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Personally I don’t see what the big deal is with this series, first off we’ve got Edward Cullen, a shoe in for stalker of the month reward and definitaley the kind of guy a girl would put a restraining order on. On top of that the guy is emotionally abusive and borders on being physically abusive, he’s like one of those guys that beats his girl, then tells her he didn’t want to do it, but she made it happen and he can’t control himself. Then we’ve got Bella Swan; the poster child of the Mary Sue of fanfiction, the perfect girl who’s only flaws are small things that don’t detract from her looks, but she feels she doesn’t look good, yet every guy in her new school wants her and every girl wants to be her friend. But Bella has her eyes set on Edward, the vampire (we’re not supposed to know this but the big secret is in the synopsis on the back) and the hottest guy in school. We learn every detail of Edward’s glorious physical features (something we hear a lot) and the passion flies.
Bella being half retarded and incapable of cognitive thought cannot comprehend the fact that Edward seems mysterious and completely stopped a car from hitting her, but he’s the man of the situation and when he tells her that didn’t happen you’re damn straight Bella is going to go with. Then we get some more of Edward and his awesome features, some eye to eye contact, Edward saying when he met her he wanted to kill her but declined his instincts, then we get some glittery vampires, vegetarian vampires, a future love interest under the name Jacob. Who is actually the only decent character in the story, but Bella won’t take him, why? Cause he actually cares about her. The story goes on not much happens then a little plot shines through, people want Bella dead, I’m not sure why, Edward defends blah blah blah. Fin.
Then the sequels, they get worse, nothing beats the birthing scene in the final story, but that review is for a later time. All in all Twilight has to be the worst piece of garbag
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Such a popular,famous or infamous little book depending on your view.Salinger’s masterpiece and highly guarded work.A contributing factor in John Lennons’murder maybe,maybe not.Also associated with the Reagan assassination attempt.Why is this I wonder?”The best book ever written in the English language” quoted the salesgirl as I purchased it for my daughter for her high school reading assignment.She said it with such conviction,I think both of us were stunned.I said nothing,just smiled,you know, that smile that conveys “yeah,I know what you mean”,too embarrassed to admit,”no kidding,never read it myself”.Well read it I did,finally.A book I should have read decades ago. It wasn’t required reading in my high school but I think I know why after reading it.It was a fun,fast read and kinda cool following Holden around.Seeing his anguish and disdain for those around him and the institutions he is forced to live within.Highly troubled yes,but you get the sense that he’ll be OK in the end.His period of adjustment from a youth to a young man can be seen in his attitude,his choices and his need to be different.Love pangs,sexual urges,smoking,drinking all the rights of passage are explored through Holdens’eyes.It is kind of a warped,more psychiatric version of Ferris Beuller only a fifties version with less phone use,no texting,E-mails, computer use or outside influence from rappers,TV or other idiotic distractions teenagers are bombarded with today.Just pure emotional dilemma which must be resolved from within. I must say I enjoyed it very much,could not put it down for long with each chapter an adventure.What will Holden do now?How is this kid going to handle this one?etc.The sweet portrait it paints is probably wasted on todays youth whom I fear just won’t get it.As a reader in my late forties,I could.Rediscovering ‘Catcher In The Rye’ was refreshing and diversionary. Just enough to take me away and escape to Manhattan for a few days.To be the companion of Holden Caulfield
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Colfer, E. (2001). Artemis Fowl. New York: Hyperion Paperbacks for Children.
Artemis Fowl is not only to tale of the ingenious and villainous Artemis Fowl, but also the Story of Captain Holly Short, the first female to protect the magical people by joining LEPrechaun force.
Artemis, whose mother is unwell since his father was lost in the Arctic, searches with his friend and protector, Butler, to restore the Fowl fortune. This leads Artemis into trouble with the magical world when he takes Holly hostage. From there Artemis must match wits with LEP’s best agents and one of the magical community’s sneakiest criminals.
The book allows students to question their own cultural norms, as humans are called Mud People and their (our) practices are called into question.
The story includes subtle environmental messages. It also blurs the lines between genres, as it includes both sci-fi and fantasy elements. But most of all, this is a fun series for the young action-adventure lover to become addicted to.
Plus, Artemis is a Mac user, the clever boy.
Activities to do with the book:
This is a book is a great adventure story to help to get students immersed in a story. It lends itself to role-play since students can have fun being a villainous and powerful child genius.
Since some complain that the Artemis Fowl books are hard to visualize, students could create their own illustrations to help with this or create their own adventures for some of the supporting characters.
Favorite Quotes:
“How does one describe Artemis Fowl? Various psychiatrists have tried and failed. The main problem is Artemis’s own intelligence. He babboozles every test thrown at him. He has puzzled the greatest medical minds, and sent many of them gibbering to their own hospitals” (p. 1).
“The Mud People destroyed everything they came into contact with. Of course they didn’t live in the mud anymore. Not in this country, at least. Oh no. Big fancy dwellings with room for everything–rooms for sleep
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I read this during banned book week. I had not read it before, but it’s a classic. And hey, I wanted to see what could be so bad in it to ban it.
Hoo boy! Did I ever figure out. This book was obviously banned for being the single most boring book ever written. Or perhaps the incidence of boredom induced coma was so high, they felt the need to ban it. I don’t know. But I never did see anything horrible or even questionable in this book – nevermind interesting.
I’m sure people will comment about what a great piece of work this is. To them, I say “meh”
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Bought this SD card when I bought my Canon DSLR. Worked well and the write speeds were really good. I was able to continously shoot 3 RAW+JPEG(~13Mb) frames in a second. But, the big day comes and I am preparing to shoot an event. Formatted the SD card, kept it all ready. Took may be 10 pictures at this event and I get a card error. Tried to format again and it failed. Luckily I had a smaller 2GB Kingston with me and ended up just shooting JPEGs.
Tried formatting the SD card at home on the desktop and still no luck. Looks like its corrupt.
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This book was so well written, it just pulled me in. It was insightful, honest, whitty and sad all at once. A must read!
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