It's great to have you here, on the "evenpuckettlikestoread" blog about reading, books, and literature. Log on from time to time to share your thoughts about good books and good literature. Or, to hear what others have to say about good books and good literature.
The topics of discussion will vary, and you all get to pipe up if you have something you really would like to see on the blog. But for today, please answer my question below. Let's see where the discussion leads us...
All year I've been nagging you to read, read, read, but why do YOU think it is important to read?
If you don't mind, tell us that last good thing you read too. It can be anything (newspaper, poetry, magazine, play, book, instruction manual...).
Here's to you, a great group of readers to work with--
Stenson
81 comments:
Hi mrs. Stenson i just created my google account. I am also enjoying fahrenheit 451.
Hey Stenson! It is Zach from hour 1. We should read for the future. In college we will get many books to read. If I can be a stronger reader that will go a lot smoother than if I was a weak reader. I am reading Among the Hidden. I really like it so far and I can't wait to read more
Miss Stenson
I think you should read the Alex rider series (in order) storm breaker,point blank,skeloton key, eagle strike, scorpio, and ark angel
Hey Miss Stenson! I am reading a very good book! It's called Define "Normal". It is about a girl named Antonia and she is mentoring a girl named Jazz. Jazz is a girl who is "different" from others, and antonia beleives that she can help change the path that her life is leading!
!HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!
Hey, its Jeff from the first hour
I think it is good to read so u can learn.
I'd suggest reading Point Blank and Stormbreaker by: Anthony Horowitz. They are like a younger version of James Bond. It's adventure and I liked it.
Hey, its Jeff from the first hour
I think it is good to read so u can learn.
I'd suggest reading Point Blank and Stormbreaker by: Anthony Horowitz. They are like a younger version of James Bond. It's adventure and I liked it.
I think reading is important because if you read you can learn alot new vocabulary. it also gives you alot of imagination . instead of watching tv you can pick up a book and it helps you learn stuff, tv just makes you dumber i think ? well reading is alot of fun if you find the right book ! a good book i read is called perfect, by natasha friend. its a really good book about a girl who is belemic and her mom makes her go to a counciling group and meets the most popular girl in her school at her group ! read it ! its really good .
Kelseyyy . :]
I'm excited to see some of my 8th graders already blogging! Looks like this is going to work out well.
ayy wat up mrs.stenson jus got done wit my new google account
Looks like more and more kids are popping up on the 8LA reading blog. I'm so happy to see them here!
Keep posting--it makes me very excited about the year of reading ahead of us.
Hey Mrs Stenson I got this thing to work. Twilight is a great book. But I want to read the new Harry Potter book.
hey i think we should read a lot cuz then we can like understand things more and get a good job.
Ms.Stenson I just got done reading Born to Rock by Gordon Korman. It was pretty good. I wouldn't suggest it to anybody. The beginning was very bad I thought.
Hey Mrs. Stenson i am totally enjoying my book City Of The Beasts i am really getting into to it thanks for the info on the reading blog
I am so happy I just finished my google account i am very excited to be able to blog now yea yea yea
MISS STENSON :)
i just got done creating my google account . i am excited to blog!
My favorite author is Sarah Dessen . just to put it out there.
MEGANN :)
heyy whats up Mrs. Stenson! Im very excited to blog. I just got done creating my account. I just started reading this book called...Some Friend by Marie Bradby. I like it so far and I can't wait to read more.
I just checked out Blackwater by Eve Bunting. thxs for the recomendation of this book.
Hey Miss Stenson you should read the new Harry Potter book but you have to read them all in order.
Hello stenson!
Its Dylon Maple from Oak Grove Middle school, im one of ur students. I have been reading harry potter i looooooooooove it!!!! I think it would be better if i started reading alot right now because if im not a strong reader for college i will fail.....yours trruly DYLON!
i am exctied to start blogging. i am reading notorious an it girl novel. It is a really good book so far. i think reading is important because it helps you with your education and helps you underestand things in a different way.
lauren*
Hey Stenson, i love the book you gave me "bringing down the house" i love how intence it got at the airport when he was smuggling the money through security i can't wait to read some more!!!!
