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♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "Picture wrote: "9/11 is not an inside job. The moon landing? I could believe that...ha. We were kind of in a little (big) competition with the Soviet Union. But I shall keep my head up and say we ..."

Psshh...I was just kidding. I actually believe we landed on the moon; I just think it's funny if everyone finds out that we actually didn't. Like if the moon landing video wins an Oscar. Lol. Best performance...

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

I know you were kidding ;)

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♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "I know you were kidding ;)"

I figured. I just wanted to make sure everything was sparkling clear.

[Mandy]

Rebekka (hmm, yes) wrote: "Mandy [purple sky fly over me] wrote: "Rebekka (hmm, yes) wrote: "You've got your schizophrenics and you've got the naive. And then you've got the kind of people who just want to stir up some ocn..."

Probably not. But that is okay. =)

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Picture wrote: "♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "I know you were kidding ;)"

I figured. I just wanted to make sure everything was sparkling clear."

Yeahhhh sometimes on the internet it is hard to tell. :) lol

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Okay, going on to a really random topic that I'll probably get yelled at for writing this for this post. So this summer I'm going to teach my mom English better like reading, writing, and grammar. Blahdiblahdiblah. So for the reading part, I'm going to have her read out loud to me from a fiction book. But you see, I don't want any book with too awkward scenes...*crickets*

Anyway, I also don't want too kid books because I want my mom to read in my level (hard to meet however...ha I'm so cocky). Any suggestions for a book like that? When I mean by too awkward, I mean like sex scenes, passionate kissing scenes, swearing anything in the book, talking about sex scenes, or just really really bad characters who don't like follow their parents.

Yeah, I know. I just don't want to have to guess how my mom is going to react to the scenes coming up. See, I don't want her to have a bad image of fiction because then she'll try to make me stop reading....and I would kill myself if that happened. My mom can be ignorantly strict sometimes, so I just want to prevent anything. She just likes to shelter me which is not going to work of course. The book should not be too low of a level like some kid books out there.

Oh gosh, what am I doing asking you guys? Hmmm, anyway, the book should be interesting, not to kid-like, and not too awkward. I never thought I'd need to do this, but...*headdesk*

Oh wells, my mom said she'll pay me...ha.

[Jordan, The Picture Magician (aka Probie)]

Two words. Harry. Potter.

[Acacia]

You said you're teaching your mom English? What is her native language?

Also, about what level of English does she have a grasp on? For example, if you had to assign a reading grade level, what would that be?

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Ahh, at least someone is answering...ha. Okay, I was actually think about Harry Potter, Jordan.

Um, Acacia, okay, my mom actually speaks English. It's kind of like when Spanish-speaking people take Spanish in high school to improve because they can't write or something. My mom actually knows two Indian languages. She can speak English. But she has poor grammar, spelling, and reading skills.

I think her reading level on a scale of 1-10. 10 being like Shakespeare and 1 being like picture books. I think she would fit around 5. She can read. But I've seen third graders read better than her...

She used to be pretty decent at English, but she didn't practice writing and reading anymore. And she needs to build up her vocabulary skills because some words that I think are simple are words she does not understand.

[tesni]

Picture wrote: "Okay, going on to a really random topic that I'll probably get yelled at for writing this for this post. So this summer I'm going to teach my mom English better like reading, writing, and grammar. ..."

Irène Némirovsky is totes the way to go.
Le Bal is a good one to start with, because it's quite short; only a hundred pages or so, and is actually two seperate novellas. Jezebel might also be okay, depending on what you count as an awkward scene and how awkward it would have to be to be awkward.

[Acacia]

Ohh, I gotcha. I assumed by 'learning English better' you meant she was learning it as a second language. Sorry about that.

Harry potter would be a good choice. I was trying to think of books we read for school in middle school, and Because of Winn Dixie came to mind. Tuck Everlasting is a good one too. I think they're around fifth grade reading level, since that was around when we read them, but they can definitely be enjoyed by people older than that. They're both very engaging stories that are as clean as you requested.

