Sunday Salon – the missing post

Well I had my Sunday Salon post all written. I clicked on “save draft” and next thing I know… it is gone! Here is a brief recap of the post:
I finally feel like I’m in my new routine for the school year. I have read a little bit each night this week, which feels good. [...]

Fall into Reading Challenge 2009

I’m joining the Fall into Reading Challenge 2009. This is a low pressure challenge which will help me get caught up in some of my other challenges. You can join the challenge by signing up over at Callipider Days. The challenge goes from September 22 – December 20.
Books I plan on reading:

The Lost [...]

Nan’s Notes: Dork Diaries – Tales from a Not-So Fabulous Life

by Rachel Renee Rusell
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Pub. Date: June 2009
Age Range: 12 and up
282 pages

I won this book through a giveaway on Goodreads.com.
The first thing I noticed when I got the book Dork Diaries:  Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life, is that it is packaged very similarly to Diary of a Wimpy Kid by [...]

Sunday Salon: Soccer Weekend

What a fun weekend! I drove down to my sister’s house to spend the weekend with her family. I was able to watch my brother-in-law coach my younger nephew’s (Patrick) soccer game. Then, we went to the indoor soccer area for my older nephew’s (Nathan) 9th birthday party.  My two dogs came with me and [...]

What’s the best part of my job?

Want to know one of the best parts of my job? Reading aloud to kids and seeing them get excited about books! It really doesn’t get any better than that.
As I mentioned in last week’s Sunday Salon, this year’s first grade class is loving Junie B. Jones more than any other class I’ve had – [...]

Sunday Salon: A Good Week

It’s been a good week. I am so glad to have finished some books! I finished and reviewed Catching Fire. I enjoyed it, but I am going to go crazy waiting for the next book! Last night I finished Dork Diaries, by Rachel Renee Russell. Hopefully I’ll get that review up later this week or [...]

Nan’s Notes: Catching Fire

by Suzanne Collins
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Pub. Date: September 2009
ISBN-13: 9780439023498
391 pp
Series: Hunger Games Series, #2

This review contains a spoiler part way through. The spoiler is labeled and you will need to highlight the text in order to read it.
I read The Hunger Games this summer after seeing it on so many blogs. I loved it [...]

The Sounds of Silence No More!

My computer has sound again! Woo hoo! After about a month of no sound, I was able to get it fixed today. You have no idea how often you do use the sound on your computer until you don’t have it!
It’s been a busy second week of school, with several meetings and appointments that have [...]

Take A Chance Challenge: Movie/Book Comparison

Dead Until Dark and True Blood

I am a bit behind in writing up this book/movie comparison. Well, actually it’s a book/TV show comariosn. I hope that counts for this challenge.

I read and reviewed Dead Until Dark earlier this summer. I picked it up because I had seen Anna Paquin on a talk show where [...]

Challenge: R.I.P. IV Challenge

COMPLETED OCTOBER 31, 2009
I’ve seen so many people sign up for R.I.P IV Challenge … I couldn’t hold back any longer. I’m going with the shortest reading list, since the first 2 months of school are usually super busy. My goal is too read 1 book that fts the theme of the challenge. I’m debating [...]