Heather's comments
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Heather's comments from the School for Creative and Performing Arts group.
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I hate to make an on-topic post when we're on such a roll here, but I borrowed the latest "Bone" book, "Stupid, Stupid Rat-Tails" from Cameron, and it was fun to read- truly hilarious. I liked it much better than "Rose," which was good but much too serious for my tastes.
I've put off reading 'Rose' because one of the things I love about 'Bone' is Jeff Smith's artwork... I love Charles Vess (in fact, I have one of his 'Stardust' prints on my living-room wall), but I don't know if I want to see someone else drawing 'Bone,' even Vess. I'm sure I'll break down and read it eventually.
Because it's awesome. And also because I made my sixth graders read it.
I'm glad you like it. A number of volumes are still out on loan from the Murphy library, but the public library should have the others, too. Except for the last one, which is supposed to come out this spring sometime.Also, I could introduce you to several boys who read and enjoyed Twilight and who I'm fairly confident are straight. Not large numbers of them, but enough to convince me that it is possible.
I'll second that; I don't think I ever would have heard of this book if Redpath hadn't recommended it to me.
I've noticed problems with getting the correct mics on at the correct moments when we're performing at big strange theaters, but never in our own auditorium. I wonder what makes the difference?
Technically, I have it in my classroom library, though I can't promise that someone else hasn't borrowed it.
My favorite character is Thorn. She is so tough and resourceful; I want to be just like Thorn when I grow... er... down.
I went to the full version of the show last night, and it was fantastic! Much easier to follow the plot (what little plot there is in Cats) when they performed the whole show, and the performances were almost uniformly superb- this is definitely one of the best major musicals I've seen at SCPA.
Dr. Fowler tells me that Saturday night is already sold out, but people could probably still get tickets for Sunday afternoon's matinee performance.
I thought the same thing; I ignored them on the bookshelves for years before the day I was bored enough to pick one up. I think I was in love with the series by the time I hit page 10.
I agree- she behaves a lot like a stereotype- a girl who doesn't so much act as get acted upon. She rarely gets to take action or make choices about her own life; instead, outside danger threatens, and Edward and Jacob save her, again and again, while she does little more than cry, whine, and bump into things. It seems like all she does is fall in love and get rescued.I prefer Buffy the Vampire Slayer, who also has an angsty love match with a vampire- but Buffy is in control of her life, she makes choices, she fights the forces of evil, and love doesn't turn her into a weakling.
Such a surprising book; who would have thought that the history of French film would be so exciting? From my first sight of the kid climbing in the wall behind the clocks, I was hooked.
You should be able to find them at the public library. Technically, I have two full sets in my classroom library; number one tends to be checked out all the time, though.
I noticed in today's Scholastic that the Twilight books are written on about a fifth-grade reading level. That made me laugh. I thought they were page-turners, but Bella's weakness really irritates me.
Discussion of the 'Twilight' books goes here- may contain spoilers!
Discussion of the 'Bone' books goes here
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