Comments on: i don’t need the daytime http://mauraweb.com/blog/2009/10/10/i-dont-need-the-daytime/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:25:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: mauraweb!» archive » the future and the south pacific http://mauraweb.com/blog/2009/10/10/i-dont-need-the-daytime/comment-page-1/#comment-2238 mauraweb!» archive » the future and the south pacific Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:35:59 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=434#comment-2238 [...] Atlas is really good. I’m still in the middle of the other Cloud Atlas, which is a bit surreal. And the Mitchell book has a sticker in the back with the correct author [...] [...] Atlas is really good. I’m still in the middle of the other Cloud Atlas, which is a bit surreal. And the Mitchell book has a sticker in the back with the correct author [...]

]]> By: maura http://mauraweb.com/blog/2009/10/10/i-dont-need-the-daytime/comment-page-1/#comment-2194 maura Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:39:31 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=434#comment-2194 Cool, we should try it! Finished with C&H here, reading Invention of Hugo Cabret at bedtime (started tonight). So pretty! Cool, we should try it! Finished with C&H here, reading Invention of Hugo Cabret at bedtime (started tonight). So pretty!

]]> By: Anne http://mauraweb.com/blog/2009/10/10/i-dont-need-the-daytime/comment-page-1/#comment-2190 Anne Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:14:46 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=434#comment-2190 Got Wimpy Kid, he read most of it on the way home, tried to read some of it during dinner but was stopped...anyway he read the whole thing & was still giggling this morning! Got Wimpy Kid, he read most of it on the way home, tried to read some of it during dinner but was stopped…anyway he read the whole thing & was still giggling this morning!

]]> By: maura http://mauraweb.com/blog/2009/10/10/i-dont-need-the-daytime/comment-page-1/#comment-2189 maura Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:12:03 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=434#comment-2189 Yeah, I didn't realize they were all Christian until later, too. Same w/L'Engle. I keep not offering to read Gus either of them because I want him to read them himself, but I think there aren't enough pictures for him to get into them quite yet. We'd forgotten about Spiderwick but put the new all-in-one set on his bday wishlist. And I think he's probably ready for the movie, too. Have heard good things about Wimpy Kid, and a 4th grader Gus is friends with is reading them, too. I am mostly happy that Gus never really got into those Treehouse books, they are SO awful! Magic librarian, my butt. Though sometimes I wish he did, since there are 800 bazillion of them -- then he would never run out of things to read. Yeah, I didn’t realize they were all Christian until later, too. Same w/L’Engle. I keep not offering to read Gus either of them because I want him to read them himself, but I think there aren’t enough pictures for him to get into them quite yet.

We’d forgotten about Spiderwick but put the new all-in-one set on his bday wishlist. And I think he’s probably ready for the movie, too. Have heard good things about Wimpy Kid, and a 4th grader Gus is friends with is reading them, too.

I am mostly happy that Gus never really got into those Treehouse books, they are SO awful! Magic librarian, my butt. Though sometimes I wish he did, since there are 800 bazillion of them — then he would never run out of things to read.

]]> By: Anne http://mauraweb.com/blog/2009/10/10/i-dont-need-the-daytime/comment-page-1/#comment-2188 Anne Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:54:01 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=434#comment-2188 re: Narnia, though, did you know they were Xian when you 1st read them or did you learn that later? I didn't know it until I heard that a religion class was reading them, was probably 7th grade by then. I could never get into these, not sure why. Ditto w/L'Engle, though she is more upfront Xian in some of the books, Protestants running amok through time + space! I think anyone would like them, though, they are not fundie or anything (in fact fundies never liked her much). Well I am biased, they rank near Harriet & Ramona for me! re: Narnia, though, did you know they were Xian when you 1st read them or did you learn that later? I didn’t know it until I heard that a religion class was reading them, was probably 7th grade by then. I could never get into these, not sure why.

Ditto w/L’Engle, though she is more upfront Xian in some of the books, Protestants running amok through time + space! I think anyone would like them, though, they are not fundie or anything (in fact fundies never liked her much). Well I am biased, they rank near Harriet & Ramona for me!

