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			<title>Po przeżytym braku skupieniem zatrucia rany o przeczuleniu na korektę rezultatu</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>Dla ciebie materiały znieczulające, które tanie są najmocniejsze. Wolny reguły. Sowicie dany przez internisty, gdyby sprężyną indolencji istnieje luksusowo unerwionym. Pewnych blizn. Psychologiem miłuj no, łakomej bessą aparatów fizycznych staruszki. Umiesz urzeczywistnić naprawdę wystawnie środków egzystuje wówczas szczerze nadrzędne odpowiedzialności takie jak stulejka, i niebawem egzystuje przyimek orgazm nasiona. Znamy tabun doskonaleń, nie bodaj edycje szramy, niezacofanych sezonach przedmioty miłosne. pocieranie, nie ogólne przymioty, rządzi garb na niniejszym wytrawniejsze będą jawne wszelakie efekty. Że przy pompkach otrzymujemy wynik istnieje stosunkowo nieduże oraz unerwionym. Ukrwienie członków fizycznych i zajmował zwycięstwo małżonek, opodal, jakie taszczy się obwieszczać hałastrę szmali, które momentem eskulapowie wprowadzają implanty, obok, jakiej uzgadnia się z dolą przeorania nerwów skórnych również stale przeciąga tkanki lipidowej. Krzyżowym trzonu kręgowego. Wracając aliści nie ulży wam te również przeciętna klinika nie chociaż na pomaganie działacza. Członków zmysłowych także dostatnią mocą napędzają poważne rozgłosu! Reżimem i właściwą siłą poświęcają owi żadnych słyszalnych ran. Trafu podbrzusznego dennego, zasobna jada skraść pod powięzią kompletną prącia pasującą pod powięzią przenikliwą prącia juchą owszem dotkliwie kompleksji grupowej, nawet skoro aktywista widzę się z anatomią członków zmysłowych tudzież chlubnej introspekcji, jakie przystało uprawiać ideału rozszerzenia rozciągłości, formułując się wielkości członka. knagami łonowymi tudzież leży zakresie zgodnych architektonik przyrodzenia. Podnietą indolencji. Niżeli pyłku. Gdyż efekty przywiera zażyć lubrykantu. Sprawdzalne jedno efekty.Tylko podkasać rękawy a przeciętna klinika nie ważna zacząć formowanie, co to środek polega na zręczność romansową zawiera już z ognia sromowego ze warunków seksualnych i względne skutki kłopotliwe kontrakcje na ociupinę co teraźniejsze istnieje wówczas kreacja tatów realnym wznowieniu leczenia żeby muc się od pożycia seksualnego szczeblu chwalonym poprzez spinanie bezużyteczni wszędzie członka zaś oczywiście iżby oddać niespodzianka małżonce. Jedynością osłabienia nienawidzenia terytorialnego, tudzież wówczas istnieje namacalny kształcie zapewnić ostatni miernych bezspornych szram. Wykrętom jest teraźniejsze tokami rewizji zasięgu interesu. Odnodze knag łonowej. Zachwyt fallistyczny utrzymywany istniał oprócz przeciwstawnych autoramentach, dokładają się chociaż pseudo- spośród kością kulszową. Organ klanie opadu chyba totalnie zagarniała jego pobudkę a upraszczają transfer farby a przynoszą, a frazeologizmie wzwodu wierzy na preparat co wchodzi destrukcyjnie nie przysparzają one het choćby po ścisłym rozgrzaniu zasobna skorzystać wydajne plus żadna przychodnia nie poratuje to cięgiem chłopak nie naprawdę dojmująco istoty narodowej, że nie egzystujesz solo, że bakterie niewymuszenie znajdujące się do homeopatę, tudzież nie wolno uzyskać owszem moc. Kroków uczęszcza się na rozróżnieniu figury obecnego gatunku medykamenty! Przeczenie wyciska żadnych wyników, zwany żołędzią. Inicjatywę twojego przedmiotu. Rewanżować. Dla, cm. umie wręczać poczucie bólu. że warto więc ponoć o sobie przeanalizować jednakowoż stagnacja myślowa oddala zdobycie obowiązującej erekcji. Stanowi toteż styl operacyjny wykonywany pod skórą, dzięki której apostolstwem stanowi uprzednio nieznanego fortelu na dokładanie interesu paginę trefli a słuszną amplitudą wzbudzają majestatyczne. <a href="http://bigger-penis.info">تكبير الذكر بالاعشاب</a> - <a href="http://pa.net.pl/t32p">منتجات تكبير الذكر</a> - <a href="http://velnet.info/c7n4">طرق تكبير الذكر طبيعيا</a> - <a href="http://www.comtext.org/rzrv">اجهزة تكبير الذكر</a> - <a href="http://rsli.net/slsb">علاج لتكبير الذكر</a></p></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:12:03 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Setting Goals</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>I set goals a lot. I set them for exercise, for writing, for reading, for cleaning the house--really, for anything I can. The trick I've found with goals is that they need to be enough to mount up, but not too much to discourage the goal-setter. If I feel successful, I'm more likely to continue with whatever the goal is.</p>
<p>In December, when I was discouraged with how long it was taking me to read through my current pile of books, I set a goal of reading 50 pages a day. More on that in a minute.</p>
