Originally Posted By DAR Angels and Demons. Alex or anyone else have you guys read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies <a href="http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,7847/title,Pride-and-Prejudice-and-Zombies/" target="_blank">http://www.chroniclebooks.com/...Zombies/</a>
Originally Posted By DAR I'll probably pick it up soon. It might be the closest I get to read a chick book like P&P. LOL
Originally Posted By jasmine7 Just starting on Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer by Roy Peter Clark.
Originally Posted By alexbook Paul Lockhart - "A Mathematician's Lament" The opening chapter, at least, should be required reading for anyone connected with elementary or secondary education. Here's the start, to give you a taste: >>A musician wakes from a terrible nightmare. In his dream he finds himself in a society where music education has been made mandatory. “We are helping our students become more competitive in an increasingly sound-filled world.” Educators, school systems, and the state are put in charge of this vital project. Studies are commissioned, committees are formed, and decisions are made — all without the advice or participation of a single working musician or composer. Since musicians are known to set down their ideas in the form of sheet music, these curious black dots and lines must constitute the “language of music.” It is imperative that students become fluent in this language if they are to attain any degree of musical competence; indeed, it would be ludicrous to expect a child to sing a song or play an instrument without having a thorough grounding in music notation and theory. Playing and listening to music, let alone composing an original piece, are considered very advanced topics and are generally put off until college, and more often graduate school.<< <a href="http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_03_08.html" target="_blank">http://www.maa.org/devlin/devl..._08.html</a> <a href="http://www.isbns.net/search/?query=9781934137178" target="_blank">http://www.isbns.net/search/?q...34137178</a>
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I seem to be on a Stephen King kick lately. I just read Duma Key and Bag of Bones and am now reading Hearts in Atlantis.
Originally Posted By alexbook "Dream Factory" by Brad Barkley & Heather Hepler Teen romance among WDW cast members. The guy who plays Prince Charming is chasing the gal who plays Cinderella, but she's kind of interested in the guy in the Dale costume, but he's dating the gal in the Chip costume...
Originally Posted By jasmine7 Back to working through Neil Gaiman's American Gods, and I just started on Dennis Lahane's Shutter Island.
Originally Posted By Labuda Right now, still working on #3 in Ann Rule's Crime Files series. Not getting much time to read of late... also working on The Sword of Truth series (book 1) by Terry Goodkind. In my "to read" pile are John S1's book about the rebel geologist, and a couple of Dean Koontz books. Well, technically only one but it will get a friend this week since the latest Odd Thomas book is now in paperback.
Originally Posted By Labuda And after reading post #1741, I'm adding Paul Lockhart - "A Mathematician's Lament" - thanks, Alex!
Originally Posted By alexbook Yay! I'm doing my best for it. I'm reading a novel by another one of my old high school crowd: "The Bridge" by Janine Ellen Young All these people I knew grew up to write books, and here I am boxing and unboxing them. :-(
Originally Posted By alexbook Re-reading "Mouse Tales" by David Koenig for the LP Book Club (<a href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/MsgBoard-T-105299-P-1.asp?c=1" target="_blank">http://mb.laughingplace.com/Ms....asp?c=1</a>)
Originally Posted By piperlynne Is anyone as strange as me and reads multiple books at once? * rereading The Stand (unabridged version) - Stephen King * started The Inheritance by David Sanger * will be reading Mouse Tales - David Koenig starting tonight for the LP Book Club. Ordering from amazon tomorrow: * War of Necessity, War of Choice - Richard Haass * Netherland - Joseph O'Neill * whatever books we decide for June/July/maybe August for the book club - unless its Wicked cos I have a borrowed copy of that.
