The Thief Lord Blog 5

Did I love this book as much as Inkheart? Yes, but it was a story all its own about two runaway brothers. Set in Venice, the brothers join a gang of street children who live in an abandoned movie theater and rely on the "stealing skills" of Scipio, the Thief Lord.

Mrs. Lyashenko is reading Inkspell since she just finished with Inkheart. Why not whisper with her on those books! I finished the 4th book in a series by Laurell Hamilton. Ethan's mom whispered to me about these books, and I have enjoyed them very much. Vampires, werewolves again, but with a new twist. Finished audiobook The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, while I raced around in the car doing errands. All in all, good reads. On to reading City of Ashes...

I hope you can add new books to this post and that you are taking time to read during this busy time. Have you added books to your Christmas list? You may get your a Christmas iPod if you tell your folks HOW MUCH YOU'D LOVE TO LISTEN TO AUDIO BOOKS ON IT!

P.S. Don't forget to do your Animoto Book Trailers before break. ...Oh, this is final post before break. That makes five total. Those of you who are missing posts, you can always go back, you know, and do them.

City of Bones Blog 4

I hope you all had a nice long weekend, especially with a good book to read in the down time. The comments to this post will be due Friday, November 20th. Guess what. I had a parent "book whisper" to me during conferences and now I have two authors, 5 books added to my book list. Make sure you are reviewing your book lists, and let me know if I can find books for you. Happy reading! I'm so proud of you!

Inkheart Blog 3

The Inkheart post (number 3) is due Thurs., the 29th, since we don't have school on Friday. Yea!

I'm very pleased at your excitement over your books. I can't believe what I'm going to ask. Could you limit your blogs to no more than 10 lines? I'm afraid people are giving up reading the long ones. So, 6-10 lines, be concise, with just enough detail to tempt us all to read without telling too much. It's a skill, to describe and summarize,--all with just the right amount of pizazz. You can handle that can't ya?

Also, I'm grading down people with mistakes, like capitalizing titles and spelling basic simple words correctly. Give it a quick glance for correctness before you post your comment, ok?

Catching Fire Blog 2

Here it is, a new post. Take time to reflect on a book you are currently reading or have just finished. Tell your thoughts, give exciting details to lure a prospective reader in, but don't reveal the ending. I know...that is hard to do if you're excited about the book!

I finished Catching Fire last week and it was as awesome as Hunger Games. Katniss and Peeta have to go up against strong opponents in another round of Hunger Games. I can't wait for the third book to come out! I hope the author has it done soon!

You all have 2 weeks, be done by B Day Friday. I graded you on length, detail, correctness of basic grammar. Check your grades online. Let's get going then...

The Hunger Games Blog 1

I 'm just finishing reading a great book, Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It's set in the future, but is a bad time for people. Since there was a rebellion and lots of wars, the Capitol, or the government decided to punish the people from each district (like states) They had to give up two people between the ages of 12 and 18 to fight in the Hunger Games to the death. At first I thought, how can someone write a book about killing, but it's different. Katniss is a good person who hates it, but will save herself because she has to. I like it that she finally can trust her partner Peeta not to kill her. The question is,does he love her or is it just for the cameras above? I predict she will be a victor. I want her to be a victor, but not a killer.