Okay, I finished The Graveyard Book no problem. I'm not sure I liked the ending, but it was a good book. Then it was on to The Glass Castle...
I didn't think it would take to long, it's NOT a long book. But it is SO difficult to read. After a while you just can't take any more horror stories of how these kids had to live! It's just one thing after another and I can't take it. I KNOW I don't want to finish it, but I think I have to. I mean I need to right a response to it...sigh. What makes this all worse is that I don't normally go in for memoirs anyway so this being the most depressing and sickening book I've read so far doesn't help anything! Here's hoping I can get it done this week, write my reflection and never have to pick it up again!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Book reviews...
Well, I'm out of HTML Hell and THANK GOD for that. The worst part is typing everything in and then having to add all the codes. It takes forever, and for all the work you put into it, it look like crap when you're done! Well for all who would like to see my Westford Wildcats just click here!
This week I have started work on a group project that will be due at the end of October. My partner is all about getting it done early. Which is wonderful because we will also be partners on our final project that is due the week before I leave for Disney. We are palnning to have that done well before December! I WON the group project partner lottery! ;-) We each have two "aspects" of Mexican American Culture that we are going to work on seperatly and then we'll put it all together about a week before it's due. I'm looking at famous Mexican Americans and Mexican American History. Surprisingly I'm finding it difficult to find three examples of Mexican American History. Partly because I'm not sure what the prof. is looking for. Is Mexican history included in Mexican American History??? I have to find children's books to go with each event I pick. I'm a little worried but I have a list of questions for the prof. ready to go!
I'm also still plucking away at the books. I didn't get The Watson's Go to Burmingham read this weekend, but I did finish Graceling and Athletic Shorts. This week I hope to actually read The Watson's Go to Burmingham as well as The Graveyard Book and The Glass Castle. My biggest problem is writing reviews. For YA I have to read 9 novels, of my choosing. Not a bad assignment at all and I've already got 3 read. However I also have to write a review for each novel I read as well as the ones we all read and talk about in class. So I've got the ones for class done because they are due the day before we discuss the book. This week I get to write a review of Twilight! I have not even started the reviews for my 9 novels, of which I have 3 finished! Sigh, I'm just not good at it, and they have to be like 400-500 words. AAAHHHH...I'm a short and to the point kind of girl. I'm not really good at the "deep thoughts." :-D Anyways, life's busy here! I hope everyone is having a good week.
This week I have started work on a group project that will be due at the end of October. My partner is all about getting it done early. Which is wonderful because we will also be partners on our final project that is due the week before I leave for Disney. We are palnning to have that done well before December! I WON the group project partner lottery! ;-) We each have two "aspects" of Mexican American Culture that we are going to work on seperatly and then we'll put it all together about a week before it's due. I'm looking at famous Mexican Americans and Mexican American History. Surprisingly I'm finding it difficult to find three examples of Mexican American History. Partly because I'm not sure what the prof. is looking for. Is Mexican history included in Mexican American History??? I have to find children's books to go with each event I pick. I'm a little worried but I have a list of questions for the prof. ready to go!
I'm also still plucking away at the books. I didn't get The Watson's Go to Burmingham read this weekend, but I did finish Graceling and Athletic Shorts. This week I hope to actually read The Watson's Go to Burmingham as well as The Graveyard Book and The Glass Castle. My biggest problem is writing reviews. For YA I have to read 9 novels, of my choosing. Not a bad assignment at all and I've already got 3 read. However I also have to write a review for each novel I read as well as the ones we all read and talk about in class. So I've got the ones for class done because they are due the day before we discuss the book. This week I get to write a review of Twilight! I have not even started the reviews for my 9 novels, of which I have 3 finished! Sigh, I'm just not good at it, and they have to be like 400-500 words. AAAHHHH...I'm a short and to the point kind of girl. I'm not really good at the "deep thoughts." :-D Anyways, life's busy here! I hope everyone is having a good week.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
HTML Hell
After a lot of hard work I finally finished my first web page. It looks like shit, but it's done. There are no bells and whistles, otherwise known as buttons and fun text. It's just got the bare essentials. And boy do I hate the server that UNI uses. Here's the link to my site:
www.uni.edu/perngirl/index.html
It took me all day to figure out how to get the pictures to a decent size and to make sense of the instructions for linking my two pages together. It's crazy that I was able to make a link to the ALA website easier than I was able to link my pages together! That damn "readable" text had a couple of pages of confusing, and useless diagrams to show me that had very little to do with what I was trying to accomplish. Sigh...I guess that's just how it goes. Big THANKS to Chris for answering all my questions, walking me through the "easy" stuff, and not getting too annoyed! I don't know that I could get through this class without constant reassurance and help! Now, it's back to the reading list for YA and Advanced Children's Lit. :-D That's much more to my liking. This weekend I hope to finish Sports Shorts, Graceling, and The Watsons Go to Birmingham.
www.uni.edu/perngirl/index.html
It took me all day to figure out how to get the pictures to a decent size and to make sense of the instructions for linking my two pages together. It's crazy that I was able to make a link to the ALA website easier than I was able to link my pages together! That damn "readable" text had a couple of pages of confusing, and useless diagrams to show me that had very little to do with what I was trying to accomplish. Sigh...I guess that's just how it goes. Big THANKS to Chris for answering all my questions, walking me through the "easy" stuff, and not getting too annoyed! I don't know that I could get through this class without constant reassurance and help! Now, it's back to the reading list for YA and Advanced Children's Lit. :-D That's much more to my liking. This weekend I hope to finish Sports Shorts, Graceling, and The Watsons Go to Birmingham.
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