Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer I plowed through the first two books in the Twilight series. This one took me a little longer. I still enjoyed it but I think I liked Twilight and New Moon better. It didn’t help me that I was starting school in the middle of reading this book and had other [...]
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary Read for Children’s Lit class. Good old Ramona, gotta love her! I remember reading this book all in one day one summer in either 1985 or 1986. I was so proud of myself for reading a 200 page book in one day. Ramona always makes me smile. In [...]
Heat by Mike Lupica I read this for my Children’s Lit class. It was definitely than I would normally read. I enjoyed the baseball aspect of this book but I think someone who wasn’t familiar with baseball may not have enjoyed it as much. started: August 23, 2007finished: August 25, 2007
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld I think I enjoyed Uglies more. Plus I’d read so much vampire fiction by Stephenie Meyer this summer that this vampire novel just didn’t work well with me at this particular moment. I was so anxious for Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer to come out that I think I would have enjoyed [...]
Ruby Lu, The Empress of Everything by Lenore Look I really enjoyed this Ruby Lu book too. These two books had me snickering out loud at times. They reminded me why I love children’s books so much. started & finished: August 2, 2007
Ruby Lu, Brave & True by Lenore LookI really enjoyed this book which is an assigned book for my Children’s Lit class. Ruby is such a fun character and I loved some of her antics like driving her parents’ car using a Chinese dictionary to sit on and a shovel to reach the pedals. She [...]
Junie B, First Grader: Toothless Wonder by Barbara Park I recently read an article in the NY Times about a lot of parents being upset by the Junie B. Jones series and how Junie talks in the books is grammatically incorrect. After reading this book, I can see why some parents are upset but it’s [...]
