Posted on February 20, 2009 by Mary Grace Visquera

I love books! No doubt about that. But I was never really into love stories, much more vampire stories. I am most fascinated and addicted to courtroom setting stories, suspense and of course, Harry Potter. Although I have read a few love stories like that of
Danielle Steel’s and Eric Seagal, I was [...]

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Mary Grace Visquera

I love books! No doubt about that. But I was never really into love stories, much more vampire stories. I am most fascinated and addicted to courtroom setting stories, suspense and of course, Harry Potter. Although I have read a few love stories like that of
Danielle Steel’s and Eric Seagal, I was [...]

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Esperanza Dodge

I can’t tell you how excited I am to get Amazon’s new Kindle 2! The hardest part is just waiting for it to arrive, though!
These are the features that really convinced me the Amazon Kindle 2 is right for me.
1. I have carpal tunnel and have long searched for something where I do not [...]

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Meg

The NYT talks about the future of reading and of learning to use information.
<blockquote>It was the “aha!” moment that Stephanie Rosalia was hoping for.
A group of fifth graders huddled around laptop computers in the school library overseen by Ms. Rosalia and scanned allaboutexplorers.com, a Web site that, unbeknownst to the children, was intentionally peppered with [...]

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Lorielyn Magalang

I have this habit of spending minutes or even hours in the bookstore and reading. Embarrassing as it may seem, it was like my library where I hang-out and scan pages of different books and with different authors.
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Posted on February 16, 2009 by Meg

I saw this over on <a href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html?ref=books”>The Future of Reading – Literacy Debate – Online, R U Really Reading? – Series – NYTimes.com</a>
<blockquote>Setting Expectations
Few who believe in the potential of the Web deny the value of books. But they argue that it is unrealistic to expect all children to read “To Kill a Mockingbird” or [...]

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Amanda Allen

Nearly every elementary school student from the last forty years in Hillsborough County has a memory of taking a trip to this native wildlife and plant sanctuary. A ribbon cutting and grand re-opening ceremony is scheduled for this Tuesday, and guests will get a guided tour of the site.
As reported on Yahoo News:
“The [...]

Posted on February 15, 2009 by angie828

“A Field Guide to Monsters” is written by Dave Elliott. It is put out by Metro books of New York.
This book contains some great photos. On the cover is Bela Lugosi as Dracula. Open the book and Freddy is staring at you.
Then you find out how to classify monsters. There are [...]

Posted on February 15, 2009 by angie828

If you like to get your mind movie, try reading “The Little Book of Conspiracies”. It has 50 of the world’s greatest theories. The book is by Joel Levy.
Did you ever wonder about Area 51? This book will explain what evidence they have on the Area 51. Or what about the [...]

Posted on February 15, 2009 by angie828

I am a huge fan of vampires. They intrigue me for some reason. So I loved the book “Vampires: Encounters with the Undead” by David J. Skal. This book 585 pages long and is put out by Black Dog and Leventhal.
This book contains many great vampire stories. There is “The [...]