lunch break, Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent (little brown-Sept) that is a fascinating look at the Salem witch trials. I hope to dig into the Spring 2009 releases by this weekend since so many of them look appealing...
August 19, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! kristen mclean commented: I just finished VIBES by Amy Kathleen Ryan, out this fall from Houghton. I loved the premise of a strong willed and creative teen who is psychic, and can actually hear what other people are thinking about her rather than just imagining it. (or can she?) Anyway, the writing perfectly captures the ambivalent impulses teens have that both make them push others away as well as defy the world. ALSO on my best of the year list: Graceling, Hunger Games, Savvy, Patron Saint of Butterflies, and Looks by Madeline George.
August 19, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Marci Mathers commented: I spent the summer catching up on all of the books I should have been reading this past year. I read Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer. I just purchased (as a librarian, for me to BUY a book is very rare) I also read James Patterson's Maximum Ride trilogy. And lastly, I finally got around to reading Animal Farm. Everyone else read it in high school a hundred years ago. Oh well, better late than never!
August 20, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Meghan Dietsche Goel commented: I have finally found the time to read Howl's Moving Castle (which I am very much enjoying), and am about half way through Identical by Ellen Hopkins, who I'm a big fan of. I am also just starting to read through my boxes of galleys for the Spring, but haven't yet found one I'm super excited about. -- Meghan, BookPeople, Austin, TX
August 20, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Ryann Uden commented: I'm reading Sorcery and Cecelia, or, The enchanted chocolate pot : being the correspondence of two young ladies of quality regarding various magical scandals in London and the country- a story told in alternating letters by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer. This was a gift from a colleague who left the library - but was a Kindred Spirit in terms of reading tastes. I'm listening to Gregor and the Marks of Secret by Suzanne Collins, wonderfully performed by Paul Boehmer. This is one of my new favorite series! - Ryann Uden, IL
September 15, 2008
In response to: Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: Tell Us What You're Reading! Dana commented: I am a teacher of gifted junior high students, so we always have a ton of books going. Right now I am reading A Bone from a Dry Sea, Gregor the Overlander, and The Giver. Adult book-wise I am reading Zorro by Isabel Allende and liking it more than I thought I would.
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