Because of Winn Dixie is about a girl who finds a dog and... um... gosh, I don't remember much about it at all. But it's really good, and if I remember correctly it's really cute too.

Tuck Everlasting is about a family that is immortal. They don't age and are impervious to illness and injury. A little girl discovers their secret and they have to kidnap her to keep her from telling everybody else. It's not what it sounds like, honestly. I really liked it and all the characters are really sweet.

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Acacia wrote: "Ohh, I gotcha. I assumed by 'learning English better' you meant she was learning it as a second language. Sorry about that.

Harry potter would be a good choice. I was trying to think of books we r..."

I actually read both of them. And I thought about Winn Dixie. At first, I thought it would be too easy, but now I'm not so sure. Hmm...maybe I'll check it out along with Tuck Everlasting. Both are wonderful books even if Winn Dixie is a bit to kid-like. I actually own the Winn Dixie one. Ha. I'm not even typing the full name of the book. Who cares about the "because of?" Ha...yeah. Thanks a lot.

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T e s n i wrote: "Picture wrote: "Okay, going on to a really random topic that I'll probably get yelled at for writing this for this post. So this summer I'm going to teach my mom English better like reading, writi..."

I never heard of this author. But I looked her up. I guess I'll see. Thanks though! :)

[Acacia]

Oh, it's good that you've read Winn Dixie, because literally the only thing I remember about that book is something called melancholy drops. XD

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Acacia wrote: "Oh, it's good that you've read Winn Dixie, because literally the only thing I remember about that book is something called melancholy drops. XD"

Huh? Seriously, I haven't read it recently. I can't stand that book anymore because the font is so huge. I don't know why that bothers me. I actually dislike dog books unless it's a picture book (Pssh...I don't read picture books...rarely...occasionally...come on, my eyes hurt that day). Okay, a little interruption from my stupidly conscious mind, but let's get back down to business. (TO DEFEAT THE HUNS)

I should stop writing no----(THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON)

A little Mulan moment there.

Thanks.

[tesni]

Picture wrote: "T e s n i wrote: "Picture wrote: "Okay, going on to a really random topic that I'll probably get yelled at for writing this for this post. So this summer I'm going to teach my mom English better ..."

Good :-) She was entirely awesome.

[Annemarie, hi]

EWwwwwww. Because of Winn Dixie was an awful book.

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Juliet wrote: "EWwwwwww. Because of Winn Dixie was an awful book."

YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW WHO AGREES WITH ME THANK YOU YOU ARE MY FAVORITE PERSON!

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Juliet wrote: "EWwwwwww. Because of Winn Dixie was an awful book."

I liked it when I was little, but I would never be caught dead or alive reading the book. I think I only liked it when I was little because my sister liked the book. When I was little, my older sister was my unconscious role model (I unconsciously wanted to be like her).

[Mandy]

I NEVER LIKED IT. CAN I JOIN THIS CLUB?

[Hannah]

I've never read that book. ಥ⌣ಥ

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Rebekka (hmm, yes) wrote: "Cara [DON'T BE A DRAG JUST BE A QUEEN] wrote: "Juliet wrote: "EWwwwwww. Because of Winn Dixie was an awful book."

YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW WHO AGREES WITH ME THANK YOU YOU ARE MY FAVORITE ..."

Hoo Hoo

I'm an owl....:)

Sorry I amuse myself with English and typos.

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Rebekka (hmm, yes) wrote: "Picture wrote: "Rebekka (hmm, yes) wrote: "Cara [DON'T BE A DRAG JUST BE A QUEEN] wrote: "Juliet wrote: "EWwwwwww. Because of Winn Dixie was an awful book."

YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW WHO A..."

I was just joking around. I'm not some nit-pick who always picks out typos and spelling errors...*sheepishly grins* Who who just sounds funny. :P

[tesni]

[quaff this kind nepenthe] wrote: "I've never read that book. ಥ⌣ಥ"

Neither have I...but maybe that's not a bad thing...