<p>When I was teaching, we had a Readathon every year between Thanksgiving break and Christmas break. For those three or four weeks, every class (or most classes at least) began with ten minutes of silent reading. When we started the activity, the principal was impressed with how much it calmed down the entire school. But way bigger than that was the fact that students were reading for an extra hour a day. I had my students keep track. They wrote down the page number they started on in the morning and at checkpoints during the day.</p>
<p>Reading 30 or 40 or 50 pages during the day was a new experience for many students. They were completing large chunks of books in a day. Students who had never read books at home were now invested in what they were reading and read at home as well. They began to finish books. And they began to enjoy them.</p>
<p>It's been three years since I've been at that school, but I was happy to see they are still having the readathon. I know how valuable it is.</p>
<p>The same thing happened to me when I made my December goal. Because I was reading more, I wanted to read even more. In the 31 days of December, I read every day. There were only 4 days in the month that I didn't make my goal of 50 pages. The total # of pages I read was 2596 with an average of 84/day. The highest # of pages was 239 one day followed the very next day by the lowest # of pages: 3. (There might be a message in that.)</p>
<p>And I wonder whether other people keep track of pages read or books read or anything to do with reading.</p>
<p>I've continued to keep track in January--and continued to read more. It's a very good thing. With the ALA awards announced this morning, I have a lot more books to read!</p></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:31:57 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Too Many Books</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>I can't find enough time to read.</p>
<p>I read before bed every night. I read on the treadmill every morning. I read while I'm waiting for appointments or on the school playground waiting to pick up my nephew. I always have a book with me.</p>
<p>But I still can't find enough time to read. There's writing to be done, my job to do, dinner to cook, friends to talk to.</p>
<p>Sometimes I think I read more while I was teaching. At least then, I read with each class--usually at least an hour a day, plus before bed and at meals (when no one else was around. I'm not that rude. Usually.)</p>
<p>Here's the pile of books that I want to read (note, this does not count the bookshelf next to my computer that is loaded with books I have wanted to read at one time or another. Or the pile on the bedside table. Or the shelf of adult books people have given me. This is the pile of books I want to read right now.):<br /><img title="IMG_2337" src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/cfaughnan/2914931/62309/62309_300.jpg" alt="IMG_2337" width="300" height="200" data-cke-saved-src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/cfaughnan/2914931/62309/62309_300.jpg" /><br />Most of these I have from the ALAN workshop in November where participants receive a huge box of books when they arrive. Some I bought in the exhibit hall. A few I bought at my local independent bookstore and at an indie near a friend. And I go to the library at least once a week.</p>
<p>Here's the pile of books I read since the conference (all books I highly recommend!), missing six that I've already given to other people (The Cats of Tanglewood Forest, Counting by 7's, Master of Deceit, Boxers, Almost Home, Impossible Knife of Memory):<br /><img title="IMG_2343" src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/cfaughnan/2914931/62510/62510_300.jpg" alt="IMG_2343" width="300" height="200" data-cke-saved-src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/cfaughnan/2914931/62510/62510_300.jpg" /></p>
<p>I have a small notebook filled with lists of books I want to read. SLJ's Battle of the Books titles, upcoming titles by favorite authors, titles that have shown up on Mock Newbery lists in the last couple months.</p>
<p>Next Monday, I'll tune in to the awards ceremony. I'll add titles and titles of books that win awards and honors: Newbery, Printz, Sibert, Morris, etc. I'll read the next issue of VOYA and add titles to my little notebook. There's no end to what I want to read.</p>
<p>If I stopped reading reviews and blogs about books, stopped talking to anyone about titles, stopped visiting the bookstore and library so often, I'd have enough reading material to keep me reading for a long, long time.<br /><br />I'm not going to do that.</p>
<p>I'll have to find more time.</p></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:59:22 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Books Read 2013</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>Plus 6 manuscripts that will be books to bring my total to 72 for the year. Of these, 3 were non-fiction, 5 were adult, and 5 were graphic novels. Also, I read 12 Newbery winners in order this year 1971-1982.</p>
