I posted earlier today to LM_NET, TLC, and EDTECH about an article that originally ran in The Washington Post. It is likely appearing in a number of papers today, one being Houston Chronicle. Here is the content of my post called MUST READ TODAY with pertinent information:
I NEVER use caps in a subject line...oops just used them again. The minute I saw a leader for this column, before I even turned to it, I knew it would be something that librarians will want to discuss. I read the blurb with a bit of dismay, then found the article. The blurb, on the front of Houston Chronicle's Outlook Section (my fave part of paper after comics) said: "Read and weep: No wonder our kids are reading less. I am, too, confesses a high school librarian." Naturally I went right to the article. It does bear our reading and discussing. The URL for reading it from my paper will be provided, but the article which first appeard in The Washington Post, is certainly found elsewhere. Here is one location for it:http://tinyurl.com/25orhx
Actually Thomas Washington does not say anything that we have not said before, but since this piece is out there for everyone to read, we should know about it. Cheers!--mabell--
I would most certainly be interested in any comments about this article and hope lots of librarians and people who care about books and reading will give it a look. It is not as pessimistic as the title/blurb sound. Instead, Washington says what many of us are saying, that the way we read, write, and communicate is changing and that librarians, educators, and bibliophiles should take note.
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Monday, December 17, 2007
Merry Christmas and Happy New Reading Year!
Last week I posted in on LM_NET and offered to compile and share the list of books that were mentioned in the recent popular thread "What I am reading now." People posted in and told what books they were currently enjoying. The resulting list is quite a mix, since some people mentioned adult titles, many shared YA books, and some may be easier than that. Topics range from parenting to philosophy with lots of good fiction in the mix. I am pasting in the list below. I hope I got everything, but if I missed your offering or if anyone wants to make additions, this would be great! You could certainly do this as comments below. And once again...Happy Holidays!
| AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Alexis, Sherman | Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian |
| Anderson, Jodi | May Bird Warrior Princess |
| Anderson, Laurie Halse | Twisted |
| Buckhanon, Kalisha | Upstate |
| Buckley-Archer, Linda | Cutpurse |
| Chopra, Deepak | Buddha, a Story of Enlightenment |
| Clare, Cassandra | City of Bones Bk 1: The Mortal Instruments |
| Colbert, Stephen | I am American and So Can You! |
| Cooper, Susan | Dark is Rising |
| Coville, Bruce | All books by him! |
| Coyne, Kevin | Marching Home |
| Cross, Shauna | Derby Girl |
| Ferris | Underground |
| Gaiman, Neil/Charles Vess | Stardust |
| Gilbert | Eat, Pray, Love |
| Giles, Gail | Right Behind You |
| Green, Tim | Football Genius |
| Grisham, John | Playing for Pizza |
| Gruen, Susan | Water for Elephants |
| Hale, Shannon | Book of a Thousand Days |
| Hosseini, Khaled | Thousand Splendid Suns |
| Jinks, Catherine | Evil Genius |
| King, Laurie | The Moor |
| Kingsolver, Barbara | Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life |
| Levitin, Daniel | This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of Human Obsession |
| Marr, Melissa | Wicked Lovely |
| Maurer | Beyond the Wall of Resistance |
| McCarthy, Cormac | The Road |
| Patteau, Edith | East |
| Paver, Michell | Chronicles of Darkness |
| Perotta, Tom | The Abstinence Teacher |
| Piccoult, Jodi | Plain Truth |
| Pullman | The Goldan Compass |
| Radish, Kris | Elegant Gathering of White Snows |
| Senge | The Fifth Discipline |
| Smith, Roland | Peak |
| Stephenson, Neil | Quicksilver |
| Thompson, Victoria | Gaslight Mysteries |
| Vrettos, Adrienne Marie | Skin |
| Westerfield | Uglies series |
| Zafon, Carlos Ruiz | Shadow of the Wind |
| Twilight Series: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse | |
| Penny from Heaven | |
| Black Book of Secrets | |
| The Alchemist: Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | |
| My Swordhand is Singing | |
| Third and Long | |
| Terror on the Tide | |
| Peter and the Starcatchers/Peter and the Secret of Rundoon | |
| Spiderwick Chronicles | |
| Saffron | |
| The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy 1943-1944 | |
| Ina May's Guide ot Childbirth | |
| Birthing from Within | |
| The Birth Partner |
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