Sunday Synopsis: August 30, 2009

DISCUSSIONS:

• Re-visiting Books as Bridges: A couple of weeks ago, I posted a discussion regarding the connections we can make with books. I just wanted to share a comment made by The Book Chook on this topic simply because it hits upon exactly what I was getting at, just put much more eloquently!!: "Another thing I love about books is that they build bridges between cultures. Kids who have no way of travelling to Africa say, can read a picture book and gain an understanding of how other childrens' lives are alike or different to their own. I believe literature is a top way to increase tolerance in our society." Thanks Book Chook!!

REVIEWS:

• What's New At The Zoo?: An Animal Adding Adventure by Suzanne Slade
• Wait Until Twilight by Sang Pak
• Moose, Bear and Hummingbird by Susan Tone, Gabriel D'Luzansky & Mary Delaney
• Count Down to Fall by Fran Hawk
• Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes for Buoys & Gulls by Lucy Nolan
• Moose and Magpie by Bettina Restrepo

GIVEAWAYS: Only one day remains of this giveaway!!!!! Sign up before tomorrow, August 31, 2009 at 11:59 pm. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, September 1st.

• Moose and Magpie by Bettina Restrepo
• Count Down to Fall by Fran Hawk
• Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes for Buoys & Gulls by Lucy Nolan
• What's New At The Zoo?: An Animal Adding Adventure by Suzanne Slade

BOOKS RECEIVED:

• Fool by Christopher Moore (audio; library)

CURRENTLY READING:

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (audio: disc 9 of 9)
• Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure The World by Tracy Kidder (page 116 of 301)

REVIEWS TO COME:

• Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
• The Little Island by Golden MacDonald and Leonard Weisgard
• Black and White by David Macauley
• Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
• Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Rocky Mountain Snow Ghosts by Patti Hurst
• Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy
• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
• Matilda by Roald Dahl
• Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
• Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
• Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary
• The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Survival of the Fittest by Jonathan Kellerman
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• S is for Save the Planet by Brad Herzog
• The Ugly Duckling by Jerry Pinkney
• Mesmeric Revelation by Edgar Allen Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Facts in the Case of in M. Valdemar by Edgar Allen Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Sleeper by Edgar Allen Poe (Poe Fridays)

AROUND THE BLOGOSPHERE:

• Kristen over at We Be Reading began an interesting conversation, Do You Discuss Unfinished Books? Me? There has only been one book that I have not finished and I truly feel that it was due to the medium (it was an e-book) rather than the book itself. I didn't discuss the book, but I did discuss e-books (click here for the conversation).
• mjmbecky over at One Literature Nut . . . asked How Many Do You Read? I tend to read/listen to multiple books at one time, depending on my location or mood. Though, there are many days that I wish I was still a one-book-woman!! :) What about you?

ADDITIONAL UPDATES: Just the same news as last week. More past posts being imported and hopefully, I can launch the new changes this week!!