Tuesday, September 2, 2008

45. O' Artful Death - Sarah Stewart Taylor

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For: Adult Genre: Mystery Pub: 2003 Pages: 280 Rating: 1.5 (first half) 4 (second half) Finished: Sept. 2, 2008 I started this book a m...
Monday, September 1, 2008

All the World's A Stage - Rebecca Piatt Davidson

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Illustrator: Anita Lobel For: Middle Grades Pub: 2003 Rating: Cool Read: Sept. 1, 2008 I stumbled upon this book while I was looking up...

MidEastern Reading (With a few leaps)

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I have always had an interest in happenings in the Greece-Egypt-Mesopotamian part of the world. When I first came to Tucson I worked with a ...

Adult Mysteries Read

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The following are mysteries I've read since I landed in Tucson in August of 2002. ADDISON, Corban       The Garden of Burning Sand (...
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44. Bronte's Book Club - Kristiana Gregory

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For: Middle Grades Pub: 2008 150 pgs. Rating: 3.5/5 Read: Aug. 31, 2008 Bronte has just moved from the desert of New Mexico to a house on ...
Sunday, August 31, 2008

43. The Amazing Life of Birds - Gary Paulsen

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The Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech For: Middle School Pub: 2006 96 pgs. Rating: 3.5/5 Finished Aug. 31, 2008 I laughed, s...
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Greetings from the 50 States - Sheila Keenan

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Illustrator: Selina Alko For: Middle Grades Pub: 2008 Rating 4/5 Read: Aug. 31, 2008 I enjoyed this book during a leisurely Sunday morni...
Saturday, August 30, 2008

THA Teacher's Book Club

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2009-2010 There are usually five or six of us that meet every other Tuesday morning between 6 and 6:15 at the Einstein's on Swan and Sun...

Teachers as Readers Book Club 08-09

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This year I'm going to try to go to the Teachers as Readers Book Club, which is sponsored by the Tucson Reading Association, meeting the...

42. A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl - Tanya Lee Stone

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For: Young Adult Pub: 2006 230 pgs. Rating: 4/5 Finished: Aug. 30, 2008 After I'd read the first third of this book, I realized I...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

41. The Boy Book - E. Lockhart

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A Study of Habits and Behaviors, Plus Techniques for Taming Them For: Young Adult Pub: 2006 193 pgs. Rating: 4/5 Read: Aug. 28th (in one...

MOVIE: Vicky Cristina Barcelona

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Rating: Still mulling it over Viewed: Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008 Rotten Tomato Rating: 80% People gave it 3.5 stars (out of 4) Mine: Lower,...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

What To Do About Alice? - Barbara Kerley

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Illustrator: Edwin Fotheringham For: Early/Middle Grades Pub: 2008 Rating: 3.5/5 Read: Aug. 26, 2008 Subtitle: How ALICE ROOSEVELT broke THE...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

A Child's Calendar - John Updike

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POETRY Illustrator: Trina Schart Hyman For: Kids Pub: 1965, 1999 Rating: 5/5 Reread for the umpteenth time: Aug. 23, 2008 Twelve poems, one ...

Ellsworth's Extraordinary Electric Ears - Valorie Fisher

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For: Kids Pub: 2003 Rating: 4/5 Read: Aug. 25, 2008 Abundant alliteration. Clever dioramas. Multi-media. I love alphabet books, and I lo...