Because I enjoyed reading The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt, I decided that I would read First Boy. And over all, I enjoyed this book more than The Wednesday Wars. Cooper Jewett is the main character. He lives with his grandparents because his parents died in a car crash shortly […]
Monthly Archives: January 2011
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I just finished a great Newbery Honor Book called Wednesday Wars. It’s by Gary Schmidt. While his Catholic and Jewish classmates attend their religious instruction, Holling Hoodhood (who is the main character of the book and is the only Presbyterian in his seventh grade class) is stuck staying with his […]
My upscale niece (and her husband) from New York taught us another fun game on New Year’s Day while we were at my mother’s home. It’s called Things. Here’s how it works. Select a player to be the reader. The reader decides a topic about ‘things.’ Such as ‘things you […]
My mother hosted a lovely dinner on New Year’s Day for family members. My niece and her husband, who live in New York City, were there. Being from that wonderful, avant garde city (compared to the backwaters where I live . . .) they are up on all the cool […]