THE SECRET LIVES OF TEACHERS, PART 2 May 28, 2008
Posted by Ms. Klemundt in Reading Recommendations.trackback
We posted Part 1 a couple of days ago. Here are more reading ideas from the Res staff:
We’ve put Mrs. O’Connell’s full list up on the blog, but here are some highlights. She’s going to finish Three Cups of Tea and re-read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. She’s also going to read Welcome to the Wisdom of the World and Its Meaning for You by Joan Chittester and Forever Blue by Ann Brashares, the 4th book in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, which was a Mother’s Day gift from her son. She highly recommends a trip to Women and Children First, a bookstore in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago. They have a great selection of books by women authors as well as author events. She says, “Have fun reading and, no, reading e-mails does not count as real reading nor does reading your friends’ Facebook pages!”
Although hoping to have time for even more, Mrs. Johann is sure she will read Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, which is the story of 2 boys growing up in Afghanistan, Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult, and at least a couple books by Sue Grafton.
Ms. Heneghan will be reading Three Cups of Tea : One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Relin. She says the work and life of Greg Mortenson is fascinating and inspiring. She’ll also be reading My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prudhomme. Child’s memoir celebrates the creation of an amazing person and a great master chef. Her last title is Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit : A Return to Wholeness by Donna Farhi, a book to read eagerly the first time and return to again and again. (Read more about these choices on the Res Library blog.)
Ms. Klemundt will be dividing her reading time between the classics, including Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (a book she inexplicably neglected to read in her wonder years) and mysteries, including Murder in Jerusalem by Batya Gur. She recommends Singing the Dogstar Blues by Allison Goodman and The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner.
Mrs. Berke plans to read The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, Nineteen Minutes and My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult, Bipolar : An Insider’s Story by Teri Cheny, Angels Fall by Nora Roberts, Murder on Location by Laura Lippman, and Stolen Innocence : My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall and Lisa Pulitzer.
Mrs. Devine recommends In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O’Brien. She says the plot offers several theories about the mysterious disappearance of the main character’s wife and leaves the reader pondering what really happened.
Mrs. DiSandro recommends Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult and Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.
Jodi Picoult might be our most popular author! Mrs. Martin also has Picoult on her summer reading list. She recommends The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards, Up High in the Trees by Kiara Brinkman, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, and any of Mitch Albom’s books.
Mrs. Campeotto is going to read Three Cups of Tea : One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Relin.
Mr. Miller is taking an Astronomy class this summer, so he’ll be reading Horizons : Exploring the Universe, 10th ed. by Michael A. Seeds.
Mrs. Ulczak says her summer reading will be “the best of times and the worst of times” as she will be taking her last class towards her Masters degree: Study of the British Novel : Dickens. Since she won’t be doing any reading for “fun” this summer, you’ll have to do it for her. She highly recommends The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory for a fun look at “life at court.”
Stay tuned. We’ll post the last group in a couple of days.
Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!)
Comments»
no comments yet - be the first?