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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Parental Choices on Reading and Viewing |
| Published: July 21, 2007, 5:35 pm |
| Tags: Reading |
| My wife has some thoughts on this topic. |
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| REVIEW: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 3:10 pm |
| Tags: Reviews, Harry Potter, Books, Reading |
| remembered from my first reading of Book 6 in 2005 was the obvious "Dumbledore Dies!" but there is much more to the story than that earth shattering event. The sixth installment of the Harry Potter series has even more teen angst than the hormone-soaked fifth installment, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This time, though, the |
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| REVIEW: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
| Published: July 23, 2007, 4:36 am |
| Tags: Reviews, Summer 2007, Harry Potter, Books, Fantasy, Reading |
| Justice) but I didn't start reading the seventh and final book in the best-selling Harry Potter series until late Saturday evening.In order to prepare for this important event I saw the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie (read review) last weekend and re-read the sixth book in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, this |
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| REVIEW: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
| Published: July 16, 2007, 3:10 am |
| Tags: Reviews, Movies, Summer 2007, Harry Potter, Books, Film, Fantasy, Reading |
| Mad Professah saw the new Harry Potter movie, the fifth one in the series, called Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, on Thursday at the Edwards Renaissance Theaters in Alhambra. The screening was packed so I'm not surprised to see that the movie mad $140 million dollars in its first 5 days of release, with an opening weekend gross of |
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| The Uncommon Reader |
| Published: July 18, 2007, 11:16 pm |
| Tags: Alan Bennett, The Queen, Dogs, Reading |
| about the process of reading itself. In doing this, he has the perfect foil in the person of Her Majesty:"The appeal of reading, she thought, lay in its indifference: there was something undeferring about literature. Books did not care who was reading them or whether one read them or not. All readers were equal, herself included. |
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| Book lover Nicole Vaidisova promotes reading |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 4:34 pm |
| Tags: Nicole Vaidisova, Reading, Vaidisova, Spreading, Publishers, Service, Literacy, Mitch, Morrie |
| was chosen for Get Caught Reading, a nationwide public service campaign launched by the Association of American Publishers in 1999 to promote the joy of reading. Vaidisova is now spreading the literacy word by being photographed reading Mitch Albom's bestselling Tuesdays with Morrie. Other celebrities that have also appeared in the |
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| Something going on this Friday?? |
| Published: July 19, 2007, 9:03 pm |
| Tags: What We Are Reading, Treehugger, Media |
| when they are finished reading (you may have to wait until Saturday morning to borrow one). If only there was an electronic version available. If only. Ahem. Oh, yeah, apparently these books encourage kids to read and turns their souls over to Satan. |
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| Savory Summer Reading: Counter Intelligence by Jonathan Gold |
| Published: July 29, 2007, 3:16 pm |
| Tags: Books, Jonathan Gold, Jonathangold, Los Angeles, Reading, Restaurants |
| It's his writing.Continue reading Savory Summer Reading: Counter Intelligence by Jonathan GoldPermalink Email this Comments |
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| HOW TO DEVELOP READING HABIT IN KIDS |
| Published: July 20, 2007, 5:23 am |
| Tags: Kids, Parenting, Alternative Education, Reading Habit |
| even showing an interest in reading, is perceived as a "nerdish" activity. Most of the heroes in today's society are professional athletes, actors, or music icons. Parents need to resurrect this habit as it adds multiple dimensions to a child's growth.Bedtime reading is considered the best quality time spent with a kid. Psychiatrists feel that |
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| Sounds for Reading |
| Published: July 9, 2007, 4:21 pm |
| Tags: Special Ed, Reading |
| I haven't spent much time on this site, but it's developed by a retired teacher and speech pathologist who used grant money and her retirement to work on a way to help children read with greater success. It's geared for younger students, I'm curious how it could assist in remediation of reading difficulties.Click Here for Words Ahead |
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| Online Book Reading |
| Published: July 3, 2007, 8:34 am |
| Tags: Reading, Book List, Dcd |
| The Screen Actors Guild Foundation currently has 21 books being read online in the style of the old school "Reading Rainbow". Geared for younger ages or DCD, I used it for free time activity in a DCD classroom. Each story comes with related activities and discussion questions.Click Here to see Storyline Online |
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| DailyLit: 5-minute literature chunks, via email or RSS |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 11:27 am |
| Tags: Life Hacks, Productivity, Email, Reviews, Links, Books, Dailylit, Reading, Rss |
| sent, then keep on a’reading. The variety of available selections is handsome, including favorites like Tristram Shandy, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The Devil’s Dictionary and over 400 more. Feeling ambitious? Try War and Peace (675 5-minute parts), The Count of Monte Cristo (581 parts), or Don Quixote (448 parts). |
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| PK Gets Served, And This Time, It Ain't By No Titty-Lickin' Barista |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 1:12 pm |
| Tags: Bad Ms Paint, Mmp, Yeah Being Poor Sucks So Stop Reading Online Columns Get Second Job Already, Stupid Fucking Tags Case Sensitive, I Hate The South, Peter King |
| I feel like I have to say this every fucking time we talk about the man, but here goes: We love Peter King. We love his...okay, maybe we don't LOVE him. We certainly do LIKE him, but, you know, there are all these other NFL columnists running around and--No, no, Petey, come on, baby. You're the best. You're numero uno to us, man. That was Spanish, |
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| Win a signed copy of Meter Made |
| Published: July 10, 2007, 8:27 am |
| Tags: Life, Sci Fi, Contests, Writing, Science Fiction, My Novels, Books Reading, Zumaya Publications, Commentary |
| Jack Meter, the private investigator in my SF mystery series The Jack Meter Case Files, loves to eat. Beside opera, it’s his favorite thing. Not only does he love to eat, but he loves to cook. In his next adventure, Meter Destiny, Jack has settled into an apartment and has returned to his habit of cooking for comfort and thinking through |
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| Beginning in the middle |
| Published: July 5, 2007, 8:28 am |
| Tags: Writing, Books Reading, English Editing, Commentary |
| If you’re a reader, you know that most stories don’t begin when the main character is born, following him/her through childhood and teenage years, etc. unless that’s the purpose of the story. Stories begin in the middle of people’s lives, they assume a background (which the writer may hint at or develop during the story), |
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