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.
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.
I am still reading The Titans Curse by Rick Riordan know Percy and the gang are at the Hoover Dam looking for Annabeth and Artemis goddess of the hunt after I'm done, I'm going to read The Battle of the Labrynth by Rick Riordan, then The Last Olympian.
ReplyDeleteI finished The Lightning Theif and I am curently reading The Sea of Monsters. Percy is back to camp, but the tree that holds up the magical border is dying. So Percy and Annabeth sneek away from camp to save their friend Grover and retrieve the golden fleece. The golden fleece has the power to make any thing in life better. Then Percy and Annabeth are on a cruise ship to th Bermuda Triangle/ Sea of Monsters, but they encounter trouble on the way.
ReplyDeleteI am currently reading The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket. I am about half way through this book and will probably be finished by Friday. Right now, Klaus and Sunny are trying to find Violet. Violet was captured by Count Olaf. Now, Count Olaf is preparing to perform a unnessesary surgery on Violet and Slaus and Sunny are determind to stop him.
ReplyDeleteI am finishing up a book called Unbroken. It is about a girl who loses her mother in a cart wreck. This is how it goes. Harriett's mother is taking her to school in her horse drawn cart, but on her way home she meets up with an old Model T, which is not good. After the accident When Harry finds out she thinks she is in danger and she wont have any where to go. But Dr. Vesper tells her that in her mothers' will she says that Harry has to go to her Aunt Sarah outside of West Barrett. Harry is now upset and thinks that she wont be able to have her colt she calls Kid. That is as far as I have got.
ReplyDeletei am read a book called a boy and a painted cave and it is good book and in ssr i read a deta waterfowl and it is about duck hunting and guns
ReplyDeleteI am reading a book called One Fat Summer and the main characters are Joanie and Bobby. It starts out there at a carnival and they go to a stand and Joanie wins and is the first winner and gets a huge pink teddy bear. After that they walk around the carnival talking to one another and they hear a happy shreak and they look over and see there is another winner. Bobby tells her they can take the teddy bear back now and Joanie said no she wanted to carry it around until she leaves.
ReplyDeleteI have just started the book Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. It's about a girl named Hannah Baker, who commits suicide. She makes tapes about why her life has ended. There are 13 tapes and each tape is about a person that made her end her life. Its a really good book so far and I got it from Stefanie Louvar.
ReplyDeleteI am reading a book called Kipling's choice and it is about an 18 year old boy goes out for the biggest war ever. It starts out as this kid named John is limping because he got shot in the leg but he keeps going and his sergant is surprised on how determained John is. John wanted to join the army because his dad was in the army. Right now I am reading where he has passed out and he keeps awakening and passing out again and while he is passed out he is dreaming of what has happened in the past of his best memories. He always has this pair of glasses that his dad gave him. When he was younger in his dream he is always failing. If you want to find out more you will have to read this book.
ReplyDeleteI just finshed a book called T"he Sisterhood of the Travling Pants." I like this book because its not about just one girl bout about four. A girl named Carman found a pair of pants at the store and they found out that all four girls fit into the pants. They think the pants are magical and give them confindece. Each week in the summer the pants travel from girl to girl.
ReplyDeleteI just finished a book called The legend of Red Horse Cavern. There are four main charactors are Will, Sarah, Scareface, and Shorty. Will and Sarah were exploring a cave where Red Horse lost his head and they wanted to find it. But they found a berif case That Shorty and Scareface that had stolen money in it.
ReplyDeleteI just read this book called "Sold". It was about this 12 year old girl that had lived with her family in a small village in India. Her family didn't have enough money so they had sold her to some guy in the city for her to work so the family could get money to keep the family alive.
ReplyDeleteI have started reading the book "Warriors." It is about four clans of cats that fight over there territorys in the forest. A cat called Rusty decides to join them. He has to train to be a warrior to protect the clan. It has been a good book so far and i would suggest reading it.
ReplyDeleteLast night I finished the book call Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. In this book Tally, an ugly that has wanted to be pretty practically all of her life. When uglys turn 16 the get to have surgury that makes them pretty, and Tally wants to be pretty. During her summer break from school, Tally meets Shay, an adventureous, rule breaking ugly that doesn't want to be pretty. Shay decides she wants to run away and ask Tally to go with her. Tally says no. Then this place called Special Circumstances tells Tally she must find her friend or she will never become pretty. She has to go on this journey, alone over unknown lands to find her friend in a place called the Smoke. She gets there and finds Shay, she also gets an unexpected surprize. She falls in love with one of the guys there. She decides she doesn't want to set off a sencor that SC gave her. She throws it into a fire. And in order for you to find out anymore...you must read the book. It is an incredable book full of surprizes!
ReplyDeleteI am reading a book called Fablehaven by Brandon Mull. It is about 2 kids that have their grandparents die. Bummer, right? It gets worse. their other grandparents take them in while their parents go on a seventeen day cruise. As you could guess, the kids are pretty bummed. but as they stay, they find that it's o ordiary mannor. the rest is up to you to read th rest!