-justin schneider
Hey Stenson! Its Hailey from hour 5. I think reading is supper important for the future. I think Zach had a really good point about college. But I also think it is getting us ready for job in a couple years.There are not many jobs that you can have that you don't have to read when doing the job. Right now i am reading Pride and Prejudice by Jana Austen. It is one of the best book i have read! If anyone has a chance to read it they should. (idn if boys would like it as much as a girls would. read it and blog me back)
yooo schneider!
hey lauren how is your blog so far. so tell me wat book are you reading
Hey stenson this is so much fun wen im at home ill go on this and keep posting!!!
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Hey stenson this is so much fun wen im at home ill go on this and keep posting!!!
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Hey stenson this is so much fun wen im at home ill go on this and keep posting!!!
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Hey stenson this is so much fun wen im at home ill go on this and keep posting!!!
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Hey stenson this is so much fun wen im at home ill go on this and keep posting!!!
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Hey stenson this is so much fun wen im at home ill go on this and keep posting!!!
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Note to Stenson:
It's Conor from hour 4. I'm super glad that you have a blog spot! It's going to be so fun having a place to talk to classmates about good books they just finished or are reading!
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I think we should read for many reasons. One is it helps us learn. I go by the "The more you read the more you learn" Rule. Also it's a fun thing to do! It keeps me busy, and I always have something to do if I'm bored!
I have a few books that I have read in the past that I Love. One was A Wrinkle In Time By, Madeleine L'Engle. It is a wonderful book. I have Read two of the other books in the set and I'm going to go back and read all five. Another great book is Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. It's a super good book, but it's a bit of a hard read sometimes. I would read it if you like more Mature books. Right now I am reading To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. I also like ths book. I have heard So many people say how much they Loved reading this book so I thought I would read it too!
Nate,
What was [i]Born to Rock[/i] about, and why didn;t you like it?
This is just a sample to see what happens when you use the class email address.
-Stenson
omg omg omg. im reading "Perfect" by Natasha Friend and is it good. i seriously cannot stop reading it. i really recommend it to any girl that loves reading about teenage girls everyday life. ITS A MUSTTT readd.
-trisha rutter.
:)
Hey tony I am so wuth you. You should read the other series he does. Its called The Gatekeppers. It like the other one has a lot of action.
chyeahh i dont think i stressed how muchh it was suchhhhh a good book in my last comment soooo READDD IT FORR SUREE.
:D :D :D :D :D
heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. well my favorite book of all times has to be "what my mother doesnt know" and her other book "one of those hideous books where the mother dies" by sonya sones. they are so good and ive had to reread them over twice. They were so good. Also, her pages are written out like poems so its a very easy read. i really like them because its about a teenage girl that has the same issues as real girls do. I loveeeeddd it and i think other girls will love it too. I definitly recommend it. :D
Nessa Rutter. :)
Hey, Guys I just finished Already Dead by Charles Huston. It was a very very very good book, but it's a very very very adult novel. So mature readers only. So If your parents Wouldn't mind I would totally recommend it.
Happy reading,
Duncan G.
Oh anoother good series is the Young James Bond series. Its by Charlie Higson and its a lot like the Alex Rider series and Gatekeppers. Hope you guys like it.
yea me and trisha are reading perfect at home and its sooo good ! we have been reading it like the past 2 weeks about 3 chapters a night and its great ! i totally recommend it
Okay so it wouldn't let me have the display name I wanted so it's now Hayley Springer which is super boring, but oh well.. anyways, I have to say the best series of books I have EVER read are by Madeline L'engle, who just died September 7 which is SOOO sad. She was 82 or something like that.. but either way her books are the best. The summary is below from wikipedia. Meg Murry is a teenage girl, regarded by her peers and teachers as a bad-tempered underachiever. Her family recognizes her problem as a lack of emotional maturity but also regards her as being capable of great things. The family includes her beautiful scientist mother, her mysteriously missing scientist father, her five-year-old brother Charles Wallace Murry —a nascent super-genius— and ten-year-old twin athlete brothers Sandy and Dennys Murry.
