Greetings Cog readers! I hope you all had a great summer. I want to hear all about your summer readaholism. What did you read? What are you hoping to read? I am grateful to our new blog followers and posters. I really hope to get the blog rolling this year. Mr. Eich, come back to us. You are hilarious and your posts make my day. What's on your coffee table these days?
Remember that you are free to appropriately discuss any media that young adults might be interested in. You can discuss tv shows, movies, books, graphic novels, music, video games, social networking sites. You name it!
Soon, I will begin this year's reading advocacy campaign, so make sure you're caught reading a book when we run through the halls in search of people to photograph. Let's get pumped about reading y'all!
I'm overdue in throwing out the first discussion topic and since the movie "The Help" just debuted, I'd like to discuss that. I read the book and watched the movie and loved them both. Thoughts?
Well, over the summer i read three books: The summoning, The Summoning, the awaking, and the reckoning. I really want to just read in general. Also i'm hoping to finish my own book :3
ReplyDeleteI dont really know much about "The Help" Would you care to tell me more about it??
what is the help about?
ReplyDeleteThe Help focuses on a group of affluent, white women and African American nannies living in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960's. Racial tensions are high and the maids and other African American citizens are discriminated against by the people of Jackson. They are forced to use separate bathrooms, live in separate parts of town, sit at the back of public buses, and sit back in silence when they are called racial slurs. Sadly, those are the least of the injustices, as some African Americans in Jackson were even beaten to death.
ReplyDeleteThe African American nannies work hard to raise the children of their white bosses and the children, who loved the nannies at one time, grow up to discriminate against them in many cases. One character, a progressive white woman named Skeeter, is determined to expose the wrong doings of her white friends by writing a book from the viewpoint of the nannies. Skeeter's mother, who is dying of cancer, constantly pressures Skeeter to improve her looks and get married; however, Skeeter wants to focus on a career that will change the world, while enabling her to stand up for what she believes in. She is determined to publish a book that exposes the cruel mistreatment and discrimination the nannies face by interviewing the nannies and giving them a voice in her book.
Skeeter suffers personal heartbreak because of her choice and because of poor race relations at the time, the nannies could be killed for telling their stories. Read the book to find out if the nannies tell their story and if Skeeter accomplishes her goal of making a difference in the world. . . .
Over the summer i read the Inheritance series except the final book 4 but i recommend it to any one who likes medieval books.
ReplyDeleteNow, thanks to Justyn, we know when the fourth book comes out. You only have a few more months to wait! :)
ReplyDeleteYeah i know i cant wait until it comes out!I am DYING to find out what will happen next! oh by the way... Mrs. Wilkins can i read it first?
ReplyDeletecool, now who cant wait for the hunger games movie to come out!? it was the best book series of all time and now the movie is coming out! i hope they stick to the book. the cast is doing an awesome job getting into character. man i would kill to be an extra! this is probably the only movie I'm going to see on its opening week. you should totally read the books before the movie comes out in march of 2012. you wont regret it!
ReplyDeleteYou know the harry potter movie that just came out? when does it come on dvd? because i read the whole series and the books are not bad my favorite is the Half-Blood Prince. anyway i just finished the Deathly Hollows and i already saw the Deathly Hollows part 1 and cant wait till part 2 comes out on dvd! does anyone know when the 2nd one comes out?
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for The Hunger Games to come out. If we had a GKHS student and library blog follower be an extra in that movie it would be the coolest thing since sliced bread. Definitely read the book first! Comparing books and movies is great, except for the times when the movie totally disappoints. I have a feeling this one won't.
ReplyDeleteYes, freshman, you can be the first to read the 4th book. :) Please tell me who you are! :)
ReplyDeleteI agree it will be AWESOME to be an extra hopefully it will be by the book i know that they cant copy everything from the book like harry potter or the movie would cost more and end up to be like 6 HOURS LONG!!! but if they stick the plot and DON'T add Justin beeber to play peeta then i will be very VERY happy! (especially the justin beeber part)
ReplyDeletei couldn't agree more freshman. by the way does anyone knows whats happening in Libya? the news is not interested anymore and my computer at home sucks. i want to know whats happening out in the world. good or bad, can anyone help me out?
ReplyDeletehttp://rt.com/tags/libya/?gclid=COe3p8iziasCFYbsKgodcXH33w
ReplyDeleteClick on the above link to access articles and links to current news about the Libian conflict.
thanks anonymous! looks like the end is near and the rebels have almost complete control over their country after 40 years of rule by the loyalists. reminds me of the hunger games in some twisted way but I'm glade to know they are doing okay over there.
ReplyDeletethanks for the info. nice to know the rebels have taken there capital Tripoli. sounds like they are winning, ps i was anonymous but now am x007
ReplyDeleteoh and by the way, i donated a book called world war z. all those zombie lovers out there should totally check it out. its very gripping as the living dead takes over the world and eerily tells you what would happen in this what if scenario. the main character interviews wwz veterans and you can easily picture the violence as people around the world remember the horror that nearly drove humans extinct. you should check it out and also get the other books on zombies such as the zombie survival guide and recorded attacks by Marx brooks. there is a long line so hurry!
ReplyDeletex007 are you avery?
ReplyDeletex007 i think his name is MAX BROOKS not marX brooks.
ReplyDeleteIts MAX BROOKS not Marx Brooks.
ReplyDeleteshut up freshmen and no im not avery
ReplyDeletex007: No sassafras allowed! :)
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