30 Day Meme: Books and Cleverness
Day 01 → Your favorite song
Day 02 → Your favorite movie
Day 03 → Your favorite television program
Day 04 → Your favorite book
Day 05 → Your favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy
I think we all know I can't pick one favorite book. That would be ridiculous- even harder than the "favorite song" question! But here are my favorites, in no particular order, and NOT including books of poetry or any medieval/renaissance literature because then this list would be several pages long!:
- Educating Esme by Esme Raji Codell - an inner-city elementary school teacher's diary from her first year of teaching. It's irreverant, passionate, and inspiring, and I think all teachers and anyone considering becoming a teacher should read it.
- Christy by Catherine Marshall - another teaching-themed choice, I loved the television show as a kid and when I read the novel as an adult it was wonderful to discover the source.
- The Time-Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenger - makes me weep.
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - A classic I forced myself to read although it was difficult getting into it at first. After I did, I was hooked.
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - the ultimate mentor text for me as a writer. My tenth grade English teacher remarked that there is nothing in this book that doesn't need to be there, and I have valued succinctness in prose ever since.
- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - because of the effect it has on my students.
- Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
- All of the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling
- All of the Mortal Instruments books by Cassandra Clare
- The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann, illustrated by Maurice Sendak - I love this one 95% because of Sendak, I believe.
- The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams was one of my favorites when I was a wee little H-Bird, as were Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathman and Kiki Dances by Charlotte Steiner.
Day 02 → Your favorite movie
Day 03 → Your favorite television program
Day 04 → Your favorite book
Day 05 → Your favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy
I think we all know I can't pick one favorite book. That would be ridiculous- even harder than the "favorite song" question! But here are my favorites, in no particular order, and NOT including books of poetry or any medieval/renaissance literature because then this list would be several pages long!:
- Educating Esme by Esme Raji Codell - an inner-city elementary school teacher's diary from her first year of teaching. It's irreverant, passionate, and inspiring, and I think all teachers and anyone considering becoming a teacher should read it.
- Christy by Catherine Marshall - another teaching-themed choice, I loved the television show as a kid and when I read the novel as an adult it was wonderful to discover the source.
- The Time-Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenger - makes me weep.
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - A classic I forced myself to read although it was difficult getting into it at first. After I did, I was hooked.
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - the ultimate mentor text for me as a writer. My tenth grade English teacher remarked that there is nothing in this book that doesn't need to be there, and I have valued succinctness in prose ever since.
- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - because of the effect it has on my students.
- Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
- All of the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling
- All of the Mortal Instruments books by Cassandra Clare
- The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann, illustrated by Maurice Sendak - I love this one 95% because of Sendak, I believe.
- The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams was one of my favorites when I was a wee little H-Bird, as were Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathman and Kiki Dances by Charlotte Steiner.