tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post114197392400356206..comments2023-08-10T01:09:49.154-07:00Comments on Saints and Spinners: Booktalk Friday: HatchetSaints and Spinnershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08532215042953620628noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1142297574960364332006-03-13T16:52:00.000-08:002006-03-13T16:52:00.000-08:00I can't believe I missed this! Alkelda, this is p...I can't believe I missed this! Alkelda, this is perfect for me - well, for me to encourage my kids to read more. I don't care WHAT the read, really, as long as they read. But, I would really like for them to get interested in some *real* books. What's interesting, my 14 year old enjoys crime shows just as much as I do, but she won't even go near any of my gazillion murder/mystery/crime/forensics novels. Go figure.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how you feel about them, but I HIGHLY suggest Judy Blume books for the 8-12 year old category.Hazedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00993258575129632255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1142098507829498912006-03-11T09:35:00.000-08:002006-03-11T09:35:00.000-08:00Lone Star Ma: There is a particular passage in Hat...<B>Lone Star Ma</B>: There is a particular passage in <I>Hatchet</I> that lends me courage when I need it. I even copied it out and had it on my corkboard at one point. As <A HREF="http://www.mcallen.lib.tx.us/library/ranganat.htm" REL="nofollow">Ranganathan</A> says, "Every book its reader... every reader his [or her] book."Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1142053961292537932006-03-10T21:12:00.000-08:002006-03-10T21:12:00.000-08:00I think that is an excellent booktalk...a "tease"....I think that is an excellent booktalk...a "tease". I would call it, based on my husband's previous career in television. I found the actual book less engaging. I really thought it was very well-done and recommend it often to boys...but it was not my thing. The re-constituted meal was very memorable to me for some reason.Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1142048738634150472006-03-10T19:45:00.000-08:002006-03-10T19:45:00.000-08:00Nonny,This is a great time to be a young adult rea...<B>Nonny</B>,<BR/>This is a great time to be a young adult reader. There are a lot of issues-based, "someone has it worse than I do" stories out there, but there are also ones with gripping stories that happen to have humor as well. <BR/><BR/><B>Lady K</B>, I'm so glad! That is exactly the response a booktalk needs to have. I realized I needed to do this after sending a link to Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones and saying, "You've got to read this!"<BR/><BR/>I need a better selling point.Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1141999953304306032006-03-10T06:12:00.000-08:002006-03-10T06:12:00.000-08:00You know, I don't remember there being that many r...You know, I don't remember there being that many really good books for teens when I was younger. This one sounds really interesting.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06693590401750798739noreply@blogger.com