Comments on: 2009 Top Ten http://www.readingrants.org/2009/12/10/2009-top-ten/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:20:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mandy http://www.readingrants.org/2009/12/10/2009-top-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-2200 mandy Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:28:39 +0000 http://www.readingrants.org/?page_id=1206#comment-2200 i love the book flygirl it is so interesting and has many great facts and you can learn a lot but also makes you want to keep reading i couldnt put it down once i started reading!!!!!!! i love the book flygirl it is so interesting and has many great facts and you can learn a lot but also makes you want to keep reading i couldnt put it down once i started reading!!!!!!!

]]> By: bjneary http://www.readingrants.org/2009/12/10/2009-top-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-1970 bjneary Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:26:36 +0000 http://www.readingrants.org/?page_id=1206#comment-1970 Thanks Jen for a great book to read based on your review and mention of this as one of the 10 great books in 2009...hope I got that right...Loved the bright pink cover, each chapter is pink, the page numbers are pink with some solid black pages and the cover has a black telephone hanging off the hook.... I just loved Beatrice, she begins the book in August moving once again and her mother is upset about it and Bea doesn't know why, but when she doesn't get upset (like her mother) with the death of the neighbor's gerbil, her mother calls her "heartless" and a "robot" so begins the journey of Robot Girl. Each month is a new pink chapter, and Bea makes friends but is drawn to Ghost Boy, Jonah Tate, who looks like Casper, is an outcast and has a major chip on his shoulder. But Jonah and Bea forge a close frienship based on listening to the radio callers and talking and driving to places. But Jonah is tortured about the death of his twin brother and even though Bea will steadfastly help him in any way, Jonah uses their friendship and then pushes Bea away. Bea shed her Robot image as each page turned, her family changed, and Bea became a really sweet girl who will always hold a fond place in her heart for Jonah and will move on to college. Thanks Jen for a great book to read based on your review and mention of this as one of the 10 great books in 2009…hope I got that right…Loved the bright pink cover, each chapter is pink, the page numbers are pink with some solid black pages and the cover has a black telephone hanging off the hook….
I just loved Beatrice, she begins the book in August moving once again and her mother is upset about it and Bea doesn’t know why, but when she doesn’t get upset (like her mother) with the death of the neighbor’s gerbil, her mother calls her “heartless” and a “robot” so begins the journey of Robot Girl. Each month is a new pink chapter, and Bea makes friends but is drawn to Ghost Boy, Jonah Tate, who looks like Casper, is an outcast and has a major chip on his shoulder. But Jonah and Bea forge a close frienship based on listening to the radio callers and talking and driving to places. But Jonah is tortured about the death of his twin brother and even though Bea will steadfastly help him in any way, Jonah uses their friendship and then pushes Bea away. Bea shed her Robot image as each page turned, her family changed, and Bea became a really sweet girl who will always hold a fond place in her heart for Jonah and will move on to college.

]]> By: bjneary http://www.readingrants.org/2009/12/10/2009-top-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-1927 bjneary Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:07:48 +0000 http://www.readingrants.org/?page_id=1206#comment-1927 Columbine is so absorbing, such a great read, it is making its way around our faculty book club and they all come in to talk to me about it---I love it! Thanks Dave for a story that needed to be told. Columbine is so absorbing, such a great read, it is making its way around our faculty book club and they all come in to talk to me about it—I love it! Thanks Dave for a story that needed to be told.

]]> By: Dave Cullen http://www.readingrants.org/2009/12/10/2009-top-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-1925 Dave Cullen Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:55:49 +0000 http://www.readingrants.org/?page_id=1206#comment-1925 Thanks for including my book, Columbine. Thanks for including my book, Columbine.

]]> By: Lynn Rutan http://www.readingrants.org/2009/12/10/2009-top-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-1924 Lynn Rutan Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:45:04 +0000 http://www.readingrants.org/?page_id=1206#comment-1924 I'm bummed that I missed your post on Monstrumologist and REALLY happy to see it in your top ten. I just finished it and your post is spot on! Gory to the max, creepier than creepy and wonderfully Victorian with all that introspective reflection of the flawed nature of man. I could NOT stop reading it and can't wait for more. Most of the reviews I've read think this is too gory for teens but whoa - they couldn't be more wrong! I really like your top favorites. I haven't read Columbine and Punkzilla. That has to be remedied! Lynn I’m bummed that I missed your post on Monstrumologist and REALLY happy to see it in your top ten. I just finished it and your post is spot on! Gory to the max, creepier than creepy and wonderfully Victorian with all that introspective reflection of the flawed nature of man. I could NOT stop reading it and can’t wait for more. Most of the reviews I’ve read think this is too gory for teens but whoa – they couldn’t be more wrong!

I really like your top favorites. I haven’t read Columbine and Punkzilla. That has to be remedied!

Lynn

]]> By: bjneary http://www.readingrants.org/2009/12/10/2009-top-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-1915 bjneary Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:12:16 +0000 http://www.readingrants.org/?page_id=1206#comment-1915 Loved your choices of Stitches and Columbine and now I have to read the others!!! THanks for a great list of books. Loved your choices of Stitches and Columbine and now I have to read the others!!! THanks for a great list of books.

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