Q: Activity!!! Take a picture or describe where you love to read the most…
Well my camera is currently not anywhere near me so I guess I'm going to go the "describe" route. Personally, I LOVE to read in bed. There are days, especially my days off, where I just don't want to get out of bed and spend a good chunk of the day under the covers with a good book. My second favorite place to read, especially in the winter months when it's so cold, is in a nice warm bath (TMI?). I'm all about keeping it real and so there it is out in cyber-space. I like to read while taking a bath.
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This Friday's Question:
Required Reading: Which book from your school days
do you remember reading & enjoying? Is there a book published now that you'd like to see in today's curriculum for kids?
The book that I remember most from my school days that enjoyed reading so much that I continue to read it these days is Where The Red Fern Grows. I remember my fourth grade teacher reading this book to us out loud in class and from that day forward I've been hooked. The books that have been published recently that I would love to see as required reading in schools today are Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympian's series and the spin off series Hero's of Olympus. In High School I took a class called Myths and Legends and LOVED it. I think especially since so many of the new books that are coming out, especially in YA, are trending toward being dystopian or spin offs of a Myth or Legend that learning about said Myths and Legends is a great idea. And as an added bonus these series are seriously fun right?!
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Those days off when I'm alone in the house are my absolute favorite. I can pass the morning away reading before I even have to think about getting up and doing stuff.
ReplyDeleteI know right!? The other day I sat down to read for about 30 minutes and when I looked at my clock again it was 2 hours later. LOVE my days off!
DeleteYaay, we both picked Where the Red Fern Grows. lol. You know, I never take baths, I am a shower girl. But if I ever did take a bath I think reading a book would be fun to do at the same time. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
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I love curling up in the bed to read, as well :) It's so far the most popular, judging by all the posts I've read :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I really liked your idea about introducing myths and legends! It seems really interesting, especially at that age.
Oo, Percy Jackson would be awesome read for younger kids! :) And a little older, too, since I love it, and my husband loves it, and he's already 33..! :D
ReplyDeleteI just wish we'd had something like your Myths and Legends class, but no way! All you could pick was French, German or advanced math. So nothing for me :/
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ReplyDeleteReading in bed is great :)
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MEE TOO!!! I am in the bed on a day of with a book or two. God forbid the weather is not perfect, I will never ever leave. LOL!
ReplyDeleteI never thought about suggesting Riordan for the school curriculum, but now that you've mentioned it, I think it'd be a wonderful idea! His books are imaginative and fun to read.
ReplyDeleteI listened to Where The Red Fern Grows in the car on a family trip and remember crying my eyes out. It was so good. And I love both of Rick Riordan's series. I can't wait for The Mark of Athena. I'm going to preorder it as soon as they put up the kindle edition.
ReplyDeleteWHere the red fern grows totally broke my heart! I loved I also when i read if for school. Great choices :) I still need to read the percy jackson books. I have them all autographed :) The author came to the Borders store where I worked around a year or so ago and becauseI worked there I got to get all my books signed :) (I bought every one in hard cover because he was coming) It was insane that is for sure. I'm so glad I didn't close that night, that is all I can say about what that store must have looked like after... Thanks for stopping by my blog i commented back there also :)
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