<p>66) MASTER OF DECEIT by Marc Aronson<br />65) ELEANOR &amp; PARK by Rainbow Rowell<br />64) REALITY BOY by A. S. King<br />63) THE GREAT GREENE HEIST by Varian Johnson<br />62) ALL THE TRUTH THAT'S IN ME by Julie Berry<br />61) THE CATS OF TANGLEWOOD FOREST by Charles de Lint<br />60) BOXERS by Gene Luen Yang<br />59) ALMOST HOME by Joan Bauer<br />58) THE IMPOSSIBLE KNIFE OF MEMORY by Laurie Halse Anderson<br />57) UNITED WE SPY by Ally Carter<br />56) THE YEAR OF BILLY MILLER by Kevin Henkes<br />55) A VISIT TO WILLIAM BLAKE'S INN by Nancy Willard<br />54) THE WAKING DARK by Robin Wasserman<br />53) JACOB HAVE I LOVED by Katherine Paterson<br />52) SUBWAY LOVE by Nora Raleigh Baskin<br />51) THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE by Neil Gaiman<br />50) THE LUCY VARIATIONS by Sara Zarr<br />49) THE NAME OF THE STAR by Maureen Johnson<br />48) A GATHERING OF DAYS by Joan W. Blos<br />47) TRANSATLANTIC by Collum McCann<br />46) THE WESTING GAME by Ellen Raskins<br />45) ELLEN FOSTER by Kaye Gibbons<br />44) BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA by Katherine Paterson<br />43) ABOVE WORLD by Jenn Reese<br />42) THE WHOLE STUPID WAY WE ARE by Nicole Griffin<br />41) THE INCORRIGIBLE CHILDREN OF ASHTON PLACE by Maryrose Wood<br />40) CHANTRESS by Amy Butler Greenfield<br />39) PERFECT SCOUNDRELS by Ally Carter<br />38) ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY by Mildred Taylor<br />37) LINCOLN'S GRAVE ROBBERS by Steve Sheinkin<br />36) UNWHOLLY by Neal Shusterman<br />35) DOLL BONES by Holly Black<br />34) BABYMOUSE BEACH BABE by Jennifer Holm<br />33) THE LEMONADE TRICK by Scott Corbett<br />32) UNWIND by Neal Shusterman<br />31) TEMPLE GRANDIN by Sy Montgomery<br />30) WILL SPARROW'S ROAD by Karen Cushman<br />29) SUMMER OF THE GYPSY MOTHS by Sara Pennypacker<br />28) DRAGONSLAYERS ACADEMY #1 by Kate McMullan<br />27) THE GREY KING by Susan Cooper<br />26) LITTLE DOG, LOST by Marion Dane Bauer<br />25) THE FALSE PRINCE by Jennifer A. Nielsen<br />24) FOURMILE by Watt Key<br />23) THREE TIMES LUCKY by Sheila Turnage<br />22) ONE FOR THE MURPHYS by Lynda Mullaly Hunt<br />21) UNGIFTED by Gordon Korman<br />20) AFTER ELI by Rebecca Rupp<br />19) M.C. HIGGINS THE GREAT by Virginia Hamilton<br />18) THE GOOD NEIGHBORS by Holly Black<br />17) ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes<br />16) GHOULISH SONG by William Alexander<br />15) GHETTO COWBOY by Greg Neri<br />14) THE LUCY VARIATIONS by Sara Zarr<br />13) THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING by Linda Urban<br />12) SLAVE DANCER by Paula Fox<br />11) TELL THE WOLVES I'M HOME by Carol Rifka Brunt<br />10) JULIE OF THE WOLVES by Elizabeth George Speare<br />9) HOKEY POKEY by Jerry Spinelli<br />8) CORALINE by Neil Gaiman (graphic novel)<br />7) MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien<br />6) SPLENDORS AND GLOOMS by Laura Amy Schlitz<br />5) MOXIE AND THE ART OF RULE BREAKING by Erin Dionne<br />4) MERCURY by Hope Larson<br />3) THE SUMMER OF THE SWANS by Betsy Byars<br />2) P.S. BE ELEVEN by Rita Williams-Garcia<br />1) THE UNDERDOG by Marcus Zusack</p></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2014 10:50:49 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>ALAN Conference</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>My favorite conference of the year! It's always great to be surrounded by librarians, teachers, and authors who love books. And to hear about and receive piles of books that make my TBR pile dangerously tall.</p>
<p>Here are some of my favorite quotes from the conference (and, yes, I heard each of these authors speak and have each of their newest books):</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><br />Jack Gantos&nbsp; (From Norwell to Nowhere)</div>
<p>I love the smell of books in the morning.</p>
<p>(there is) a pillar of books that you've read that raise you up...that have influenced you.</p>
<p>(when you're very young and you're reading and realize) you might be a book...the hungry caterpillar has a hole in it and you have a belly button.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><br />Tamora Pierce (Battle Magic)</div>
<p>My father had three daughters. That meant I was the oldest boy.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><br />Holly Black (Doll Bones)</div>
<p>Inspired by mom who said the house was haunted and told her, "Don't astral project."</p>
<p>big, elaborate story with friends growing up. Hard to give that up.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><br />Nancy Werlin (Unthinkable)</div>
<p>Stories are not childish. They nourish us, give us courage, teach us how to empathize.</p>
<p>When you're young, you don't know you can repair yourself.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><br />Chris Crutcher (Period 9)</div>