]]> By: Anne http://mauraweb.com/blog/2009/10/10/i-dont-need-the-daytime/comment-page-1/#comment-2187 Anne Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:49:30 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=434#comment-2187 Calvin & Hobbes are great but apparently not suitable for SSR (sustained silent reading) at school due to the non-silence part (i.e. uncontrollable giggling)! Also very bad for right-before-bed, same reason. We will probably see some very creative snowmen this winter, though. Very big in 4th grade are Wimpy Kid books -- new release tomorrow! He also went to the Spiderwick signing! Ben saw our local comic book guy there. Good time had by all. Pearls Before Swine also popular -- his friend got put in the hall for reading it during math (in Montessori! harsh!). Has anyone written a parody of the Magic Treehouse yet? I think I could do it in my sleep -- I always thought the whirling & spinning would make Annie & Jack toss their cookies. Thank goodness those days are over but we still have all the books (+ research guides) so may have to revisit 2x (or maybe just 1x if they're both into it at the same time). I've also found that reading Goodnight Moon really calms *me* down at the end of the day! A. is getting tired of it, too bad! Things 1 & 2 love What Was I Scared Of? (thanks!!!) esp. the part where he pokes the pale green pants in the butt! People keep sending me books to review for the blog. I have about a 10-inch stack. Some are so boring I could cry. Calvin & Hobbes are great but apparently not suitable for SSR (sustained silent reading) at school due to the non-silence part (i.e. uncontrollable giggling)! Also very bad for right-before-bed, same reason. We will probably see some very creative snowmen this winter, though.

Very big in 4th grade are Wimpy Kid books — new release tomorrow! He also went to the Spiderwick signing! Ben saw our local comic book guy there. Good time had by all. Pearls Before Swine also popular — his friend got put in the hall for reading it during math (in Montessori! harsh!).

Has anyone written a parody of the Magic Treehouse yet? I think I could do it in my sleep — I always thought the whirling & spinning would make Annie & Jack toss their cookies. Thank goodness those days are over but we still have all the books (+ research guides) so may have to revisit 2x (or maybe just 1x if they’re both into it at the same time).

I’ve also found that reading Goodnight Moon really calms *me* down at the end of the day! A. is getting tired of it, too bad! Things 1 & 2 love What Was I Scared Of? (thanks!!!) esp. the part where he pokes the pale green pants in the butt!

People keep sending me books to review for the blog. I have about a 10-inch stack. Some are so boring I could cry.

]]> By: maura http://mauraweb.com/blog/2009/10/10/i-dont-need-the-daytime/comment-page-1/#comment-2186 maura Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:55:41 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=434#comment-2186 Ha, so hilarious, you are right, the book I keep hearing about is "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell (rather than "The Cloud Atlas" by Liam Callanan which I am currently reading). Funny! Well, I will finish the one and order up the other, I suppose. Gus is still really into these Dragon Slayers books, though we only have 5 left so I don't know what we'll do then. Also Franny K. Stein Mad Scientist, though in truth they are a little below his reading level (and there are only 7 of those, too). But he loves them. He's getting pickier which is a pain -- what's Henry reading now? Maybe we will try Garfield, too. Ha, so hilarious, you are right, the book I keep hearing about is “Cloud Atlas” by David Mitchell (rather than “The Cloud Atlas” by Liam Callanan which I am currently reading). Funny! Well, I will finish the one and order up the other, I suppose.

Gus is still really into these Dragon Slayers books, though we only have 5 left so I don’t know what we’ll do then. Also Franny K. Stein Mad Scientist, though in truth they are a little below his reading level (and there are only 7 of those, too). But he loves them. He’s getting pickier which is a pain — what’s Henry reading now? Maybe we will try Garfield, too.

]]> By: Em http://mauraweb.com/blog/2009/10/10/i-dont-need-the-daytime/comment-page-1/#comment-2185 Em Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:32:37 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=434#comment-2185 Henry just discovered Calvin and Hobbes, but he's also smitten on Garfield. BTW, the Cardboard Genius books you suggested were a HUGE hit, so thanks. Feel free to pass along any other suggestions. I agree, Smilla was wonderful. I too like books, particularly mysteries, set in cold weather, but I thought I read the Cloud Atlas and it was by David Mitchell. I'm so confused! Henry just discovered Calvin and Hobbes, but he’s also smitten on Garfield. BTW, the Cardboard Genius books you suggested were a HUGE hit, so thanks. Feel free to pass along any other suggestions.

I agree, Smilla was wonderful. I too like books, particularly mysteries, set in cold weather, but I thought I read the Cloud Atlas and it was by David Mitchell. I’m so confused!

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