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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 22:05:13 GMT -5
Ok. Single book threads aren't getting anywhere, so let's run this one... It's been awhile.
Just finished listening to Brave New World with the kids... I didn't care for it. We are going to listen to Breakfast at Tiffany's next.
The kids and I are reading Vonnegut's Bluebeard together.
I just finished listening to Call the Midwife series.. Loooovd them! Sorry they are done. Not sure what I'll listen to next... Art Forger maybe.
Im actually taking time from my book pile to read Lisa Gardners new Crash and Burn, but realized I'd forgotten characters, so am rereading the two before first... Popular fiction, shouldn't take too long. Then I think i'll try Forgotten Garden.
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Post by saveinla on Feb 17, 2015 22:20:45 GMT -5
Just finished "The Brass Verdict" by Michael Connelly - liked it a lot.
Will start on "California Fire and Life" by Don Winslow today and also have " The Supreme Court" by William Rehnquist in hand.
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Post by giramomma on Feb 17, 2015 22:35:33 GMT -5
Computerized Accounting with Quickbooks 2014. It's a nail biter, I tell you. ETA: I'm also off to read Schubert 2. My part is kicking my ass... I'm betting that's not quite what you mean, though, when you say "reading."
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Post by Formerly SK on Feb 17, 2015 22:58:05 GMT -5
Love and Logic in the Classroom. After that I have about half a dozen public education system books including one on math anxiety in the US. All for fun, of course. I'm still not sure I want to go into teaching just yet so these books are helping me decide.
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Post by Formerly SK on Feb 17, 2015 22:59:40 GMT -5
oped I'm still debating home schooling my kids for middle school. Do you have any books you'd recommend on the subject? Or websites?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 23:17:50 GMT -5
Most of the ones that I used are dated Family Matters by Gutterson, anything by John Holt, Reclaimimg of children by Breggin, the Unschooling handbook... Homeschooling our children... Unschooling ourselves, the Teenage liberation handbook, HSLD has a good website for laws in your state. What state are you in? Als I liked Summerhill ... It's an introduction to Sudbury school model.
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Post by Formerly SK on Feb 18, 2015 0:10:58 GMT -5
oped I'm in WA. When I think about it, I get excited about the idea of homeschooling. I think I would be good at it. DS1 needs extreme help to be successful in public school so I think he'd be better off with just me. DS2 is so depressed and in so much pain (and he won't tell me details) that it seems safer to keep him home. They are roughly the same academically, so I wouldn't have to customize too much. Yet for some reason I feel like I'm backing down from a challenge by pulling them from the system. I'm a fighter at heart - to "cave" and not teach them to "rise the challenge" makes me ill. After all, they will have to find their place "in the system" in adulthood, so pulling them seems counter-intuitive. I'm just not sure either one of them is capable of rising to the challenge at the moment. Pivotal to me will be if DS1 is dx with dysgraphia. I've been scribing his homework for a year now. I can see he can't function in a typical classroom despite his intelligence because all learning is communicated with writing now. His self esteem is tumbling as he compares himself to his classmates and while I know he is extremely bright, his inability to demonstrate his intelligence in the conventional way is harming him. DS2...I'm so worried about suicide I can barely stand it. And he's "in the closet" at the moment so potential bullies don't even know about him being trans. He just despises himself all on his own without anyone pointing fingers. If I could get past the "pulling them from the system out of weakness" thread in my mind, I'd be more confident about my decision. I just don't want to set my kids back, KWIM? They will have to face the world at some point. And I love my job tutoring math - I'd have to give that up if I homeschooled. But every day my kids seem to decline just a bit and I'm feeling more and more like I'm trying to pound a round peg into a square hole...
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Post by quince on Feb 18, 2015 3:23:09 GMT -5
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2015 3:36:47 GMT -5
Cutting for Stone. It's pretty good.
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Post by beergut on Feb 18, 2015 4:01:26 GMT -5
Just finished Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, And The American Dream by Adam Shepard.
