Monday, June 26, 2017

Reading progress update: I've listened 1620 out of 1665 minutes.

Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower IV) - Stephen King

 

 

I LOVE this book. The Wizard of Oz, The Stand and Roland's "ka-tet" all coming together. Amazing!! King is truly a master storyteller.

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BLopoly Electric Company Read

Every Ugly Word - Aimee L. Salter

So, I landed on the Electric Company - Read a book where a main character is in STEM, or where the author's first and last name contain all of the letters in "Tesla".

 

 

I decided to go with author's first and last name contains the letters in "Tesla." The book I chose is Every Ugly Word by Aimee L. Salter. I found it on my Kindle tbr list. :)

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Saturday, June 24, 2017

My first Free Read Friday

Decelerate Blue - Adam Rapp, Mike Cavallaro

 

 

 

I started this book today as a choice novel for my Graphic Novel class. Luckily, it can also count as my first Free Read Friday book. :)

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Friday, June 23, 2017

Booklikes-opoly 6/23 roll

 

 

 

 

 

I rolled a 9 and landed on the Electric Company (15) space.

 

 

Read a book where a main character is in STEM, or where the author's first and last name contain all of the letters in "Tesla".

 

Now to the shelves, actual and virtual....

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When Technology and Nature collide...

Review:

The Wild Robot - Peter Brown

 

We are geese,

And geese keep going.

 

We're a strange family.

But I kind of like it that way.

 

Ahh, this book. I didn't think I was going to like this one. I read it because it's a Sunshine State nominated book for the 2017-18 school year, and it fit the talking animals BLopoly space that I landed on.

 

The name of the robot is Roz and she has a lot of knowledge, but she doesn't know how to survive on this island. Roz is having difficulties until she realizes that she can learn from the animals. Once Roz realizes the animals are talking, she also realizes she can communicate with them. One day, Roz accidentally destroys a goose nest and can save only one egg. This leads to some pretty amazing and heart-warming moments that I really enjoyed. The ending is a bit sad but hints at the sequel which is coming out later this year.

 

The story is more than a bit quirky, but that's what makes it so much fun. I think it will be a big hit with our 3rd - 5th graders this coming school year. Though I'm sure it will appeal to older kids and adults as well.

 

Oh, and the illustrations really bring it all together.

 

 

 

I read this book for the Fantasyland 7 space, and this is my first book after the big shakeup. At 277 pages it is worth: $6.00

 

 

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