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Our Visit with Jodi Picoult

A few of your favorite HHS staff members visited (and others) Madison, WI to see and listen to Jodi Picoult. Mrs. Court, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Wopat, Mrs. Swobada, my mom and I headed to Madison after school on Friday. Jodi read from her latest book Nineteen Minutes which is about a school shooting. I love to listen to authors read from their own book and listen them answer questions about how they work, what they are currently working on and even give insite about why they write what they do. This was my third time seeing Jodi and I know it won't be my last. Check out the photos!

Elsewhere

I'm reading Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin currently and have to say it's really good. Lately every book I've looked at on Amazon has recomended it as something I would like (Twilight, New Moon, Looking for Alaska, Uglies, Peeps, etc...) and Amazon is correct--the book is wonderful. I'm 200/275 pages into the book and would highly recomend it.

The End of the World?

One of the best books I have read all year!! Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. An asteroid hits the moon and changes everything for Miranda and her family. The life as they knew it is over. Will Miranda and her family survive the tsunamis, the volcanoes, the cold, the snow...other people. Read Life as We Knew It, in Miranda's journals starting before the moon is hit. Be with her and her family as they survive day to day life in a way they never anticipated. I promise you will not be disappointed!

Done

I'm done with the book Where The Heart Is.

Authors Who Blog

Check out this article from Publisher's Weekly about authors who blog. The article features authors Meg Cabot, Sarah Dessen, Stephenie Meyer, John Green and others. The authors talk about why they blog and what they like and don't like about it.

Do you like it when your favorite authors have blogs? Do you read their blogs on a regular basis? What/Who are some of your favorites?

Where the Heart is

I've started reading it and so far it is pretty good.

Snow Day...lots of time for reading!

I hope you are enjoying your day off, I plan on doing some reading and cleaning--at the same time! Thank goodness for audiobooks. I am listening to Rash by Pete Hautman right now. Bo, the main character is one of the characters you like, but constantly want to yell at because of the studpid decisions he makes. Rash occur some time in the late 2000s, Bo's grandpa was born around the same time as you guys in the 1990s and talks about the way things were which is pretty much how they are for us! It is really interesting to imagine what life will be like in our lifetime. It is kind of out there, but not so out there that you don't believe it. I really think Rash could be a very good book club book especially since many of you like Feed by M.T. Anderson.