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15 years ago @ http://littlebookish.b... - Friday Coffee Chat (14... · 1 reply · +2 points

I am not that imaginative when I read...sadly. If a book has been made into a movie, I only picture the people in the movie as the characters. Similarly, I am a fast reader, but I sometimes skim parts-the description with the dialogue. I am trying to slow down, but it doesn't always work.

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15 years ago @ That's What She Read - Inside Michelle\'s Bra... · 1 reply · +1 points

This idea-that one reader would tell another they were wrong-is crazy to me. My favorite thing about books/literature is that there isn't one right answer. I tell my students all the time that as long as you can support it with the book, anything is true about the characters, your ideas, etc. Banned Book Week is the best example of intolerance running rampant among books. I hate that people who love books would talk to each other this way.

15 years ago @ http://littlebookish.b... - Friday Coffee Chat (12... · 4 replies · +2 points

Bad habits...me??!?! Okay. I have lots of them. First of all I can't read in bed or I fall straight asleep. Instantly. It is a huge problem. I have to read sitting up or I can nap the day away. I also touch my face a lot when I read, and I am also a 30 year old with acne. Yes it is a HUGE problem, and I will work on stopping.

I am glad to hear that you also bookmark where you want to be by the end of the day. I always do this. Type personality forces LOTS of goals. Some things I would like to incorporate would be a spreadsheet. I would like to know how many pages I have read a month, etc. I think that would be really exciting.
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15 years ago @ http://littlebookish.b... - Friday Coffee Chat (10... · 0 replies · +1 points

You should read Lord of the Flies. I assign it a lot for my students to read, and on the surface it is a good action story. The boys, especially, like it. The great thing about it though is when you reread it (or know the first time) that everything in the novel is a symbol for something else. Each character represents a trait, the objects represent something, etc. Then you can see the true genius of the book. It is not a book that I reread constantly because I love it, but the ideas behind it I find inspiring and impressive. I want you to read it soon, so we can talk about it! I think you should soon too because now I am going to read a fantasy book!!!

15 years ago @ http://littlebookish.b... - Friday Coffee Chat (10... · 1 reply · +1 points

I talked about this a little last week on my post, but I hated The Corrections by Jonathon Franzen. I thought it was just trying too hard to be deep...it just ended up being monotonous. Horrible...I can get metaphor, but a whole book of metaphor should just be a great allusion book like Lord of the Flies.

I do need to say that I COMPLETELY agree with you about Eragon. I don't read a lot of fantasy, as you know, but I even thought he was copying while I was reading. You are dead on about this. He is/was home schooled so I felt like his rich parents knew someone in publishing and just published this plagiarized book. (PS-I have no idea if he is rich, just that the book was annoying)

15 years ago @ Girls Gone Reading - WWW Wednesday: Septemb... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks...just in the beginning, but it is good. It was nominated for a National Book Award too. Let's hope its good.

15 years ago @ Girls Gone Reading - Review: Almost to Die ... · 0 replies · +1 points

It was not really my kind of book either. The main character was well developed, and I think I would have liked it more if the whole witch/vampire aspect wasn't there. Hallaway has some talent as a writer, but I am a little old for this genre to fully take its effect on me.

I am going to pass it on to one of my students though. I think it is just up her alley.

15 years ago @ Girls Gone Reading - Friday Coffee Chat: SP... · 0 replies · +1 points

I will check those books out, and I agree with you that it is about choice. We all want to choose what we read for pleasure. I am still wondering why that choice leads to loving the classics more.

Maybe those books will have the answer :)

15 years ago @ Girls Gone Reading - Friday Coffee Chat: SP... · 0 replies · +1 points

Judith-
I think you might be on to something. My teenage students really do seem to love books in a series. Maybe they feel more connected and invested to the characters that way. I don't know for sure though. I do wish more parents would do what you do though-push a little to get the process started.

Most of my reading students have reading parents. I haven't seen any research about the best ways to "push" a little into reading, but I would be very interested in it. Thanks for the great suggestion! And I hope your son likes Mockingjay. I LOVED it!

15 years ago @ Girls Gone Reading - Friday Coffee Chat: SP... · 0 replies · +1 points

Carin-
Have you seen that new movie coming out-Easy A? I don't think it will be very good, but at least it is an easier way for kids to relate to Hester. I think most teenagers can relate to being blamed/teased for something little or out of their control. Similarly, I don't think most kids can relate to meter either-except in rap music. Truthfully, I don't teach meter anymore. I focus on what the play is about because I think that is the main point of the play. I have never found a great way to teach/appreciate meter myself.

And Kudos on your best books in HS-You must be a bigger Hemingway fan than I am. I have also never read the Pern series. Should I be sad?

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