The book begins with the line, "It was a dark and stormy night," an allusion to the opening words in Edward George Bulwer-Lytton's 1830 novel Paul Clifford (though probably more familiar to juvenile readers through Snoopy's writings in the comic strip Peanuts). The Murrys are visited by an eccentric old woman named Mrs Whatsit, who has previously made the acquaintance of Charles Wallace. After drying her feet and having a midnight snack with Charles, Meg and their mother, Mrs Whatsit tells an already perplexed Dr. Murry that "there is such a thing as a tesseract."
Shortly thereafter, Meg and Charles encounter Meg's schoolmate Calvin O'Keefe, a high school junior who, although he is a stereotypical "big man on campus", turns out to be keen to join the children for further encounters with Mrs Whatsit and her equally eccentric friends Mrs Who and Mrs Which.
Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who, and Mrs Which turn out to be transcendental beings who transport Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin through the galaxy by means of tesseracts, or the 'fourth dimension', which are explained as being similar to "folding" the fabric of space and time, and in s doing, the tesser would be able to travel through time or space. The "Mrs W's" reveal to the children that the galaxy is under attack from a dark cloud, which is the visible manifestation of evil. Meg's missing father was working on a secret government project to achieve faster-than-light travel through a tesseract, and accidentally wound up on Camazotz, an alien planet inside the "Black Thing". The children also discover that Earth is partially covered by the darkness, although great religious figures, philosophers, and artists are fighting against it. They also learn that Mrs Whatsit was a star who exploded in an act of self-sacrifice to fight the darkness.
The children travel to Camazotz and rescue Meg's father, who has been imprisoned by an evil disembodied brain with powerful telepathic abilities, which the inhabitants of Camazotz call "IT". However, Charles Wallace is mentally dominated by IT, and is left behind when the others flee, tessering through the Black Thing to a planet inhabited by sightless but wise beasts. When she arrives, Meg is paralyzed, and coldly resentful. Meg recovers and is sent back to Camazotz alone, having been told that only she has the power to rescue Charles Wallace. Confronting IT, Meg realizes that she can free her brother by loving him intensely, because love is an emotion that IT, in IT's evil, cannot stand. Charles Wallace is freed, and the three Murrys and Calvin return home.
I hate reading long summaries like that, but basically it's really good, and guys and girls will love this book. There is 2, maybe even 3 more after A Wrinkle In Time. If you have any reccomendations for me, let me know! k, bye.<3
I am in the library and looking for a book, I think i am going to start flowers f or or alginan or a chapter of my impossible life. I think that is what they are called...any ways i am excited...give me reviews please.
Hey Everybody!
I think it's important to read because it makes you way smarter and more knowledgable !
A book series that I am in LOVE with is "The Clique". It's really fluffy-light reading and I'm pretty sure that everyone has either read them or at least heard about them. A book that I am going to start is "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen. It's a classic!
Hailey--I want to read "Pride and Prejudice"! Tell me what you think!
...Stay Fabulous!
Lizzie <3
Hi. I just finished the clique series, and i thought they were REALLY good if you like chic-flick books. I also just read Freaky-Green Eyes, and i didnt like it. It took a really long time to get into. The ending was pretty pre-dictable, and I think the author could have made the book more interesting. Right now, I am currently reading The Lovely Bones, and i think its pretty good.
- dancia .
Hi Ms. Stenson
I think reading is important because it not only makes you a better reader, but a better writer. Reading and writing are obviously life skills, which I think kind of sums up their importance. You use them ALL the time. Especially writing. The more accurately you can express your thoughts, the better people will understand you.
Over the summer I read The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. Or maybe Steven Chbosky, I'm not really sure. But I loveloveloved it, it's so interesting and original, and really made me think while I read.. I love books that make me think. Also Angels & Demons by Dan Brown. That guy is pretty much amazing.
Senthan Rajalingam Rules! From Hour 9
I am reading Artemis Fowl The Opal Deception
It is a good book.
