Posts by nancy926

Another Burlington-area mom here - we are homeschooling 2 kids this fall (almost 8, and just turned 5) & live about 25 min north of B-town - but we're always down that way & would love to meet up. There is also a Vermont...

When I was trying to keep a portfolio I would write up a weekly summary of activities, discussions, crafts, etc. in Word. I also took photos and put aside writing samples and art projects. The plan was to submit the weekly summary, some...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot -- From Goodreads: "Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her...

Hunger, by Michael Grant - This is the sequel to Gone, set in a California town in which everyone over the age of 14 disappears one afternoon. In the sequel, food is scarce, and there's something evil underground trying to come alive....

Hi all! It has been months and months since I was on a Book Challenge thread! But I'm trying to get back into reading... so here are my May books. Gone - Michael Grant One day in a town in California, everyone over the age of 14...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bufomander And I just finished the sequel to the Hunger Games #108 Chasing Fire by Suzanne Collins DH and I have both devoured this. too bad about needing to wait for the final one in the...

Hoping to get back on here in 2010...I spent much of 2009 writing, editing and self publishing my first novel....not sure if I am allowed to "market" in these messages though! :-) I've also read some other good stuff this...

I'm not on these boards much anymore, but we live in Fairfax, Franklin Co, between Burlington & St. Albans.

Prep is not a YA book, but it's about young adults. It wasn't marketed as YA, anyway. I remember liking it, and I think it's still around somewhere so I might even re-read it. I'm not reading anything right now, which is really strange...

Wow y'all are reading like gangbusters. I loved Middlesex. Great book. #3: American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld I remember when Prep came out and I didn't want to like it. The author was 15 when she wrote it? She's a girl and her...