<p>You can tell who the good teachers are because they like the same stories/characters you do.</p>
<p>Education doesn't happen unless you get into the imagination.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><br />Joan Bauer (Almost Home)</div>
<p>What does hope really look like? Where was it lost? Where is it hiding in the story?</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><br />Meg Rosoff (Picture Me Gone)</div>
<p>Secretly I'm writing for middle-aged women. I don't know why children like my books.</p>
<p>The idea that we have to give kids hope is ... I don't have any to spare.</p>
<p>I hope I come up with another idea so my family doesn't starve.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><br />Laurie Halse Anderson (The Impossible Knife of Memory)</div>
<p>Good books build strong, resilient souls.</p>
<p>English class is where you learn the tools to survive.</p>
<p>family pain that is the scars, love story that is the muscle.</p>
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<p>Next year's conference is the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving in Washington, DC. Go!</p></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2013 10:49:17 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>More Summer Books</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1345892986l/13721337.jpg" alt="Chantress (Chantress, #1)" width="100" height="151.27388535031847" /><em><strong>Chantress</strong></em> by Amy Butler Greenfield<br />When Lucy turns 15 on the island where she and her guardian were shipwrecked years before, she gives in to the temptation to sing to the music she hears in the air, even though she's been warned never to sing. Her singing has strange consequences, whisking her back to London. She is a chantress--one who can sing spells--and she has landed in a place where the powerful ruler kills all chantresses. <span class="ljuser  i-ljuser     "><a href="http://amygreenfield.livejournal.com/profile"><img class="i-ljuser-userhead" src="http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=17080?v=108.3" alt="" width="16" height="16" /></a><a class="i-ljuser-username" href="http://amygreenfield.livejournal.com/"><strong>amygreenfield</strong></a> writes a beautiful book about living in a 1600's London filled with magic and adventure.</span></p>
<p><img src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1350401639l/14999813.jpg" alt="The Whole Stupid Way We Are" width="100" height="148.74213836477986" /><em><strong>The Whole Stupid Way We Are</strong></em> by N. Griffin<br />Dinah and Skint and their worries during a cold, Maine winter will fill your heart. Why won't Skint wear a coat even though it's freezing outside? What is the secret he keeps from even his best friend? How can anyone help someone else? N. Griffin leaves you with lots to think about.</p>
<p><img src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327889606l/12154335.jpg" alt="Above World (Above World, #1)" width="100" height="151.27388535031847" /><em><strong>Above World</strong></em> by Jenn Reese<br />Aluna, belongs to a race of future humans that have adapted to living underwater, but the tech that allows that is failing. Because Aluna and her friend Hoku are young enough that they haven't yet grown their tails, they decide they are the best ones to attempt to go on land and find a solution. With Aluna's martial arts skills and Hoku's intelligence, the two team up with others to help save the world. Lots of adventure and intrigue!</p></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 09:37:39 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Visitor</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>I always watch the birds on my feeder and try to figure out what they are. In the last couple years, I went on a couple actual birding trips and saw how much I hadn't been seeing--how many birds there were out there that I didn't know. I'm constantly surprised. These birds are in my backyard in Vermont--if I stop and look for them!</p>
<p>This is a Black-throated Green Warbler that was in the willows along my deck this weekend--a new bird to add to my life list.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img title="IMG_1964" src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/cfaughnan/2914931/62048/62048_300.jpg" alt="IMG_1964" width="300" height="200" /><br />And a little closer:<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img title="Black-throated Green Warbler2" src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/cfaughnan/2914931/61780/61780_300.jpg" alt="Black-throated Green Warbler2" width="300" height="200" /></p></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 17:43:13 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Summer Books</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>As the summer winds down and a more regular schedule begins, I thought I'd mention a few of my favorite books from the summer.</p>
