Whatca Reading?

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Wed, 06-06-2007 - 5:18pm
I'm reading, "19 minutes, by Jodie Picoult" I like her writing style. It's a great read.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 06-07-2007 - 11:21am
Wow, that is steep. I think we pay .10 or .25/day. Definitely .10 for kids books. I'd be alot more careful if it was $1.50/book/day.

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Thu, 06-07-2007 - 12:08pm

WHAT?!?!?!?! That is RIDICULOUS!

Our libraries charge 5¢ or 10¢ per day for books! (We're close enough to visit branches at different parish libraries, one charges 5, the other 10, and Aly's school library charges 5, mine 10.)

Alysha










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Thu, 06-07-2007 - 5:57pm
Boy, those fines are steep. It's 10 cents a day here.
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Sun, 06-10-2007 - 12:49am

Loving this book but it's a little weird working at the schools. I keep looking out for suspicious activity. I was yakking with my dh about this book and he pipes up and tells me how easy it would be for someone to come in with guns and start killing people. That was nice of him huh?
here's a blurb on the book

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Best known for tackling controversial issues through richly told fictional accounts, Jodi Picoult's 14th novel, Nineteen Minutes, deals with the truth and consequences of a smalltown high-school shooting. Set in Sterling, New Hampshire, Picoult offers reads a glimpse of what would cause a 17-year-old to wake up one day, load his backpack with four guns, and kill nine students and one teacher in the span of nineteen minutes. As with any Picoult novel, the answers are never black and white, and it is her exceptional ability to blur the lines between right and wrong that make this author such a captivating storyteller.
On Peter Houghton's first day of kindergarten, he watched helplessly as an older boy ripped his lunch box out of his hands and threw it out the window. From that day on, his life was a series of humiliations, from having his pants pulled down in the cafeteria, to being called a freak at every turn. But can endless bullying justify murder? As Picoult attempts to answer this question, she shows us all sides of the equation, from the ruthless jock who loses his ability to speak after being shot in the head, to the mother who both blames and pities herself for producing what most would call a monster. Surrounding Peter's story is that of Josie Cornier, a former friend whose acceptance into the popular crowd hangs on a string that makes it impossible for her to reconcile her beliefs with her actions.

At times, Nineteen Minutes can seem tediously stereotypical-- jocks versus nerds, parent versus child, teacher versus student. Part of Picoult's gift is showing us the subtleties of these common dynamics, and the startling effects they often have on the moral landscape. As Peter's mother says at the end of this spellbinding novel, "Everyone would remember Peter for nineteen minutes of his life, but what about the other nine million?" --Gisele Toueg





Edited 6/10/2007 1:00 am ET by cl-hannahsmomma

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Sun, 06-10-2007 - 12:52am
Do you have to read these ya books in order? I've heard of the kingdom keepers
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Sun, 06-10-2007 - 11:43am
Are you enjoying it? I read it last summer and i loved it.
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Registered: 09-26-2003
Sun, 06-10-2007 - 10:21pm
Yes it is very heart warming!

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Mon, 06-11-2007 - 12:38pm
Al Gore's "The Assault on Reason." Every U.S. citizen should read this book. The issues raised in it should be discussed in every high school government class across the country.
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Mon, 06-11-2007 - 5:00pm
Bought DH a book but he hasn't started so I have....."The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11" by Lawrence Wright. Heavy factual non-fiction stuff so requires concentration (i.e. its not light reading)

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Tue, 06-12-2007 - 7:44am
Not a slam against you, but I wouldn't read a word Al Gore wrote.

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