yes, one week until your gifted final (oh, yes, the final is gifted…) – so last set of journals this week – try not to cry as you type…

“Lincoln, Inc.” – book about how Honest Abe has been marketed, used, through the years – fits nicely with a poll i saw this week that has Lincoln ahead of Christ as “most favorable opinion” in wisconsin – people do love lincoln – at least, what they make of him – the book was mysteriously labeled under YA so i thought i might get it on the BOB list – but it’s a bit too dry for you guys…

“Graceling” – finished while i was stuck for 2 hours on the road to atl in traffic – decent read – not fired up to read “Fire” or the one that will follow – pretty obvious that the author wanted a strong female lead and cast for the story – which is fine – not sure how believable or entertaining the whole thing was – nice image of a king with a knife in his throat at the end – of course, he’s supposed to abuse kids so it’s okay…

“inside out and back again” – definitely should be a BOB next year in my opinion – saw that it won an award and picked it up this week from the public library – free verse read so it’s like “out of the dust” – good story about fitting into a different culture – moreover, about how to find your place in your family – and at a school – the tie-in to alabama made it extra cool

okay, time to post and get ready to help photographers for the championship game…

mafeld