I loved The Lovely Bones and my fourteen year old son read it immediately following me and I was surprised by how much he liked it.
Lori On 12/23/07 7:09 PM, "Heather Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >> > > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ 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
