Treasure Chest of Thoughts

There was a time in my life, I would have denied knowing myself as I am today.  NEVER would I have been reading more than one novel/book at at time!  It’s okay.  I liked myself then, and I like myself even better now.

Here is what I am currently reading…as they lie about in the various spots of my life:  purse, desk, bedside table, side tables…

• Nosey in Nebraska by Mary Connealy:  A collection of three novels, this one caught my attention at Wal-Mart because of the individual novel titles – Of Mice…and Murder, Pride and Pestilence, and The Mice Man Cometh.  Catchy, uh?!  I have read the first one:  an easy, entertaining, light read.  Just what I need during these summer days with my Diet Coke, iced tea, or lemonade!
• The Hunger Games by  Suzanne Collins author of the Underland Chronicles:  I received a free copy of this novel (Thanks, Scholastic!), lent it to a student who loved it, have seen various reviews of this novel listed on other readers’ book lists, and, so far, am enjoying this one…if one is supposed to enjoy a novel about kids killing kids…more about that later when I review this novel at Mrs. Gillmore’s Book Reviews.  Lots of good info here at Scholastic that students would love as they read this novel.  This series continues with Catching Fire, being released September 1.
• Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for the Classroom by Will Richardson:  I am about halfway through this one and most of it has been a review (have picked up some good tidbits, though, and reminders) as the first part of the book is about blogs and wikis, which I use.
• The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow:  Thanks, Mrs. Ann, for reminding me about this one!
• Readicide by Kelly Gallagher:  Read on Dana Huff’s blog that she is going to complete this book and comment on it.  I, too, did not finish the novel as the group read it on The English Companion Ning.  Found another way to read and share!
• A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink:  This one I am reading with my 21 CLC team at school.  “Meeting” Mr. Pink online during our meeting next week, thanks to Lisa Huff, coordinator of these teams within our district.  By the way, Pink just released an educator’s discussion guide to this book.

Are you, by chance, reading any of the above?  Comments on them?