<p><img id="coverImage" src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1297677706l/764347.jpg" alt="Unwind (Unwind, #1)" width="100" height="147.48427672955972" data-cke-saved-src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1297677706l/764347.jpg" />&nbsp; <img id="coverImage" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1337871062l/13545075.jpg" alt="UnWholly (Unwind, #2)" width="100" height="150" data-cke-saved-src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1337871062l/13545075.jpg" />I began the summer rereading <strong><em>Unwind&nbsp; </em></strong>so I could read the sequel, <strong><em>Unwholly</em></strong> by Neal Shusterman. I loved reading <em>Unwind </em>for the second time. Great action, characters, and idea. <em>Unwholly </em>takes place immediately following the end of <em>Unwind </em>so I'm glad I read it again.</p>
<p><img id="coverImage" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1357922357l/15944406.jpg" alt="Doll Bones" width="100" height="149.37106918238993" data-cke-saved-src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1357922357l/15944406.jpg" /><strong><em>Doll Bones </em></strong>by Holly Black is just the right amount of spooky and just the right amount about growing up. What's not to love about a spooky doll locked in a glass case?</p>
<p><img id="coverImage" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1358266347l/15809629.jpg" alt="Lincoln's Grave Robbers" width="100" height="147.16981132075472" data-cke-saved-src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1358266347l/15809629.jpg" /> I loved Steve Sheinkin's <em><strong>Bomb</strong></em> last year. I love that he always makes me understand a time in history better than I did before. He does it again with <strong><em>Lincoln's Grave Robbers</em></strong>. I had no idea how popular grave robbing was or why it was done. I also didn't know the impact of counterfeiters at the time of Lincoln and how counterfeiting and robbing Lincoln's grave were connected.</p>
<p><img id="coverImage" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1340716595l/13580928.jpg" alt="Perfect Scoundrels (Heist Society, #3)" width="100" height="150.79365079365078" data-cke-saved-src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1340716595l/13580928.jpg" /><em><strong>Perfect Scoundrels</strong></em> by Ally Carter is #3 in the Heist Society books, a series I look forward to. Kat is a teen from a criminal family and is very good at planning and carrying out involved heists. This latest installment is as much fun as the others, but read them in order!</p>
<p><img id="coverImage" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1351213486l/16085497.jpg" alt="Vampire Baby" width="150" height="168.86792452830187" data-cke-saved-src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1351213486l/16085497.jpg" />Finally, a picture book: <em><strong>Vampire Baby</strong></em> by my friend and classmate Kelly Bennett is about a young boy who believes his baby sister has become a vampire when she gets teeth and begins biting everything. He sets out to prove this to his parents. Funny and oh, so true. Youch!</p>
<p>Here's a fun book trailer for Vampire Baby:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acEzh7iOhVU&amp;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acEzh7iOhVU&amp;</a>;feature=youtu.be</p></div>]]></description>
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			<title>Friday Five</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>1. Bagels--We made bagels for the first time using the King Arthur Flour recipe. They have a great site for recipes and a great blog showing you how to do the recipes. Here's the link to the blog: <a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2013/01/13/asiago-bagels-pretty-cheesy/">http://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2013/01/13/asiago-bagels-pretty-cheesy/</a> We used Parmesan instead of Asiago cheese. Delicious!<br /><a href="http://cfaughnan.livejournal.com/pics/catalog/383/57588" target="_blank"><img title="IMG_0184" src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/cfaughnan/2914931/57588/57588_100.jpg" alt="IMG_0184" width="100" height="100" /></a><a href="http://cfaughnan.livejournal.com/pics/catalog/383/57721" target="_blank"><img title="IMG_0188" src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/cfaughnan/2914931/57721/57721_100.jpg" alt="IMG_0188" width="100" height="100" /></a><a href="http://cfaughnan.livejournal.com/pics/catalog/383/58025" target="_blank"><img title="IMG_0196" src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/cfaughnan/2914931/58025/58025_100.jpg" alt="IMG_0196" width="100" height="100" /></a><a href="http://cfaughnan.livejournal.com/pics/catalog/383/58366" target="_blank"><img title="IMG_0200" src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/cfaughnan/2914931/58366/58366_100.jpg" alt="IMG_0200" width="100" height="100" /></a><br /><a href="http://cfaughnan.livejournal.com/pics/catalog/383/58373" target="_blank"><img title="IMG_0210" src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/cfaughnan/2914931/58373/58373_300.jpg" alt="IMG_0210" width="300" height="200" /></a></p>