[Jordan, The Picture Magician (aka Probie)]

[quaff this kind nepenthe] wrote: "I've never read that book. ಥ⌣ಥ"

Consider yourself lucky. I hated it.

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

I don't like Kate DiCamillo at all. Bleh. I couldn't even finish Because of Winn Dixie. I also read The Tale of Desperaux and didn't like it either ... only bright side was it had adorable illustrations. XD

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Desperaux is a pretty cool name.

[Ingrid]

I like The Tale of Desperaux.
But I liked The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
better. It is by the same author.

[Acacia]

Whoa, what's with all the hate for The Tale of Desperaux? I thought that was the cutest thing ever.

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

It was cute but .... stupid.

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Ha...then maybe I shouldn't have my mom read any Kate Dicamillo books out loud. You know, I'll just grab one of my favorite books off the kid section in the library and call it done. :)

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

I don't think it was in a weird font. All I remember was that it had ridiculously large margins and spaces between lines. I hate when books do that, it's such a waste of paper! *fumes* Like, seriously, it was a book that could've been 100 pages stretched out to 300 pages. x_x

[Autumn]

That makes me think of this book The Invention of Hugo Cabret which is gigantic, but it's mostly pictures.

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Omigod, that book is stunning though. Like, the illustrations are amazingly detailed. It blows my mind to think how long it must have taken him to make that book... That's different, because there's actually something beautiful on each page. Whereas, there are so many books where there's like, 100 words on a page and there's no reason for it...

[Autumn]

Oh, yeah, I loved the pictures. I didn't mean it in a bad way. But I read that book in 5th grade because I saw it and I was like "WHOA SO MANY PAGES. I'LL LOOK SO SMARTZ" and then...it was all pictures. Haha.

[Mandy]

*high fives Autumn* I did the EXACT same thing.

[Autumn]

*high fives back*

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Haha! I only read it like ... two years ago, I think. But yeah, the first time I saw it I was like "Gosh, that's a huge book" and then discovered it was a giant picture book. XD If a picture is worth 1000 words that book is worth like ... 984,972,384,792,374,893,279,847 words. :D

[Autumn]

True dat ^

[Annemarie, hi]

MAN. I have a greattt debate topic.

JUDGMENT DAY.

Wahoooo. So, supposedly on May 21st all the Christians shall go into heaven(admittedly, not quite sure how that's going to go down. Will they just sort of float up there? Or will there be hot air balloons? Maybe jetpacks? Oh, I know. Stairways. They will all be taking literal stairways.)

So, then after that. There's like tons of literal hell on earth(not joking here) until the earth burns up in October... Sounds like a party, right?

Sooo, yeah. What's your opinion on all this Judgement day fun stuff?

[Maria [the clockwork creeps on useless lives], Butts butts]

Cara [DON'T BE A DRAG JUST BE A QUEEN] wrote: "Juliet wrote: "EWwwwwww. Because of Winn Dixie was an awful book."

YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW WHO AGREES WITH ME THANK YOU YOU ARE MY FAVORITE PERSON!"

I hated that book.o.o

[Annemarie, hi]

MARIA.

[Maria [the clockwork creeps on useless lives], Butts butts]

Judgement Day: My opinion is that is a load of crap. Probably because I don't believe in heaven. *shrug*

[Annemarie, hi]

I want some iced tea.

[Maria [the clockwork creeps on useless lives], Butts butts]

Ew. Iced tea.

[Annemarie, hi]

You're weird.

[Maria [the clockwork creeps on useless lives], Butts butts]

Me? You're the kind of person who can tie goldfish to communism.

[Annemarie, hi]

Yeah, well Goldfish and communism go hand and hand. Not liking ice tea is just.... strange.

[Maria [the clockwork creeps on useless lives], Butts butts]

I actually don't think I've ever had iced tea.

[Annemarie, hi]

Well, have some.