Carol's comments (member since Nov 05, 2008)

Carol's comments from the The Next Best Book Club group.

Thanks Group!! Keep them coming, I am adding ll to my list and then going througha nd looking for reviews and building a list from that to take tot he admin on this adventure.

And yes, I read everything before any of my students get to read it if assigned by me. And these are high school students, but again if I have read it first we can go from there on subject matter.

Okay so the book about a fridge is one that now peeks my interest. Any one know that one? Thanks Liz

Yes, that is the kind of stuff I am looking for. thanks guys and gals, keep them coming. Have to pitch this to my principal and the more I have the better I will be.

We do the trip planning thing, only takes about two weeks in today's class with internet and such. Thanks Elizabeth.

Yes Danielle, still looking....

I am attempting to rewrite some curriculum for my classroom. Part of what I am trying to do is make world geography a little bit more exciting to today's students. My goal is to have two or three books per continent. Each book can be fiction or non-fiction but needs to include a geography aspect.

For Example:
Europe.
Book-Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose.
Why? This book not only covers history, but the most important fact is the geopgraphical lesson that can be learned from it. How the men traversed the land, used the land, and survived the land all factor into this well told historical event.

Any ideas you have would be greatly appreciated.

I thought the book was a good read. I liked how the author made the idea of a great loss real. In life when we truly do not want ot come to grips with a tradegy and we will lock ourselves away in our own safe little world.
Here, the main character is faced with going back to a place of great loss and coming to face the fact that he can not change the past.
I think the real lesson here is forgiveness. Whether we must forgive ourselves or someone else and yes even forgive God, then forgiveness is what is needed.
I will make some of you mad here....
We have lost this ability in our world today. All we think about is getting the better of the person next door and in the next cubicle over. We do not care what we have to do in order to make them look worse than we do. Should we not forgive the young family that jumped into part of their retirement fund early in order to pay off some medical bills, but now are paying massive taxes on that? Should we not forgive the bully that tortured us in high school but now struggles to even hold down a part time job? Should we not forgive ourselves for that action we dare not mention from years ago?

Regardless of what you think about the spiritual journey taken in this book, the lesson of forgiveness is one we all need to learn.

Yes Clive is good. I find he is my escape author. Deep enough to turn my brain off but not so deep that serious concentration is required.

and Jeane you are welcome.

I am a night reader. Was poor growing up, so mom's idea of a weekend trip was to the library. So, I simply learned to entertain myself with books. Even as I grew and became very invovled in athletics, I still read every night. So thanks Mom!
I would say anywhere from 30 to 200 pages a night. All depends on when the eyes shut.
Just like mom, I fall asleep with the light on almost every night.

Besides the obvious sleep, I also have the most prominent features of bookshelves over any other furniture.
Moving is a pain because the books weigh more than the rest of the furniture.
TV is a lost cause for me now, even though I still enjoy a good old B rated sci fi film on the SCIFI channel, I make my own movies in my head - the scenes are so much better that way.
And, well, I am a teacher, so I am a library fanatic. Too poor to buy.

Set in early 1900's, a bank robber, more like mass murderer is on the hunt for more money. Isaac Bell, a detective, is hired to hunt him down and stop the rash of robberies.
A little different for Cussler, the whole book is in the past, not just the flashbacks to set up the story line. I enjoyed it. As with most Cussler novels a roller coaster ride, this one is just a ride on a train instead.

Thank you all.
Actually went home and finished a Cussler novel last night, "The Chase" Enjoyed it, even if you can guess the ending.

Catherine, welcome, I am new too.

I hope not less money, my library and I are very good friends.

So I started a new book at lunch today THE MOVIES OF MY LIFE, by Alberto Fuguet. Hooked and have read five pages. How different ot look at our lives throught the movies we have seen.

Ummmm, maybe, definitely not in my genre of reads for me. I am extending myself to read these love stories of Blue Blood and Twilight.

Honestly, I would much rather get lost in the detailed description of a US Submarine, that is being targeted by an unknown assailant on the surface. Or give me a chase through Ancient Roman aqueducts that are now hidden unground cashes of lost treasure and the hero must save the world by preventing the unknown toxin from leaking into the water supply. Yes we forget that even the Romans practiced bio war.

Thanks for making me feel welcome. Laura, A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY what is that one about?

Hello All,
My name is Carol and I am glad I found this site. I am a high school teacher who loves to read good books. As a chemistry teacher sometimes we get called nerds, but my passion is a good historical novel or anything that could be called "Clancy-like."
Just finished the first of the Blue Bloods, because a student told me I had to read it, and they are making me read the Twilight series too.
We will see, what the heck, a book is a book, and you can get lucky and find a good one sometimes.

I may be new, but this list post was an easy one to start on...my two cents...
Tom Clancy - real not Op Center stuff
Angels and Demons - Brown
Last Full Measure - Sharra
Monster - Myer
Deadline - RC Alcorn
Eli - Bill Myers
Narnia Series
Lion % the Mark Series - F. Rivers