Book Bistro, 8th grade
October 5th, 2007
Book Bistro for 8th graders meets once a week to discuss their latest great reads! This page is for the kids from Book Bistro to post what they are currently reading and what they think of it. Please remember, kids, to write the title and author at the top of the post!
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I am currently reading “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville. Despite its reputation, “Moby” is a very interesting read, with lots of seafaring adventure. If you dislike books that are over 200 pages long, definitely don’t read this book (821 pages).
Ott
ello… i am currently reading naruto Volumes 1-21 (i know, rigt?!?) very intetaining. About a kid (naruto) growing up and becoming a ninja. somewhat suspenceful. ^.^ but awsome
Two books shalt be discussed here (my other books can be found under the subject “What Are You Reading?)
1. Kesey’s Jail Journal: Cut The M–––––––––––– Loose- Written by Ken Kesey, it is his diary from his time spent in jail in 1967. A friend of Hunter S. Thompson’s his writing is similar, it is very stream of conscience filled and is absoloutly insane. The artwork is fantastic.
2. The Portable Obituary- Writen by the forever morbid Michael Largo, it is about how famous people REALLY died.
im also reading Tsubasa volumes one through 10, Kamichama Karin vol. 1-6, and One Child…^^
I finished God Grew Tired of Us By John Bul Dau. I also read the picturebook for childeren, Skippyjon Jones In The Doghouse…you can read reviews of both on the What Are You Reading? section of the blog…
het guyss! im reading– well i just read– a book called The Kingdom Keepers. its really good, and its about 5 kids who are holographic hosts that guide guests around disneyworld. because of a popular belief that Disney villains really exist, that means that they realy do exist. dont ask me. and they MAGICALLY become their DHIs (daylight hologram imaging OR disney host interactive) in the park when te fall asleep. pretty cool, right? well, they are the ones who have to defeat all the Disney villains (in they’re sleep) before all chaos breaks out. can they figure out what the mysterious stonecuters quill is so they can defeat the ruthless Malifecent?
(shes the witch from Sleeping Beaty, if u dont know. i didnt before i read this. lol)
The eighth graders are also reading Michael Chadon’s book, “Summerland” and will enjoy discussing this for the next month! We are very grateful to the TC Library Foundation for this gift. Read on!
Summerland is AWESOME, Mrs. Brumstead!
I am currently reading the fifth book of Darren Shan’s Demonata series (Blood Beast). It is one of the better ones, with more suspense and less violence. If you hav read other books by Darren Shan, you’ll know what to expect.
hey… i am reading fire girl. (or read) the ending is a little dissapointing…
I recently finished reading “The Land of the Silver Apples” by Nancy Farmer. It is the sequel to her other book, “The Sea of Trolls”. It’s a sort of fantasy novel, set in the time of the Norsemen. The main character, Jack, is sent to rescue his sister from a number of evil elves, only to discover a very nasty secret about his sister. The book isn’t as good as “The Sea of Trolls”, being a lot less realistic and straying more into an Arthurian-type adventure than a unique, Norse novel. If you are really into fantasy, you would enjoy this.
Ohh, I’m reading Innocent Traitor, who’s authour escapes me, about Lady Jane Grey. It’s very good so far! ^__^
I am now reading a Civil War historical novel entitled “The Killer Angels” by Michael Shaara. I’m not all that far, but it’s pretty interesting. The book teeters between fiction and non fiction, with much of the stuff in the novel being absolutely true, but the author’s characterization of people such as Robert E. Lee being fictitious. The book is pretty good, but a little weighty in its descriptions and language.
Just finished “Go Ask Alice” by… Anonymous. Seriously. It says “Anonymous” on the cover. True diary of a girl who had problems with drugs in the 70s. Super sad. Simmalar to “A Child Called It”
I read Oil! by Upton Sinclair, and what a read it was! About oil, corruption, politics, socialism, honesty, religion… this book has everything! A more in depth review, I’ll post on Books You’ve Read.