Saturday, March 31, 2012

23. The Unwanteds - Lisa McMann

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Aladdin, 2011 Rating:  3.5/ It was a good story for:  Middle Grades 390 pages Setting:   the community of Quill, unknown present or fut...
Monday, March 26, 2012

MOVIE - The Hunger Games

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They really did a very good job turning this bestseller into a movie.  Congrats!

22. Here Lies Linc - Delia Ray

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2011, Alfred A. Knopf for:  Middle grades 308 pages Really good read (4) First line/s:  Most people end their lives in a graveyard.  ...
Friday, March 23, 2012

21. Delirium - Lauren Oliver

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#1 in a series Harper, 2011 for:  YA 441 pages Really good/4 First line/s:  "It has been sixty-four years since the president ...

20. The Amanda Project: The Invisible I - Melissa Kantor

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MOVIE - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

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MOVIE - Safe House

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Released 2-10-12 R (1:55) RT Critics 54 Audience 69 My rating:  2.5 (It was decent) Director:  Daniel Espinosa Universal Pictures R...

19. Prayers for Sale - Sandra Dallas

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audio read by Maggi-Meg Reed 2009 Macmillan Audio 8 unabridged cds $39.95 Adult Historical Fiction Lovely story, liked it a lot, 4.5st...
Friday, March 16, 2012

18. Irises - Francisco X. Stork

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2012, Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic 288 pages Rating: It was okay/2 1st Sentence/s : (Prologue) "Kate had finally agreed to p...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

17. Think of a Number - John Verdon

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1st in a series:  Dave Gurney, Retired NYC Homicide, Upstate NY 2010, Crown Publishers BC Library 418 pgs. Just wonderful writing and st...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Wordless Picture Books

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I'm making a collection of wordless picture books for my fourth graders to use for writing.  I've found some magnificent ones (Bar...
Sunday, March 11, 2012

Let's Go See Papa! - Lawrence Schimel

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Illustrated by Alba Marina Rivera Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press, 2009 $18.95 40 pages Rating:  Liked it a lot Endpapers: Ligh...
Saturday, March 3, 2012

16. The Hard Way - Lee Child

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Jack Reacher #10 audio read by Dick Hill 2006, Brilliance Audio 10 unabridged cds (12 hours) $36.95 (I got from PBS) 384 pages Rating:...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend – Calvin Alexander Ramsey & Bettye Stroud

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A Civil Rights Story Illustrated by John Holyfield Candlewick Press, 2011 HC $15.99 32 pages Rating: Wonderful/5 Endpapers: Deep Cra...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

MOVIE - This Means War

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Casting of the two leading men didn't do anything for me... Wide release 2-17-12 Viewed 2-18-12 at Orleans, Las Vegas with Fran PG-13...