I'm part of a Summer Reading Challenge where I earn books just by reading books by LDS authors. This challenge goes for the whole month of July.
I plan on reading the following:
1. Behold the Man (Gerald N. Lund)
2. I Walked to Zion (Susan Madsen)
3. I Sailed to Zion (Susan Madsen)
4. Growing Up in Zion (Susan Madsen)
And possibly more . . .
If you want to play go to the link below to find out more.
http://bit.ly/UGOyvh
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Read any good books lately??
Want to know what I do when I've got a lot of free time on my hands????I read a lot of books.
Here is my list of books that I have read in the past couple of months:
1. Eragon: by Christopher Paolini
2. Eldest: by Christopher Paolini
3. Uncle Tom's Cabin: by Harriet Beecher Stowe
4. Roots : by Alex Haley
5. The Chronicles of Narnia Series: by C.S. Lewis
-The Magician's Nephew
-The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
-The Horse and His Boy
-Prince Caspian
-The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
-The Silver Chair
-The Last Battle
When I was younger I didn't read a lot of science fiction and fantasy books, so it's kind of comical that most of the books I've been reading lately are of that category.
A couple of the 4th graders I was working with last year were reading Eragon and told me to look into it. I was also more curious about it when they told me that it was written by a 15 year old boy. After watching the movie I decided I wanted to read the book and see what the story was really all about. I didn't know if I would really like the book, but when I got into it I really enjoyed it. At the time I was reading the first two books, I didn't know that Christopher Paolini now has a third book in that series. I will have to look into it.
I've had a copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin since I was in high school, but I had never picked it up to read it. You would think that with me having minored in history this is one book that I would have read at least once. (You would be amazed at how many "classics" I have never read) It was a little different than I expected, but a fairly quick read and I enjoyed it.
I read Roots when I was in 9th grade and had a hard time really getting into it and understanding what everything was about. It's a story that follows the life and generations of a slave family from a birth in Africa in 1750 to the story of the author 7 generations later. I still had a hard time getting into and getting through the 700+ pages of this book. I had also forgotten how detailed and gory it gets about certain aspects. (It was "life" for them, but it also made the book extremely hard to get through).
The Chronicles of Narnia have been fun. This is another one where I have seen the movies many times, but have never read the books. When we were little my mom would rewarded with a copy of the movie if we finished the book before we watched it. (And I still think it's funner to use your imagination and picture what the characters and the places look like before the movies put it into your head for you) I guess I do it the other way around now. It's intriguing to see how they chose to portray a book on screen.If any of you have any book suggestions for me I would appreciate them.
Yes, I have quite a few in my own room that I haven't read, but I still love suggestions from people.
Here is my list of books that I have read in the past couple of months:
1. Eragon: by Christopher Paolini
2. Eldest: by Christopher Paolini
3. Uncle Tom's Cabin: by Harriet Beecher Stowe
4. Roots : by Alex Haley
5. The Chronicles of Narnia Series: by C.S. Lewis
-The Magician's Nephew
-The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
-The Horse and His Boy
-Prince Caspian
-The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
-The Silver Chair
-The Last Battle
When I was younger I didn't read a lot of science fiction and fantasy books, so it's kind of comical that most of the books I've been reading lately are of that category.
A couple of the 4th graders I was working with last year were reading Eragon and told me to look into it. I was also more curious about it when they told me that it was written by a 15 year old boy. After watching the movie I decided I wanted to read the book and see what the story was really all about. I didn't know if I would really like the book, but when I got into it I really enjoyed it. At the time I was reading the first two books, I didn't know that Christopher Paolini now has a third book in that series. I will have to look into it.
I've had a copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin since I was in high school, but I had never picked it up to read it. You would think that with me having minored in history this is one book that I would have read at least once. (You would be amazed at how many "classics" I have never read) It was a little different than I expected, but a fairly quick read and I enjoyed it.
I read Roots when I was in 9th grade and had a hard time really getting into it and understanding what everything was about. It's a story that follows the life and generations of a slave family from a birth in Africa in 1750 to the story of the author 7 generations later. I still had a hard time getting into and getting through the 700+ pages of this book. I had also forgotten how detailed and gory it gets about certain aspects. (It was "life" for them, but it also made the book extremely hard to get through).
