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I like your title! I, too, miss the days of Scholastic Book orders. I used to get so excited when my teacher would hand out that flimsy newsprint brochure. <sigh> Life was somehow easier then. Wait, my mom had me on a book budget! Forget simpler, it was just as hard. So many books, so little money.
I loved those days too. My mom says she remembers me coming home with soooo many books circled. We also had TROLL at our school. Does anyone remember TROLL?
I'm not sure if they had Troll orders when I was young, but when I worked in kindergarten I sent home Troll, Scholastic and one other book order form, whose name escapes me now.
I chose the elephant for my ticker because I won't ever forget my love of reading began when I was young. Scholastic books are a great memory of the past. My love of reading has never dwindled, but obviously my memory ain't what it used to be.
WE HAD TROLL (see how excited I am that I remembered that). It's funny because I thought my reading obsession/book obsession began when I was an adult. It goes way back - way way back. My mom used to kick me out of the house when I was a kid. She'd tell me to get my nose out of that book and go outside because it's a beautiful day. So I'd just take the book with me and find a spot on the swingset to read.
I really like the elephant. Good choice!
Stephanie wrote: "I loved those days too. My mom says she remembers me coming home with soooo many books circled. We also had TROLL at our school. Does anyone remember TROLL? "I do, I loved Troll. My kids still bring home Scholastic forms. I tend to go overboard buying from them too. We also have a big Scholastic Book sale once a year where they have all their books for 50% off at a high school in our county. It is usually worth going to.
BOOKS I'VE READ
Children Classics Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Christine by Stephen King
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Cut by Patricia McCormick
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition by Frank Herbert
[The Firm by John Grisham
Forever by Judy Blume
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Living Nightmare by Darren ShanThis was a quick, simplistic read, definitely geared for middle schoolers, especially boys. The book was a little slow and weak at first, but picked up after the first 100 pages. Madame Octa creeped me out. (I'm not a fan of spiders since I was bitten the other year and had a bad reaction. My doctor had never seen anything like it.) Needless to say, I found the spider more horrifying than the vampire aspect of the book. I am intrigued by the ending and curious how the series continues.
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