tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post1499719572332522053..comments2024-03-07T11:38:48.622-08:00Comments on We Be Reading: My Chapter Book SummerKristen M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-449344432941424092016-09-11T13:30:16.790-07:002016-09-11T13:30:16.790-07:00I miss picture books but definitely had more fun r...I miss picture books but definitely had more fun reading chapter books with Z!Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-70397139836308614532016-09-11T11:41:21.615-07:002016-09-11T11:41:21.615-07:00Charlotte Sometimes sounds like just my kind of bo...Charlotte Sometimes sounds like just my kind of book. <br /><br />My kiddos are starting to really enjoy chapter books, although they do still like a few pictures thrown in. We've really been enjoying the Captain Underpants series - lots of laughs. ;)Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10939074543470696025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-21172013811180715162016-08-29T00:55:53.509-07:002016-08-29T00:55:53.509-07:00This sounds like it was always meant to be. :)This sounds like it was always meant to be. :)Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-21994286164930974692016-08-29T00:53:52.985-07:002016-08-29T00:53:52.985-07:00I think I was destined to always love history as e...I think I was destined to always love history as experienced by time travel since I first watched Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. ;)Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-89150275035179249752016-08-28T09:44:27.392-07:002016-08-28T09:44:27.392-07:00Oh how you've brought on a middle-grade readin...Oh how you've brought on a middle-grade reading craving! Not for the first time, I might add. :) Good news is I have plenty on my shelves as yet unread. Including some Eva Ibbotson, which is just where my reading may lead me next...Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13999759633682551104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-15439254132157306462016-08-27T22:43:00.813-07:002016-08-27T22:43:00.813-07:00I always feel a bit like Hermione, who knew nothin...I always feel a bit like Hermione, who knew nothing about the Tales of Beedle the Bard when I realize just how many awesome chapter books I missed out on as a kid. <br /><br />Charlotte Sometimes sounds amazing, what a great way to teach children about the first world war and get them to love history. <br /><br />-Selena<br />(themaybeescape.com)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325120144515009719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-38989568346374694312016-08-24T22:29:05.176-07:002016-08-24T22:29:05.176-07:00The first one is weak (the author was only 18!) bu...The first one is weak (the author was only 18!) but they get better. Nothing deep there, but they are cute and super fast reading.Loryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519976394732029323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-67891943842000667742016-08-24T22:24:10.982-07:002016-08-24T22:24:10.982-07:00I really think she uses "fat" in the pla...I really think she uses "fat" in the place of the word gluttonous though. It's not good because of the stigmatizing of fatness but I think she just used it as the easiest way to show greed. I agree she could have been smarter about that. And Journey to the River Sea is amazing. I haven't read The Dragonfly Pool yet though so I'll look for a copy of that!Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-77182100950230981552016-08-24T22:21:00.485-07:002016-08-24T22:21:00.485-07:00I haven't read them either but I know that the...I haven't read them either but I know that they're well loved. Maybe I should try them!Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-90526531088194788642016-08-24T22:20:28.874-07:002016-08-24T22:20:28.874-07:00The only problem is that then I get stuck with all...The only problem is that then I get stuck with all long books on my TBR and I just end up buying more short books. ;)Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-20853107971217125102016-08-24T18:54:49.472-07:002016-08-24T18:54:49.472-07:00I do so love Eva Ibbotson, but her children's ...I do so love Eva Ibbotson, but her children's books have aged rather badly for me -- her hostility towards overweight people is so INTENSE and at a certain point it's hard for me to keep rooting for the heroes when the main quality of the villains is "fat."<br /><br />However I still love the ones of her kid-books that have snooty people as villains. Journey to the River Sea remains one of my utter favorites, and I remember enormous fondness for The Dragonfly Pool, although it's been a little while since I read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-71140857870513828162016-08-24T04:40:44.187-07:002016-08-24T04:40:44.187-07:00I have been reading the Worst Witch series - very ...I have been reading the Worst Witch series - very short chapter books. I was looking for books for a "back to school" list and found these, which I had never read as a kid. Very fun, and the illustrations by the author are charming too.Loryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519976394732029323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-23956866293905422452016-08-24T04:36:12.966-07:002016-08-24T04:36:12.966-07:00This is a good idea. I really should read some sho...This is a good idea. I really should read some shorter stuff just to clear some space... Instead the summer for me is usually hardly reading!Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.com