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ReplyDeleteMrs. Gruhn has recommended that I read Whisper. I think I have the title right but I'm having trouble finding this book. Anyway, there's a lot of stuff I have to read for my work and so I'm wondering why Mrs. Gruhn is so set on my reading Whisper. If you have read the book perhaps you can post your recommendations for me and explain why Mrs.G. says that I really need to read Whisper. Bruce
Right now I'm reading Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen. It's about a girl, whos parents died. Her mom was a drug user and I don't know about her dad. Now she lives with the Benders, who keep her locked in a laundry room, with a mat to sleep on, one blanket, and a bucket to go to the bathroom in. The book is her journal and she decided to runaway. Right now she is in a trailer of a horse rider, going west and escaping her horrible life with the Benders.
ReplyDeleteI just finished the book If I Stay. It was a book about a girl that gets in a car crash. All of her family dies in this car crash except for her. She is in a coma and it is her decision if she wants to stay and live or go off to heaven with her family. Her grandfather tells her it is ok and she understands if she wants to go. Then her boyfriend tells her something that makes her decison of if she wants to stay or leave. The whole time she is in the coma she is outside of her body. As in a spirit
ReplyDeleteI own the book if you would like to read it
ReplyDeleteIf you like The Thef Lord you will love the Dragon Rider it is great book by then author its fun and it keeps you reading. Right now I am reading Glory Feld it by my faverit author Walter Dean Myers. this book is about the slave trad it folows one mans famaly from 1720-1920 tho hole famely tree it is great and so far in in the 1800's. they were jest free'ed from being slaves and the hole book gos arond the glory feld.(sorry about any spelling err's)
ReplyDeleteHello Bruce, Did you find the Book Whisperer yet? I explained to the students today that you had asked them about the book Whisper so they were a bit confused but will "whisper" about books here, just the same. Thanks for your post.
ReplyDeleteI read Paper Towns over the snow break. Amazingly well written teen book. Kinda like a modern day Cather in the Rye. Now reading The Maze Runner. Chase will whisper about Fablehaven by Brandon Mull when he gets done maybe Monday. He's loving it a lot. Jennifer just finished City of Ashes and will whisper soon. Whispering seems to be such a better word than "blog" about books!
Oh, I will post a picture of our PAY IT FORWARD reading activitiy last day of semester. Lotsa reluctant readers are paying it forward. Reading, aceing tests, and making other people do stunts. So Dec. 22nd will be our pie in many faces day. Mr. B. will wear a chicken suit and do the chicken dance. Hannaha is eating worms. You get the idea.
I am currently reading STORMBREAKER, by Anthony Horowitz. The main character's name is Alex Rider. In the beginning, Ian rider Dies(Guardian). Throughout the beginning alex tries to figure out: who killed Ian, what Ian did for a living, and who were the strange people and the funeral. At the (bank) he sneaks into Ian's office, and finds files and one of them were called "stormbreaker". That's where his adventure begins.
ReplyDeleteI finished The Sea of Monsters and am now reading Warrior Angel by Robert Lipsyte.
ReplyDeletei am reading the boy in pained cave and now hatchet now again
ReplyDeleteI just started this book called White Star. It has the Titanic in it and theirs this boy who likes dogs and he helps takes care of them on the ship. He finds a dog that he loves and the ship sinks so he is trying to escape the cold water with that dog. For more information you will have to read the book.
ReplyDeleteI am reading a book named Hatchet still. I am slowly getting done. I am in chapter 13.He is trying to get some fish. Brian is trying to figure out some thing to kill the animals with. Then he sees a bear with cubs.
ReplyDeleteIm still reading The series of unfortunate events still. I am on book 8 called The Hostile Hospital. Its about violet, klaus and Sunny who are wanted for killing count olf,(but they didn't). The go to this hospital where nobody knows about it, they get a job fileing papers for the hospital. They soon learn that there is a file about the Fire and their parents.
ReplyDeleteI just finished The Titan's Curse by Rich Riordan. At the end Percy and the gang find out that the person that held Annabeth and Arthemis hostage is the titan Atlas and they find out that Atlas is Zoe's dad. You've got to read this series now I'm going to read The Battle of the Labrynth.
ReplyDeleteI am reading The Glory Field it is a good book by Walter Dean Myers it starts with a man named Muhammad Bilal in 1743 africa and traces his famly to a man named Malcolm Lewis in 1979 USA thro the civel war, the freeing of the slavesand on. you most read this book and Follen Angels to both are great books!!
ReplyDeleteI just finished the book Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen. It is about a girl named Scarlett. She is heartbroken when she finds out that her boyfriend Micheal, died in a motorcycle accident. She needs the help and support from her friend Halley, that has always went to Scarlett for help and now its her turn. At the beginning of the school year, Halley falls in love with Micheal's best friend Macon. Then Scarlett finds out that she is pregnant with Micheal's baby. Halley has to help her threw all the stages and hard times. Scarlett decides to keep the baby and not give it up for adoption. Halley's parents want her to stay away from Macon, but she can't help herself. But she finally learns her lesson when something terrible happens. I would recommend this to any girls that like a good love story!
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