Happy Thanksgiving.

I'm thankful for books and that I know how to read. What a limited world one must have without the ability to read.

To know what my 13 year old 8th grader is going to read for class, I just read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian. I don't recommend it for anyone under 17 or 18.

 I think Mr. Alexie could have left out the sexual stuff and have a good story, but with it, no.

An alternative to the Alexie book is Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell, which I am reading now. About a 14 year old Navaho girl.  

Also just read Lord of the Flies by William Goldberg. I read it as a freshman in high school, then again in my early forties, and, now, for the third time. It's disturbing, but Goldberg does a good job of showing us what people are like if left to their own devices.

What I'm reading now . . .

  When I'm done, I'll watch the movie, like I did with each of the Harry Potter books/movies. I'm done with that series, by the way. I checked out Stephanie Meyer's Twilight with the intention of doing the same thing, even though I have already seen the first movie and parts of subsequent movies in the series.

 I've read each book of the Brian series by Gary Paulsen several times. I've slowly again read my way through Hatchet, The River, Brian's Return, and  Brian's Winter and am now on Brian's Hunt. Yes, Gary Paulsen is my favorite young adult fiction author.

 I just finished reading . . .

 Sad. Tears filled my eyes. Left my heart aching.
I came across this one in the teen library at the Medford, OR, branch of the Jackson County Library System. I didn't know it had been made into a movie, but I don't think I'll seek it out. The book is always better.

This is cool . . .

Wow . . .

Read every day!

What I've been reading . . .

When I'm done, I'll watch the movie.

the honest truth by dan gemeinhart--
   A kid with cancer sets out to climb Mt. Rainier.

marissa meyer's lunar chronicles book 4, Winter





This would be a cool bookshelf, but I don't have any steps :(

But I could do this: