February reading.

"A" is for Awesome

Do you ever wonder what authors would think if they could read the annotations that our students put in the books? 

Read this:

Onion articleBe sure to look at the close-up of the book. I'm really tempted to dial Matt S. right now and see if it's a real number. Also, I want to know how Lincoln comes into the discussion. Has it been that long since I read it that I really don't know how it's being tied to the Civil War? Or is the student doing the annotations trying to cram the work in during History class and getting confused?
=)

http://thiemeenglish11.blogspot.com/2012/09/blog-post.html

Books are the best technology ever!

...You know, except maybe for all that technology that makes books happen.

Someone posted this on Facebook. I love everything about it. 

This is the cover for the new edition of 1984. I love everything about it. 

http://i.imgur.com/QFBIj.png

All Roads Lead to Austen

Nonfiction

This book combines memoir-like storytelling with literary discussion. The author, a university professor, has taken a sabbatical from her post at a California university to spend a year travelling around South America. She learns Spanish, reads Austen books in translation and, with others she meets along the way, has book club meetings.
I have finished the section about Pride and Prejudice - interesting discussion there- and am now in the second leg of her journey. Following serious illness, she is now discussing Sense and Sensibility. The conversation has gone through feminism and on to employment.

Blathering on about Books: No one wants to talk in real life.....

My friend has the same feelings that inspired me to give it a try.

Blathering on about Books: No one wants to talk in real life.....: So I have never really understood the blogging phenomenon.  It felt like it was people posting their diaries online for everyone to read and...

busy busy

Oh my gosh, this is what happens when I go back to work, and move, and all that other terribly important stuff that I do. I keep reading, but I stop writing about it!
I'm currently reading this:

at home on my nook. Catelyn -- ick.

And I picked up this:

one day at school when I forgot the nook -- I I'm keeping that in my classroom right now and reading it. It's a lot more interesting than I thought it would be -- and will be very timely very soon in my life.

Plus, I read this last weekend:


because I needed to start teaching it to my students. Oh my gosh, is it ever dense. There's a lot going on in it -- and with its questions of identity, jealousy, and self esteem I think the students will really be able to get into the book.


And finally, I love Calvin and Hobbes.
http://bookriot.com/2012/02/06/sixteen-things-calvin-and-hobbes-said-better-than-anyone-else/