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I'm a huge fan of Dame Judi Dench so just bought her book and furthermore. What a disappointment. It boring, boring, boring. It's a sort of memoir I guess, but all she does is recite the plays she has been in for the past 50+ years. She lists the director and the the cast members for each one, most of whom yu will never have heard of. So at the very least, I would say wait for the paperback.

Just finished Before I go to Sleep, a psychological thriller. A fun read!

Jaycee Lee Dugard's book
A Stolen Life

wow...how she survived..amazing

I haven't started the S e x on the Moon book yet....

Jonathon Kozol was at the conference I was doing booth babe duties yesterday. Picked up this book and I'm already half way through it. Easy read for summer. I HIGHLY recommend it to any teacher, young or old, out there.




I really love Kozol's books. Savage Inequalities really details the inequities in schools. The Shame of a Nation is another good read. I've got to add Death at an Early Age to my book list.

Reading this was a reminder that there are some educational researchers outside of science that I need to start reading again.

The Kite Runner
Yeah, I know I'm coming late to the party, but I have never been very trendy.
It was really good though.

While there is a major sewage leak of memoirs, I enjoyed "Townie - A Memoir" by Andre Dubus III (House of Sand and Fog).

bravedave wrote:The Kite RunnerYeah, I know I'm coming late to the party, but I have never been very trendy.
It was really good though.

Have you seen the movie? I have but haven't read the book.

txaggirl91 wrote:Jonathon Kozol was at the conference I was doing booth babe duties yesterday. Picked up this book and I'm already half way through it. Easy read for summer. I HIGHLY recommend it to any teacher, young or old, out there.

Kozol was responsible for one of my many "NPR driveway moments" ... you know, when you're listening to a really good interview and you just can NOT go inside until the piece is over? Love his books. ORDINARY RESURRECTIONS is my favorite ... and was the subject of that interview that sparked my interest. Shared it with Mr. Mathews, who was, as a teacher, inspired like you, Janice.

OTOH. I'm not finding much to read this summer ... except the biography of Malcom X.

Suggestions?

I'm reading In Search of Captain Zero by Allan Weisbecker. Jimmy referred to him in the monologue he did for an intermission a few years ago (I really hate not having Jokelben to look things up) where he talked about "Riding the Glide". I can see wh Jimmy would like it. It's all about surfing, but Mr. Weisbecker is very articulate so it's a cut above your standard "male menopause" saga,

East Texas Parrothead wrote:

txaggirl91 wrote:Jonathon Kozol was at the conference I was doing booth babe duties yesterday. Picked up this book and I'm already half way through it. Easy read for summer. I HIGHLY recommend it to any teacher, young or old, out there.

Kozol was responsible for one of my many "NPR driveway moments" ... you know, when you're listening to a really good interview and you just can NOT go inside until the piece is over? Love his books. ORDINARY RESURRECTIONS is my favorite ... and was the subject of that interview that sparked my interest. Shared it with Mr. Mathews, who was, as a teacher, inspired like you, Janice.

OTOH. I'm not finding much to read this summer ... except the biography of Malcom X.

Suggestions?

Did you ever pick up Honolulu?

East Texas Parrothead wrote:

txaggirl91 wrote:Jonathon Kozol was at the conference I was doing booth babe duties yesterday. Picked up this book and I'm already half way through it. Easy read for summer. I HIGHLY recommend it to any teacher, young or old, out there.

Kozol was responsible for one of my many "NPR driveway moments" ... you know, when you're listening to a really good interview and you just can NOT go inside until the piece is over? Love his books. ORDINARY RESURRECTIONS is my favorite ... and was the subject of that interview that sparked my interest. Shared it with Mr. Mathews, who was, as a teacher, inspired like you, Janice.

OTOH. I'm not finding much to read this summer ... except the biography of Malcom X.

Suggestions?

For a quick, compellling read, Before I Go to Sleep.

Tiki Torches wrote:

bravedave wrote:The Kite RunnerYeah, I know I'm coming late to the party, but I have never been very trendy.
It was really good though.

Have you seen the movie? I have but haven't read the book.

Not yet (see above ref to trends)

Just re-read Ender's Game and Speaker For The Dead. Onto Xenocide. Orson Scott Card is satisfying my summer time sci fi geek out until Terra Nova comes on tv in the fall.

drunkpirate66 wrote:Just re-read Ender's Game and Speaker For The Dead. Onto Xenocide. Orson Scott Card is satisfying my summer time sci fi geek out until Terra Nova comes on tv in the fall.

I read "Ender's Game" a few years ago and just loved it. When I was reading "The Hunger Games" series earlier this summer, "Ender's Game" came to mind.

Am reading PORTRAIT OF A SPY ... Daniel Silva.

East Texas Parrothead wrote:

drunkpirate66 wrote:Just re-read Ender's Game and Speaker For The Dead. Onto Xenocide. Orson Scott Card is satisfying my summer time sci fi geek out until Terra Nova comes on tv in the fall.

I read "Ender's Game" a few years ago and just loved it. When I was reading "The Hunger Games" series earlier this summer, "Ender's Game" came to mind.

Am reading PORTRAIT OF A SPY ... Daniel Silva.

Both the Ender and the Hunger series are awesome. Ender is a classic. If you haven't read Speaker For The Dead and Xenocide do it!

I need a little help phrom my reading phriends.

I saw a title the other day and thought it sounded interesting ... two girls from Iowa, I think, set out to teach in the old West ... seems the book was set at the turn of the century ... and the girls *might* have been sisters.

Please post the title if you find it.

Thank you.

Your pal,
ETP

I found Free Range Knitter yesterday by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
cute book with lots of knitting stories

Found it ...

Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... daibea-20/

East Texas Parrothead wrote:Found it ...

Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... daibea-20/

That looks really good!
Glad you found it

http://www.teaobreht.com/