The Chronicles of Narnia have been fun. This is another one where I have seen the movies many times, but have never read the books. When we were little my mom would rewarded with a copy of the movie if we finished the book before we watched it. (And I still think it's funner to use your imagination and picture what the characters and the places look like before the movies put it into your head for you) I guess I do it the other way around now. It's intriguing to see how they chose to portray a book on screen.If any of you have any book suggestions for me I would appreciate them.
Yes, I have quite a few in my own room that I haven't read, but I still love suggestions from people.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Disney Shout-Out to my Co-workers
Some of my fellow co-workers and I have had a lot of fun quoting funny Disney movie lines to each other. I love it because it gives me something to laugh about at work.
This week my co-workers have recommended that I write a blog about them, so I combined our Disney movie quotes with a post about them. I tried to find 1 or two quotes that fit the personality of each of my co-workers. So here it goes:
This week my co-workers have recommended that I write a blog about them, so I combined our Disney movie quotes with a post about them. I tried to find 1 or two quotes that fit the personality of each of my co-workers. So here it goes:
-Bonnie: * "Will you get your head out of the clouds and back in the water where it belongs" -Little Mermaid * "The word I'm searching for I can't say because there's preschool toys present" -Toy Story *"Find a happy place! Find a happy place! -Nemo
-Amy * "What do you want me to do, dress in drag and do the hula?" -Lion King * "I'm a damsel. I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day" -Hercules
-Sammy * "When it comes to brains, I got the lions share, but when it comes to brute strength, I'm afraid I'm at the shallow end of the gene pool" -Lion King * "Even miracles take a little time" -Cinderella
-Hannah: * "Oh it's not the first time I was tossed out of a window, and it won't be the last. What can I say? I'm a rebel" -Emperor's New Groove *Play nice with the other kid unless the other kid wants to fight" -Aladin
-Sarah: *"What do you do when things go wrong? Oh! You sing a song" -Snow White * "Ooh I love this song" -Lilo and Stitch
-Tony: "Look for the bare necessities" -Jungle Book * "Do you know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France? A Royale' with cheese." -Aristocats
-Landon: "I'll be back" -Peter Pan
Thanks co-workers for some fun times looking up Disney quotes and for some fun times at work!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Hi Friends
Hi friends!!!!!
I had a lot of friends and family members encouraging me to start a blog, so I decided to jump on with all you crazy people and finally start one of my own.
I decided to name it "Coming to You From the Cave" for a couple of reasons:
First my dad calls my bedroom the cave. I don't know where he came up with that name for it, but that is what he calls it.
Second the people at work have labeled our little office the cave. It's a tiny little office probably no bigger than the size of my kitchen. It has 7 computers with big computer charis and a big long work table. When you get 7 of us in there working (which lately has been every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon) it gets really squished. It is also surround by four walls without out any windows. The maintenance people have never figured out the heat/air in the office so it always seems like it is really hot or really cold.
The other day my co-worker had a headache and wanted the lights off while we worked. I joked with her that it really felt like a cave because it was cold, dark, and claustrophobic. We had a good laugh over that one.
Anyways, this should be fun and I'll see how it goes!!!
I had a lot of friends and family members encouraging me to start a blog, so I decided to jump on with all you crazy people and finally start one of my own.
I decided to name it "Coming to You From the Cave" for a couple of reasons:
First my dad calls my bedroom the cave. I don't know where he came up with that name for it, but that is what he calls it.
Second the people at work have labeled our little office the cave. It's a tiny little office probably no bigger than the size of my kitchen. It has 7 computers with big computer charis and a big long work table. When you get 7 of us in there working (which lately has been every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon) it gets really squished. It is also surround by four walls without out any windows. The maintenance people have never figured out the heat/air in the office so it always seems like it is really hot or really cold.
The other day my co-worker had a headache and wanted the lights off while we worked. I joked with her that it really felt like a cave because it was cold, dark, and claustrophobic. We had a good laugh over that one.
Anyways, this should be fun and I'll see how it goes!!!
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