Hello everyone. I am not giving up yet, never you fear! My thought for this month is to try to give little questions along the month to see what you thought of the book to page 100, etc. Since this is an extra long book - maybe it will have to extend into May. I will probably just post things as I get a thought or question and welcome anyone else's thoughts as a new post as well. If you are perplexed, excited, questioning, confused, or have an ah-ha, please post it here and we can discuss it as we read. Let's try it out and see what we think :)
Love you all,
Em
P.S. In case you want to know, we are reading The History of Joseph Smith by his Mother. Sorry it is so long, but it seemed to be the vote. Mom & Dad have a copy here if someone needs one. I'd loan mine, but I am just starting it myself. Happy reading.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
April Book
OK, so I finally found the blog again and found my assignment. Here are my suggestions for the religious book . . . there are more, but here are the ones I would put at the top currently:
1- The Peacegiver: How Christ Offers to Heal Our Hearts and Homesby James L. Ferrell
**I have heard a lot about this one - it is about the atonement in a story form. Those on my goodreads who have read it usually rate it between a 4 or 5 and Aunt Becky commented on it making the atonement more personal - I'm interested, but haven't read it either.
2- The History of Joseph Smith by His Mother - I have wanted to reread this for a while, especially as we are studying the D&C AND Joseph Smith's teachings in church this year.
3- No Doubt About It - By Sheri Dew
How can't you love this one?
4- Letters - by Marjorie Hinckley
We read this one about 1 1/2 years ago for a book club, but I didn't make it to the discussion - it was a fast read, especially because you could read a letter so quickly and could stop whenever you needed to. Such great insights!
5- Disciples - by Cheiko Okazaki
Another one that I'd love to read again
6- The Miracle of Forgiveness - President Kimball
This is a more intense one, but such a good read, I just need something to motivate me to get through it!
Those are my top 6. Anyone want to vote??? Please vote by March 15th so that we can make a decision by April. LOVE YOU ALL! :)
1- The Peacegiver: How Christ Offers to Heal Our Hearts and Homesby James L. Ferrell
**I have heard a lot about this one - it is about the atonement in a story form. Those on my goodreads who have read it usually rate it between a 4 or 5 and Aunt Becky commented on it making the atonement more personal - I'm interested, but haven't read it either.
2- The History of Joseph Smith by His Mother - I have wanted to reread this for a while, especially as we are studying the D&C AND Joseph Smith's teachings in church this year.
3- No Doubt About It - By Sheri Dew
How can't you love this one?
4- Letters - by Marjorie Hinckley
We read this one about 1 1/2 years ago for a book club, but I didn't make it to the discussion - it was a fast read, especially because you could read a letter so quickly and could stop whenever you needed to. Such great insights!
5- Disciples - by Cheiko Okazaki
Another one that I'd love to read again
6- The Miracle of Forgiveness - President Kimball
This is a more intense one, but such a good read, I just need something to motivate me to get through it!
Those are my top 6. Anyone want to vote??? Please vote by March 15th so that we can make a decision by April. LOVE YOU ALL! :)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Follow Through.
Are we reading the Uglies right now?
Somehow Mandi snuck her summary of the book underneath this post. It really wasn't here when I posted this originally.
Somehow Mandi snuck her summary of the book underneath this post. It really wasn't here when I posted this originally.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The Uglies
So, here is my attempt at an intro to this book: but do not hate me because I'm not the best at this job.
Background: The Uglies is a story about a future "utopian" culture where everyone gets a special surgery at age 16 to become pretty. Everyone gets plastic surgery to look pretty darn close to perfect. When they are kids they are called littlies and they are viewed as just being cute. However, from about 12 until 16 they are called uglies (which feels pretty close to the truth huh?). They are sent away from home during this time to live in dorms with all of the other uglies. They created this society because of the stupid rusties (us) who had wars because we all looked differently. They decided that the only way to peace was to make everyone look the same and to protect the environment. My students loved the parts where they would make fun of the rusties. They always thought it was so funny that they thought we were so stupid. Even though the society seems perfect from the outside, Tally (the main character) discovers that nothing is really as perfect as it seems. Enjoy!
p.s. if you need a copy, I have quite a few since I do it as a whole class thing.
Background: The Uglies is a story about a future "utopian" culture where everyone gets a special surgery at age 16 to become pretty. Everyone gets plastic surgery to look pretty darn close to perfect. When they are kids they are called littlies and they are viewed as just being cute. However, from about 12 until 16 they are called uglies (which feels pretty close to the truth huh?). They are sent away from home during this time to live in dorms with all of the other uglies. They created this society because of the stupid rusties (us) who had wars because we all looked differently. They decided that the only way to peace was to make everyone look the same and to protect the environment. My students loved the parts where they would make fun of the rusties. They always thought it was so funny that they thought we were so stupid. Even though the society seems perfect from the outside, Tally (the main character) discovers that nothing is really as perfect as it seems. Enjoy!
p.s. if you need a copy, I have quite a few since I do it as a whole class thing.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Organizing
Alright, if we're going to get this going, let's get some dates and accountability going.
It looks like we're going to do a book every other month and so far we have: The Uglies and The Book Thief? Katie are you doing this for our little book group or are you just reading it? I'll do "Left to Tell" for my book. I propose the following schedule for reading/reviewing. Nothing too technical or opinionated about this, just thought we'd better get a system or else it'll never happen.
Here's what I was thinking:
January/February: The Uglies by Scott Westerfield - review online by Mandi Feb 28th-ish or during Feb get-together
March/April: Emily's book (spiritual) - review online by Emily April 15th-ish or during April get-together
May/June: Katie's book (Book Thief or other) - review online June 15th-ish or during June get-together
July/August: Brooke's book - review online August 15th or during August get-together
September: Left to Tell by Imaculee Ilibagiza - review online September 15th or during September get-together
October: Brynnie's book - review online November 5th or during Thanksgiving get-together
November/Thanksgiving get-together: choose books for 2010 (the blessed year M&D come home!!!)
There you have it. Feel free to disagree and adjust as you think would work better. Also, let us know which books you decide on so we can plan ahead. I hope this works.
Love you all!
It looks like we're going to do a book every other month and so far we have: The Uglies and The Book Thief? Katie are you doing this for our little book group or are you just reading it? I'll do "Left to Tell" for my book. I propose the following schedule for reading/reviewing. Nothing too technical or opinionated about this, just thought we'd better get a system or else it'll never happen.
Here's what I was thinking:
January/February: The Uglies by Scott Westerfield - review online by Mandi Feb 28th-ish or during Feb get-together
March/April: Emily's book (spiritual) - review online by Emily April 15th-ish or during April get-together
May/June: Katie's book (Book Thief or other) - review online June 15th-ish or during June get-together
July/August: Brooke's book - review online August 15th or during August get-together
September: Left to Tell by Imaculee Ilibagiza - review online September 15th or during September get-together
October: Brynnie's book - review online November 5th or during Thanksgiving get-together
November/Thanksgiving get-together: choose books for 2010 (the blessed year M&D come home!!!)
There you have it. Feel free to disagree and adjust as you think would work better. Also, let us know which books you decide on so we can plan ahead. I hope this works.
Love you all!
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