oh, I was a busy reader this past week…

“the lieography of babe ruth” by katz – wonderful, creative story based on the life of babe ruth – a great baseball player – I’ve never heard of a lieography – so the whole concept – take a guy’s life and run with your imagination – and run with it, the author did – again, great, great idea that we’ll use some in the classroom this fall

“game changer” by cousins – former Michigan state quarterback – current redskins back up to RGIII – great biography – although, not so much a story of his life as much as encouragement for living – the game changer for cousins is Christ – He’s the one who makes everything you do take on meaning and purpose – the book didn’t fit the classic YA tale of the heroic lone ranger we should all live like – at his grand old age of like 24 – cousins book was different – and that was good – highly recommended for my middle school guys (they know who they are:)

“the wayward gifted” two authors collaborated on this one – a story about two gifted kids – highly verbally academically advanced gifted kids – who have a psycho mother – at least for now (I mean, this is book one so who knows what will happen to the mother:) in this book, the kids work to solve a mystery – and they do so in their inquisitive, humorous way – classic storytelling – great read

“the secretary” – got from Pelham library – BBC TV person wrote about Hillary Clinton’s time as Secretary of State – great book – great not b/c Clinton is just super-awesome and so we must bow and worship – I feel like I always have to say that or someone thinks I’m playing politics – it was a great read b/c the author is not from America – she grew up hating the US for what it did to her country – so the book is about the author coming to terms with the US – as we come to terms with our foreign policy roles – really, really enjoyed this book – best book I’ve read in a long time

and finally…

“Cheetah can’t lose” – this book was awesome!!! It’s about a cheetah that wins at every race – and two kittens that try to sabotage the cheetah – the cheetah (spoiler alert) still wins – which proves that speed conquers all – it was an inspiring book that made me realize my life is worthless unless I’m No. 1 🙂

hope to see ya’ll out on the roadways of Columbiana this week in the midmorning – great time for some Boston prep…

maf