See, I absolutely LOVED Elsewhere - one of my favorite all time books - and I could not stand Lovely Bones! I will have to check out The WEdnesday Wars.
Oh, I also really liked A Great and Terrible Beauty (followed by Rebel Angels, 2nd in trilogy)! A really good mix of historical fiction and fantasy. I liked Blue Bloods, a vampire book - wasn't sure if I would like it or not but it was entertaining. Not the best literature, but fun! And I agree with your last statement. I really love young adult literature. Many times I cannot find adult novels that are written the same way, so I tend to stick with the young adult :) On Dec 23, 2007 4:32 PM, TLP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Keeping up with my young adult and juvenile literature, I just > finished "The Lovely Bones." I had never read it back when it was so > popular. It was interesting, intense and definitely for the more > sophisticate older middle school reader. . I can see where "Elsewhere" > could be compared to this novel and offered to the early middle > schooler. I also just finished "The Wednesday Wars" and loved it. > Author Gary D. Schmidt writes in a way that feels, I don't > know...special to the reader. For me, its as if Schmidt walked into my > brain and found words that spoke directly to me. "Lizzie Bright and > the Buckminister Boy," his earlier novel, struck me in much the same > way. I just started "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" > by Sherman Alexie. Please keep the thread going as I need suggestions > for grown up novels too. I just can't seem to find any that are > written with the same passion as those created for young readers! > > > On Dec 23, 2007 5:41 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i am not reading much, maybe a few magazines. i hope to find a lot of > time > > to write! :) i hope everyone enjoys a wonderous holiday season and > finds > > all the time they want to read!!! :) > > > > > > *\l/**\l/**\l/*Lynn*\l/**\l/**\l/* > > Doctorate Student, Florida Atlantic University > > > > Please visit my READING website! :o) > > http://cyberedtech.fau.edu/domino/default.htm > > > > > > > > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > > _______________________________________________ > > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > > > > > > -- > Tena > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- - Heather "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead." --Clarence Day "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little good evidence exists that there's any educational substance behind the accountability and testing movement." —Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding. " —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