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I got it!!! yes i am so excited
Tyler MCG
jesse
hey stenson im redin boys of winter and i dont like it. its about the usa team wininng the olympics, but its boring because ive seen the movie miracle lik a ton so ya
jesse
I'm Miki from H8LA! I heart reading! I am reading Inside Girl by J. Minter. Its an Ok book, but kinda slow. ms Stenson ur an awsome teacher
Hey Ms. Stenson! You should totally read the Maximum Ride series! IT IS AH-MAZING! I'm the 3rd book, and I can barely put it down (and when I have to I get really crabby). By the way, I checked the Northern Light, is it good as in love it!? or good as in OK. Oh! and Azjha, I love Define "Normal" that's a really cool book!
The book I mentioned before (Already Dead by charles Huston) is a series so you can check those ones out too. I myself Am just starting the second one.
Happy Laughter,
Duncan G.
Hey Ms. Stenson! I read an awesome book this summer! It was called Goosegirl and it was written by Shannon Hale. It was soooo cool. If you like exciting fairy tales then it's the book for you. I woul say this could pass for an easier level of reading though. I would also say that this book is leaning more toward being a girl's book. I loved it!!!
It was awesome!
-cassie
Nate- If you didn't like "born to rock by Gordon Korman, try No More Dead Dogs also by Grodon Korman! It's halarious!
Yeah, sorry about my long blog.. READ A WRINKLE IN TIME!!! K thanx
okay. I have read a lot of books, but a currrent one i am reading and really close to being done is Dreamland. It's about a girl, Caitlin and her sister has recently runaway. Caitlin has always followed in her sister's shadow. When she meets Rogerson that all starts to change. She starts to step out of her sister's shadow and ends upfalling in love with Rogerson. It's just really good. Honestly. I know other students really like this book too. Such as MADDY MURDOCK! YAY! (she's my buddy!!)
-LEXXAYYYY
Hey Miki! What is inside girl about?
HI I am just going to start Twilight so I'm super excited!! Has anyone read it and can tell me how they liked it????? I really REALLY recommend 13 little Blue envolopes!! it's so good! It's about how a girls aunt sends her on a mission type thing. She sends her a box of 13 envolopes and she has to do the mission on one before she can do another...okay that was kind of confusing to explain but it is a awsome book!!! Also Megan Meade's guide to the McGowen boys, its such a great book. It's about a girl who moves into a family with 7 boys!! That's all Im going to say...My favorite auther is Sharon Creech she wrote Walk Two Moons, Wonderer, Ruby Hollor and many others! I totally recommend them!!!!!!!
WADDUP STENSON!! Reading is important because it makes us smarter and to create a future for ourselves, we need to be smart. Right now i'm reading The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. It is really interesting right now and I would recommend it to people who like reading challenging books, cuz this guy's got a weird vocabuary!
Hey Stenson! It is Will from Honors LA. I am reading a great book, it is called Maximum Ride the Angel Experiment. I like the book so far and can't wait to read more of it. I would suggest it to any middle to high school reader . I look forward to a great year in LA!
Will
YA, Nate! No More Dead Dogs is really good!
hey stenson!! hmm well i dont really like reading very much. i guess i do but i am SUPER picky. i an never find a good book. i think i might read The Abundanc of Katherines. it sounds pretty good! but i can never finish a book if i dont like it cuz i get so bored of it. im glad we dont have like reading logs this year cuz i think that reading logs are just FORCING people to read and it makes them hate reading even more. thats how it is for me at least haha. i want to read that Stoner and Spazz book. that sounds pretty good too. well i got to go check out The Abundance of Katherines lol i have like 2min!! bye bye
Yo Miss Stenson, whad it doo. This is De from honors. I think that we should start reading stuff that will prepare us for the future. School is just flying by, and I think we should be ready for anything & be able to do our best. I'm planning on doing well in school & getting a good education, and reading can only help. The last book I read was Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen. I just loved it. Keep it real.