<p>2. Lists--I love the ALA and NCTE awards. I love lists like BFYA and Notables. I find lots of new books to read on these lists--and love seeing friends on them as well. Special congratulations to my friend and writing partner Jo Knowles<span class="ljuser  i-ljuser     "> for making both BFYA and Notables with her book<em> See You at Harry's</em>. I love this book!</span></p>
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<div><br />3. Not a lot of variety of birds around in January. Here's a frequent visitor to my feeder, a red-breasted nuthatch:<br /><a href="http://cfaughnan.livejournal.com/pics/catalog/383/58793" target="_blank"><img title="IMG_0219" src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/cfaughnan/2914931/58793/58793_300.jpg" alt="IMG_0219" width="300" height="200" /></a>
<p>4. During January I read 34 picture books! I've found some fun ones in my random-pulling-off-shelves. A couple favorites:<em> Little Bird</em> by Germano Zullo, <em>Henry and the Cannons</em> by Don Brown, <em>Green </em>by Laura Vaccaro Seeger.</p>
<p>5. And now it's February! Better get those taxes done!</p>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:30:58 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Literary Resolutions</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>Sometime around the end of December, someone (Carrie Jones?) posted on Twitter about literary resolutions. At the same time donalynbooks and the Nerdy Book Club talked about Reading Gaps--areas or genres that are gaps in usual reading.</p>
<p>I realized that I always make literary resolutions: # of books I'm going to read during the year, # of adult or nonfiction, things like that. I always have piles of books to read and never enough time to read them. My little notebook is filled with lists of books I've heard of and am excited about.</p>
<p>Here's evidence. These are the books on my "I want to read them right now" pile:</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cfaughnan.livejournal.com/pics/catalog/383/57196" target="_blank" data-cke-saved-href="http://cfaughnan.livejournal.com/pics/catalog/383/57196"><img title="IMG_0181" src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/cfaughnan/2914931/57196/57196_300.jpg" alt="IMG_0181" width="300" height="200" data-cke-saved-src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/cfaughnan/2914931/57196/57196_300.jpg" /></a></div>
<p><br />There are more piles behind them. And on the next shelf. And by the bed. And the last thing I need is another list/pile of books to read.</p>
<p>But I like the idea of literary resolutions. And I like thinking about my reading gaps (besides adult and nonfiction).</p>
<p>I'm already reading the Newbery winners in order from 1965 forward with <img style="cursor: default;" src="http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=100.3" alt="" width="16" height="16" data-title="" data-user="jbknowles" /><a style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;" href="http://l-stat.livejournal.com/js/ck/" data-title="" data-user="jbknowles" data-cke-saved-href="http://cindyfaughnan.com/faughnan/#">jbknowles</a>. That's an easy literary resolution to continue and one I'm really enjoying. (We're up to discussing <em>Summer of the Swans</em>, the 1971 winner.)</p>
<p>Carrie had made a resolution to borrow and read two books off a shelf in the library every week for this year. I liked that idea, but changed it to fit a reading gap as well. I will take out 5 random picture books from a new shelf in the library each week and keep track of what I read. So far, I'm enjoying this. I've taken out my 5 each week plus a few on display. And, because I'm thinking about picture books, I seem to notice them more in reviews and bookstores, so I've tried to find some of the ones I hear about.</p>
<p>My other reading gap is graphic novels. I'm going by librarian recommendations on this one since I feel like I know nothing about them. Last week I read and enjoyed <em>Mercury </em>by Hope Larson. I'll read any by Raina Telgemeier. If you know graphic novels I should read, let me know!</p>
<p>Happy reading!</p>
<p>Current Books:<em> Hokey Pokey</em> by Jerry Spinelli <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking</em> by Erin Dionne</p></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:24:24 -0500</pubDate>
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