He was the guy who decided to move into a homeless shelter after college to see if the American Dream truly is dead. Started out with $25 in his pocket, and gave himself a year to get an apartment,an automobile, and $2500 in his bank account. After 11 months, had a furnished apartment, a working car, and over $5000 in his bank account.
It actually makes for a solid coming-of-age story, too.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2015 6:39:31 GMT -5
SK changing what isn't working isnt weakness. I'll PM.
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Post by skubikky on Feb 18, 2015 6:41:34 GMT -5
On Horsemanship - Xenophon and A Dublin Student Doctor by Patrick Taylor
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Post by gs11rmb on Feb 18, 2015 8:55:18 GMT -5
Just finished "The Son" by Jo Nesbo - excellent if you enjoy Scandinavian crime. About to start "Us" by David Nicholls.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 18, 2015 8:56:02 GMT -5
I am currently reading Undeniable: Evolution and the science of creation by Bill Nye.
Going back and forth between By Blood we Live which is the last book in Glen Duncan's werewolf novels. I am having a hard time getting into it like I did the first two books.
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Post by steph08 on Feb 18, 2015 9:31:56 GMT -5
I'm stuck on "Allegiant" - the third book in the Divergent series. It is soooooooooooooooo baddddddddddd. Sooooooooooooo baddddddddd. Oh hey, I need a third book to wrap this up and make lots of money, so I'm not going to put a lot of thought into it. Oh, and greatest idea ever, I'm going to switch back and forth between narrators every chapter! Yay! I mean, the first two aren't great works of literature, but they were okay and kept me interested. For audiobooks, I'm listening to The Goldfinch. Previous listens this year - Beautiful Ruins (did not enjoy) and 11/22/63 (very good).
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 18, 2015 9:50:07 GMT -5
Oh hey, I need a third book to wrap this up and make lots of money, so I'm not going to put a lot of thought into
This seems to be a common theme among book writers nowadays.
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Post by siralynn on Feb 18, 2015 10:02:37 GMT -5
I just started reading Sonia Sotomayor's memoir My Beloved World. Enjoying it so far.
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Post by The Captain on Feb 18, 2015 10:36:44 GMT -5
Re-reading the Chronicles of Amber series for like, the 10th or so time. Roger Zelazny had such a beautiful writing style.
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Post by siralynn on Feb 18, 2015 10:42:39 GMT -5
Without You there is no us was really interesting. I read an excerpt of that in Slate and I've been meaning to track down the whole book.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 18, 2015 10:56:24 GMT -5
"The Sliver Star" and as always, it will take me a year to get through it. I put it away during our Superbowl party, and forgot all about it. Found it last night, and am having trouble remembering who all the characters are by name. I tried to read it last night, but everyone kept talking to me. It is so hard being loved.
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Post by muttleynfelix on Feb 18, 2015 11:00:56 GMT -5
Just finished - Trust No One by Jayne Anne Krenz. I liked it. It was a nice read (library book, so it was free; probably wouldn't have paid for it).
Reading - The Beach Quilt by Holly Chamberlin. Not sure I'm going to finish it (library book, load expires tomorrow and it is a little rough).
My Sunday School Class (I teach 1 10 year old girl) We just finished: Corrie ten Boom: Keeper of the Angels' Den By Janet and Geoff Benge. This book was AMAZING. The story was great. My student was engaged. The reading level was perfect for her. I actually gave it to 2 of my nieces who are the same age for Christmas. When I read it, I ended up not being able to put it down. It was highly engaging.
Now reading: George Muller: The Guarding of Bristol's Orphans By Janet and Geoff Benge. Similar reading level. The story is interesting on a different level, but there are some issues with the story that I have. At the end of the book, I felt a little bit like it was a little bit God is Santa Clause. When the leader of the SS read it, she got into a "is this really real". We decided to still use it for our next book, but it isn't the same level of engagement as the Corrie ten Boom book.
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Post by wyouser on Feb 18, 2015 11:07:16 GMT -5
I had recently read American Sniper and also just watched the movie. Ran across a similar book: Sniper on the Eastern Front by Albrecht Wacker. These are the memoirs of a German sniper in Russia during WWII. Some sobering similarities. Awful things witnessed and a similar theme of saving comrades and regret at those who could not be saved.