:) dE!
hey!!! i am reading dial l for loser right now. it is a very good book and i can't wait to read more of. unfortunatley i won't have that much time this weekend because i am going to a friends cabin and i will want to do other things. oh well though!
i would really like you to consider giving us more time to read on all the other days instead of just on fridays and for 5 min.
from you dear friend,
carrie!?
Hey, how is it going? I have just read a really good book. This book is about a girl who is about 16 years old, and she and her friend have been acceped to a barding school in Italy. This boarding school is a scool where only very smart and responsible people are accepeted. This girl is very luckey to get in because she did not do very well in her grade last year, but the only thing that got her in was her persistance. i wouldn't say that this book is for the male type, it is more of a girly book about school. Normaly i wouldn't read these kinds of books, but this booked lokked different, and I was right... The bok is called "Getting The Boot"
ayyyy (:
i dont really like reading, but i have to so im reading MUMMY by caroline b cooney. i like it so far, its about a girl named Emlyn,who is a very good kid. but she has always longed to do something terribly bad and never get caught. shes kinda weird, i think. but thats why its fun to me..? ummm when i finish this book i really wanna read like.. "looking for alaska" and the "abundance of catherines" they sound really gooood. yeh thats it
-tayyy :D
Hi miss Stenson I just started reading zach's lie. it seems pretty good
Hey Will that book is sweet! there are two sequils you should read also! you'll fly through it!
Heyyy Stenson its Stenbeck from H8LA (ha, wink wink!) Even though i dont always want to take a breather and read, i still think its really important b/c it works your mind kind of without you actually knowing it. It puts you through some sort of imaginary process that makes you feel as though your in your story or as if you've been standing next to each character all along flowing there story. BUT... idk if you've ever read "someone like you" by sarah dessen, but omg is it ever good! Just an all around good book that takes you through roughly a 9 month period of two best friends, one of which who is carrying a baby && the struggles they face.
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sry guys, this one prob isnt the best book for you,,kinda girlyyy : )
Oh and everyone read So BE it and petey if you like sad books which i totally do so keep that in mind Ms.stens
Tyler M
the one and only
hey ms. stenson! i just finished Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. It's so good, but the ending was really sad.
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I think reading is important because the more we know the better we can succed in life. We use reading all the time whether it's for school, our job, or just for fun.
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tyler- do you mean Flowers for Algernon?
Hayley S.
I love A Wrinkle In Time. I've read the next two, I have 4 and picked up the 5th one at The Harry Potter Book thing. I really need to finish the series. I'm going to go back and Re-read them all. But I am so with you! READ OT PEOPLE!
I am read that book A wrinkle in time but i did not get hooked...maybe i should finish it.
Tyler McGruder
Yeah that is what i meant Karli...as i talk on this thing you will notice the horrible tping skills of Tyler McGruder
OMG i know this is for reading but what is the LA homework for today...ewwww
Mwahah.. I think I'm probably last to post a comment.. ^_^ Yeah but I'm reading Forged By Fire by Sharon M. Draper. It's really good!
Hey Hayley whos the author of a Wrinkle in Time? I think I'm going to read it because so many people said it was good. Also if you haven't already read Twilight it's such a great book!!!! Also 13 little blue envolopes. : ) Hannah C.
its good to read because it keeps you smart and teaches you things. g2g! jesseb!!!
hey ms stenson ima real slow reader so im still reading the same book boys of winter still dont like it
JESSE
Hey guys this is kes-say.
I didn't really like the book I was reading, well at least one of them. So now I am just reading how my private personal journal became a bestseller. This book is soooo good. I am almost done with it. This year I hope to become a better reader and read alot more books than I did last year. Every thursday I get really excited and can't wait for the next day because that is reading day and it is soo funnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!
Can't wait for next week. Ms.stenson this is a really fun way to get kids involved in school activities and reading so many books. Thanks for giving us time in class to read and make us a stronger reader.
Now I know I am swiching subjects a little bit but if you miki are reading my blog entry please tell me if you like the book I gave you. I can't remember if you have a blog or not.
Well talk to you guys later!!!!!!!!!!!
-Kelsey (kel-say in hannah c's words) haha hour 3(5)
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