Well, it's not quite time for my first 101 Books in 1001 Days challenge to be over. However, I couldn't ignore the new books that are screaming at me on my shelves. Therefore, I'm going to start a new challenge...TODAY. In my last update, I mentioned that I wouldn't be able to finish. That hasn't changed. I also mentioned that I would start a new ( Read more... )

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   Ho everyone! (“Ho” is slang for “hello” at the Battle School in Ender’s Game.)
   
   It’s been a crazy week and I’ve gotten a lot of reading done, even though I haven’t finished a book. I’m just reading so many at one time and I’ve been reading a lot of educational stuff, too. My students have also been reading a lot since Monday. A few of them have ( Read more... )

"The date was April 14, 1912, a sinister day in maritime history, but of course the man in suite 63-65, shelter deck C, did not yet know it. What he did know was that his foot hurt badly, more than he had expected. He was sixty-five years old and had become a large man. His hair had turned gray, his mustache nearly white, but his eyes were as blue ( Read more... )

Things are looking really good for this challenge at the moment. I’ve finished one book already (Divergent by Veronica Roth) and I’m already three-quarters of the way through Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. I’m also about half way through The Shack by William Paul Young, but that book is hard for me to read for any long ( Read more... )