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Banker to the Poor
I never read non-fiction. like...ever. I can't remember the last thing I read besides the newspaper and my scriptures that wasn't primarily fictional. I found out about Muhammad Yunus' book Banker to the Poor a while back from my good friend and it sounded okay and when Tom and I were going… Continue
Added by erin on July 16, 2008 at 7:30pm — No Comments
the plain janes (graphic novels challenge #2)
the outcast crowd - the new girl, the smart girl, the jock girl, and the wannabe actress. in this graphic novel by cecil castellucci and jim rugg, all of these high school "rejects" are named jane. when main jane, who the story follows, lived in the city, a bomb went off where she was hanging out… Continue
Added by erin on July 9, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments
the host
ah, stephenie meyer. i admit the cover of this book gives me the willies but off goes the dust jacket and viola! so that worked out well for me.
melanie's body has been abducted by aliens...in the most literal sense. the wanderer, a "soul" which apparently looks like a large silver centipede, had b… Continue
Added by erin on July 8, 2008 at 2:50pm — No Comments
castle waiting (graphic novel challenge #1)
my first graphic novel! i was not sure how this was going to go. sure, i read the comics in the washington post but haven't read anything like this before. linda medly's castle waiting is a compliation of the stories of several characters who have all ended up at castle waiting.
the story be… Continue
Added by erin on June 30, 2008 at 4:01pm — No Comments
briar rose (ya challenge #5)
i think jane yolen is one of the truly great ya authors. this "sleeping beauty" story is truly a tale of victims of the holocaust - specifically victims not usually mentioned in general holocaust literature. rebecca's grandmother, gemma, is constantly telling her the story of sleeping beauty...but… Continue
Added by erin on June 29, 2008 at 4:19pm — No Comments
larklight (ya challenge #4)
i heard mixed reviews about phillip reeve's larklight before i read it and could see for sure how it's a sort of love/hate book...though i have to say i was right about lukewarm for it. art and his sister myrtle (young teenagers) live with their father (their mother is dead) in a spaceship/house c… Continue
Added by erin on June 29, 2008 at 3:55pm — No Comments
memoirs of a teenage amnesiac (ya challenge #3)
i chose this book because i really liked elsewhere by gabriel zevin and i was not dissapointed in memoirs. after naomi falls down the steps of her school and bangs her head, she has lost all memory of the past four years. naomi has forgotten her boyfriend, her best friend, her parents divorce, the… Continue
Added by erin on June 20, 2008 at 1:20pm — No Comments
hush: an irish princess' tale (ya challenge #2)
donna jo napoli's hush tells the story of melkorka, a princess living in medieval ireland. she is used to being taken care of by servants and much of her family's wealth is dependant on slave labor - something that melkorka has no problem with. when her brother's hand is cut off by a norseman, melkor… Continue
Added by erin on June 20, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments
othello
it has been many many years since i've read shakespeare. in fact, i can't honestly remember the last time i read a play. for about half of the first act i just couldn't get into the language - i kept looking up words in the notes and referring to the summary at the beginning but after that i got in… Continue
Added by erin on June 17, 2008 at 10:34pm — No Comments
sunlight and shadow
this book is part of the "once upon a time" series made up of re-told fairy tales...many of them by cameron dokey as this one is. the story line is from the opera "the magic flute" which i thought was interesting. i have heard of this opera by name only but had no idea about the plot or any of the… Continue
Added by erin on June 13, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments
the sweet far thing
i had been really wanting to get to the end of gemma doyle's story in libba bray's the sweet far thing. gemma is the holder of the magic of the realms. two factions, the order and the rakshana are willing to do anything to steal that power from her and gemma alone must decide the fate of realms. so th… Continue
Added by erin on June 13, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments
postcards from no man's land
jacob is seventeen and having typical nineteen year old issues. he feels awkward, worries about what he says and does...basically an insecure boy who is visiting amsterdam at the request of his grandmother (who is english) so he can visit geertrui, his grandmother's old friend. the story alternat… Continue
Added by erin on June 13, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments
lydia, queen of palestine
Added by erin on June 13, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments
i am the messenger
i picked up this book by markus zusak because i loved the book thief so much. it's a michael l. printz award winner which is a plus as i am trying to read some of those, but really, i wanted to read this book because of association.
ed kennedy's life is pretty lame - he drives a cab, plays cards,… Continue
Added by erin on June 13, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments
dairy queen
Added by erin on June 11, 2008 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments
trying this out
Added by erin on April 27, 2008 at 4:13pm — No Comments
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