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Post by tcu2003 on Feb 18, 2015 11:30:23 GMT -5
Currently reading The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life. It's interesting, but loooooooooonnnnnggg. It's taking me forever to get through it all. I think I just renewed it for the final time, so I have to get through the final 200-ish pages.
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Post by wyouser on Feb 18, 2015 11:31:49 GMT -5
I had recently read American Sniper and also just watched the movie. Ran across a similar book: Sniper on the Eastern Front by Albrecht Wacker. These are the memoirs of a German sniper in Russia during WWII. Some sobering similarities. Awful things witnessed and a similar theme of saving comrades and regret at those who could not be saved. You would probably enjoy the books about Carlos Hathcock (think that was his name) - I believe he wrote one about himself and somebody else wrote one about him also. Vietnam War era sniper. You might get a kick out of Popskis Private Army too. Not a sniper book, but a group of Brits mostly who practiced guerrilla warfare in Africa in WW2. Thanks for the info!
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Post by wvugurl26 on Feb 18, 2015 11:45:25 GMT -5
American Sniper and The Hobbit.
I've got stacks of real books and a bunch on my Kindle as well.
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Post by mmhmm on Feb 18, 2015 11:51:35 GMT -5
Ok. Single book threads aren't getting anywhere, so let's run this one... It's been awhile. Just finished listening to Brave New World with the kids... I didn't care for it. We are going to listen to Breakfast at Tiffany's next. The kids and I are reading Vonnegut's Bluebeard together. I just finished listening to Call the Midwife series.. Loooovd them! Sorry they are done. Not sure what I'll listen to next... Art Forger maybe. Im actually taking time from my book pile to read Lisa Gardners new Crash and Burn, but realized I'd forgotten characters, so am rereading the two before first... Popular fiction, shouldn't take too long. Then I think i'll try Forgotten Garden. If you all would like I can create a place for the discussion of books. Perhaps, in the Entertainment category along with Movies and Music? Just let me know what you'd like to do.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2015 12:27:11 GMT -5
I'm stuck on "Allegiant" - the third book in the Divergent series. It is soooooooooooooooo baddddddddddd. Sooooooooooooo baddddddddd. Oh hey, I need a third book to wrap this up and make lots of money, so I'm not going to put a lot of thought into it. Oh, and greatest idea ever, I'm going to switch back and forth between narrators every chapter! Yay! I didn't even try. I had waited to read two until three came out and by then three was so panned I let it drop. Daughter read them all. Another mom was also stuck on three and Daughter told her to stop now and end it the way she wanted to in her head. A few days later mom friend texted me daughter was right... That's what she should have done.
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Post by The Captain on Feb 18, 2015 12:31:46 GMT -5
I'm stuck on "Allegiant" - the third book in the Divergent series. It is soooooooooooooooo baddddddddddd. Sooooooooooooo baddddddddd. Oh hey, I need a third book to wrap this up and make lots of money, so I'm not going to put a lot of thought into it. Oh, and greatest idea ever, I'm going to switch back and forth between narrators every chapter! Yay! I didn't even try. I had waited to read two until three came out and by then three was so panned I let it drop. Daughter read them all. Another mom was also stuck on three and Daughter told her to stop now and end it the way she wanted to in her head. A few days later mom friend texted me daughter was right... That's what she should have done. This is one of the series I wasn't sure was age appropriate for DD (11) when she wanted to read them....so yea - I read all three of them first. It gives us a common frame of reference to have somewhat intelligent conversations about how god awe-full the premise of the whole series is. Greaaaat....now she wants me to read the twilight series. Sorry kiddo, love ya but I draw the line there.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2015 12:31:53 GMT -5
I have to make note of some of these nonfiction titles. My last few nonfiction choices have been meh...
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 18, 2015 12:41:03 GMT -5
Greaaaat....now she wants me to read the twilight series
I read Twilight before it became a mega-hit. That's $10 and a couple hours of my life I will never get back. My idea of hell would be somebody forcing me to read the rest of the series.
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