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Robert is Currently Reading

Robert is currently reading:

Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training

by Mark Rippetoe

bookshelves: currently-reading, exercise, fitness, nonfiction

My rating:

Robert said: "From everything I have read regarding strength and lifting, Rippetoe is the master. His videos have already proved invaluable to me. I have learned a tremendous amount from him already.

Tonight I begin his tome about barbell training. Thi...more"

progress:

(page 102 of 320)
"Just finished section two, the bench press. This is definitely the weak area of my fitness . . . and has always been. I lift without collars so if I have to dump, I can. I probably should bench in the rack, but I am too lazy to do so. This chapter helped me understand breathing and arching my back. I have plenty to work on in this regard, but I am becoming stronger. Love this book, btw!" — Jan 29, 2012 06:44pm

Jan 09, 2012 05:47pm · see review

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Robert gave to: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak read in February, 2012	My rating:
I recall reading this as a boy. I was not as smitten with it as much as others were. Even as an adult, when I revisited the book, I felt similarly. It's been a few years since I read it. Perhaps now with children of my own, I have reconsidered th...more
14 hours, 49 min ago · see review
Robert gave to: The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch recommended to Robert by: Pro Teacher read in February, 2012	My rating:
This title was familiar, but I never read it until today. On one of my teacher boards, this book was recommended to be used to teach sequencing. Since I am teaching that this coming week, I went out to the county library to pick it up. This well-r...more
Feb 11, 2012 06:33pm · see review
Robert gave to: The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney read in May, 2010	My rating:
This is a retelling of Aesop's The Lion and The Mouse. My thought was why would someone retell this? It's not a particularly difficult story. The moral is clear. Well, Pinkney certainly had a reason to re-visit this classic. Essentially wordless, ...more
Feb 11, 2012 04:04pm · see review
Robert liked Sequencing
Feb 11, 2012 03:52pm
Robert gave to: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig recommended to Robert by: Pro Teacher read in February, 2012	My rating:
This book was recommended to me to use with teaching students how to sequence. My children and I drove out to our county library to pick this up. Interestingly, the Philadelphia Zoo was setting up shop so we stayed to see the animals! :) Times hav...more
Feb 11, 2012 03:20pm · see review
Robert made a comment in the group Goodreads Feedback — Autocomplete Shelves Issue topic "Count me as among the frustrated. No ability to add shelves and no auto-jump when I begin typing."
Feb 11, 2012 02:37pm
Robert gave to: One Moose, Twenty Mice by Clare Beaton read in February, 2012	My rating:
For story time this evening, Fritz picked out this book. It is a familiar book. It's a counting book. Each page presents a number of some animal with the refrain "but where's the cat?" There's part of a cat found on each page. Fritz is really go...more
Feb 11, 2012 12:45pm · see review
Robert gave to: Ben's Dream by Chris Van Allsburg read in February, 2012	My rating:
An early work of Chris Van Allsburg. Ben has a geography test to study for. He falls asleep studying (why?). He begins to dream and finds himself on a tour of the world. Each image is a different world landmark (Taj Mahal, Great Wall of China, Sp...more
Feb 10, 2012 11:49am · see review
Robert gave to: Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder recommended to Robert by: Michelle Fralinger read in February, 2012	My rating:
This is an interesting biography of Harriet Tubman, who was known as Minty. This concentrates on her youth before she ran away. Readers learn how Minty came to want to run away (obvious, I suppose) and some of the events that built her character. ...more
Feb 10, 2012 08:14am · see review
Robert gave to: In the Garden with Dr. Carver by Susan Grigsby recommended to Robert by: Michelle Fralinger read in February, 2012	My rating:
This is a cute story about George Washington Carver visiting a school with his mobile classroom. Once there, he taught them all about growing plants. He showed them how to take a previously-thought unusable land and cultivate it. While fiction, th...more
Feb 09, 2012 09:21am · see review

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“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.”
― Joyce Carol Oates