LisaG's Blog (4)

I like the idea of reading challenges so much! Although I have never lost my love of reading and books...the last few years, I have not always read for enjoyment as much as I would like. Thanks to all the book lover's across the world I have "met" and thanks for all the challenges! Here's one I am going to start working on: 50 states of mind The United States is a union of 50 states. Let's "book around the states" and find at least one excellent book for each state of the union. The book sh… Continue

Here's the challenge. I found it at Page After Page. It's called "On the Porch Swing Reading Challenge 2008". 1. read a book with a color in EITHER the title or the author's name BLACK AND BLUE by Anna Quindlen 2. read a book with a person's name in the title SUZANNE'S DIARY FOR NICHOLAS by James Patterson 3. read a book with the word house, or home, or cottage in the title (only one book with either of those words in the title… Continue

Ok....learned a lot in the few days since I joined this group. Now am going to officially start this meme and it's an "A-to-Z Challenge" ....How cool!! I think I am going to challenge the teachers in my school to do start an "A-to-Z Reading Challenge" over the summer. Think I can figure out a way to use it with the students who come to my summer library program as well! This group is really a lot of fun and excitement!! I'll update this blog along the way! Thanks Debi and Erin for the idea. Lisa… Continue

I made a little trip to Barnes & Noble today! I picked up: The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. They looked interesting! If you have read either one...please comment and tell me what you thought! Then I had to go check out the YA section. Since I took my "Adolecent Literature" class in my college classes, I have adored YA lit! I believe that some of the best authors out there are YA writers. Anyway... as I was looking thr… Continue