What Are You Reading Good? (7/07/08)

It's been a while since I posted!  Summer is a fun time and my family has been really busy.  My son completed the Summer Reading Program at our local library.  He earned a free kids' meal at Panera and some other food places and he got a free book!  There still might be time sign up at your local library and earn some free stuff!!!

So...what are you reading good this week?  REMEMBER..tell me the title, the author, what the book is about right now.  Try to really be more specific than just saying it is interesting or it is fun.  Make me want to read the book!  Or...really support why I shouldn't read the book, if you don't like it.  

I finished Green Glass Sea, by Ellen Klages.  It was a very interesting historical fiction book about a girl who lives in a  secret government town where all the adults are working to create the atomic bomb.  I really like the genre of historical fiction.

I also finished Fablehaven, Book Two: Rise of the Evening Star, by Brandon Mull.  I love this series and am excited to read the third book.  This is a fun series for anyone who likes fantasy.  This is the second book in the series but is just as good as the first!

Currently, I am reading Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, by Jordan Sonnenblick.  This book falls into the category of teen issues.  It is about a boy named Stephen whose little brother was just diagnosed with cancer.  That means his family just found out his little brother has cancer, which is a serious disease that people sometimes die from.  It is a really well written book because I feel like Stephen is talking to me.  I can't imagine what it might be like to have a family member with cancer, but I think it would really hard to have a little boy have to deal with cancer.  No fun!  So far this book is really interesting but easy to read at the same time.  

What Are You Reading Good? (6/16/08)

It's the beginning of another week...what are you reading good this week?  REMEMBER..tell me the title, the author, what the book is about right now.  Try to really be more specific than just saying it is interesting or it is fun.  Make me want to read the book!  Or...really support why I shouldn't read the book, if you don't like it.  

I am still reading The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages.  I'm really getting interested in the story because the two main characters live on an army base where there are a lot of secrets.  I can't wait to figure out the secrets!

I'm also reading the second book in the Fablehaven series: Rise of the Evening Star, by Brandon Mull.  I am really enjoying this series.  It's a must for fantasy lovers!

What Are You Reading Good? (6/9/08)

What are you reading good this week??  Please share what you are reading, who the author is, what you are reading about so far, and what you think of what you are reading.  

I am reading The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages.  So far, this book is about a girl named Dewey.  Her father works for the Army but has been gone for a while.  Her grandmother was just put into a nursing home and she doesn't have anywhere to stay when a woman from the Army comes to get her and sends her off on a train to New Mexico where her dad is.  It seems like it is going to be a long trip and she's kind of scared all on her own.  I don't think I would like being on such a long trip all by myself.  I wonder what awaits her in New Mexico! 

S.E. Hinton

Today a went to a huge book fair in downtown Chicago.  There were lots of booths to buy books and lots of fun free stuff.  They had presentations going on all day.     

I went to go see S.E. Hinton.  She is a famous author and she wrote The Outsiders.  She wrote The Outsiders when she was a teenager.  The Outsiders is about two different cliques: the socs and the greasers.  Cliques are groups of people who are friends.  Sometimes, if you are part of one clique then you cannot be friends with someone from another clique.  It can be sad because everyone should be able to get along and we should get to know people for who they are not who they hang out with.  S.E. Hinton wrote this book about 40 years ago, but the social problems she wrote about then are still going on today.  I think this is a great book for teenage readers.  I was able to get my copy of The Outsiders signed by S.E. Hinton and to take a picture with her.  

Here is her website if you want to learn more about her and other book she has written: www.sehinton.com.    

What Are You Reading Good? (6/2/08)

What are you reading good this week?  Please share what you are reading.  Tell me the name of the book, the author, what the book is about so far, and if you like it!

 

I just finished Fablehaven By Brandon Mull.  I am now a fan of this series!!!!  I can't wait to read the books that come after this first one.  Fablehaven is the story of a brother and sister, Seth and Kendra, who are sent to spend a few weeks with their grandfather while their parents are away on a cruise.  Seth and Kendra learn that their grandfather lives in Fablehaven which is one of many special preserves for magical beings.  They meet fairies and a witch and lots of other cool fantastical creatures.  They also get themselves into some exciting and scary adventures.  This was a great book!

Where Do You Get Your Books?

Where do you get the books you read?  Do you check them out from the library at school or your public library?  Do you buy them?  Where do you buy them?

Personally, I like to check out books and books on CD from the library.  Books and books on CD, especially, can be really expensive.  I don't like to buy a book before I read it if I don't think it will be a good book.  If a friend tells me a book is good then I might buy it.  Mostly, I go to the library.  

 

Did you know that Wal-Mart and Target have books?  They usually have a pretty good selection.  Most of the time they have "Bestsellers".  "Bestsellers" are books that have been bought the most in the United States for the week.  If lots of people are buying a book then it's probably a good book.  Sometimes that helps me make a decision to buy a book. 

If you go to www.cicispizza.com you can click on the link there called "Feed Your Brain".  This is a cook summer reading program like the libraries have.  When you go to Cici's you can get a card where you log, or write down, how much you read.  Then, you take it in to Cici's and you can choose two prizes:

1. A free buffet for you when your mom or dad buys a buffet.

OR

2. A $3 giftcard for Half Price Books, a bookstore.

I love free pizza!  You could also read a lot all summer and then save up your $3 gift cards to buy a book...or books even!

Ready or Not

Most Recently Read Book

Ready or Not

By Meg Cabot

Meg Cabot is one of my favorite authors.  She wrote the Princess Diaries series and lots of other fun books.  She is definitely a girly-girl author who writes about girls and their crazy lives...and usually boys.  This book, Ready or Not, is a sequel to All-American Girl.  The main character saves the President in the first book and starts dating the President's son Michael.  In this book she defends young American's rights...and has some fun along the way.  I would recommend this to students in high school because of some of the issues that are discussed.  I definitely recommend checking out Meg Cabot's other books if this one seems interesting to you!