Okay, I have to say first off, for some strange reason, when I first saw this book, the name made me think of that football player that was using his dogs for the illegal dog fighting. But that’s Michael Vick, right? Anyway, the cover didn’t draw me in. And I never thought I really wanted […]
Oh my gosh, I don’t know if I can say just how much I loved this book! The story was really good, but besides that, with it being my first year teaching 7th grade English, specifically about plots and narrative writing, I loved the titles of the chapters, and how the protagonist or main character […]
Okay, this will be my last Truman book for about 3 more books. I’ve got 3 e-galleys that are expiring in the next 2 weeks from Netgalley, and of course I must re-read Breaking Dawn before the movie comes out in about two weeks! So, once those 4 are done, back to speeding through the […]
Wow, that is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of this book that I just finished. I loved this. Such a good story! I’m going to have to go back and read The Wednesday Wars now. Which won a Newbery Honor, so it must really be good. We start out with […]
I actually had never read a book by Gary Paulsen until I began to read for the different award lists. I know, I know, how many people grew up reading Hatchet? Not me. But I have to admit he is a very good writer. Normally they’re not my type of books, but they’re good. This […]
I always have trouble picking up the non-paranormal, out of the ordinary stories. I just seem to be drawn to the dystopian, paranormal, futuristic, sci-fi, horror, more than realistic fiction. However thanks to reading to help choose the Trumans, I get exposed to great stories like these that I would probably never read otherwise. The […]
Now this is a book I’ve been waiting to read for a long time! Almost every blog I’ve seen review it has really liked it. And the premise of the story was totally intriguing. And I have to say, I was not disappointed! I was able to get a good deal on the book from […]
I hate to admit it, but once again I had let my judging a book by its cover keep me away from a really good book. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not really a fan of fantasy. It takes a really good story or writing to draw me in. This one did. So glad that […]
While this is a cute book, it’s not really that great. To me that is. I guess it might be more of a draw to the 6th graders who read the Truman books, but it was really kind of childish. It did have a good message, similar in a way to Silhouetted by the Blue, […]
So once again I’m reading to help choose the Truman Award Nominees for 2013-2014. I’ve actually already read 2 of them, The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch, and The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson. So this is the 3rd one on the list I’ve read. I’m not going to go back and change the […]