My Current Books and Movies List

A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama---This book just won a CYBIL award, which is this award for children's literature that was created by all these bloggers. I'm liking it so far. I predict I'll finish it before Sunday.

The Battle of Jericho--I'm not really into this one. I might skim read it, just to find out what happens to these teenagers, but I'm not hooked.

Silent Thunder--non-fiction about elephants. I'll finish this one. It's a captivating read about everything elephant: communication, social structures, ecology, etc. etc.

Dear Mem Fox, I Have Read All Your Books, Even the Pathetic Ones--I was expecting a book similar to Radical Reflections, which I really loved, but this is more like a memoir, with lots and lots of stories about her personal life. It's too early to say if I'll finish it. Maybe.

To Remain An Indian: Lessons in Democracy from a Century of Native American Education-- well, I'll finish this, cuz it's for this professor book club that I agreed to be part of, but I don't think I'll enjoy it much. It's quite depressing. I might learn something useful, though. We'll see.

God Laughs & Plays--I bought this out of pure loyalty to David James Duncan. It's not his best work, and that's being kind. I'll finish it, though, cuz I really am a DJD groupie.

Teacher Man--I'm listening to this teaching memoir on DVD. I'm enjoying the performance so far.

United 93---I might watch this one tonight, to get the blasted hours to disappear already. I am so anxious to get into my new classroom tomorrow--it's like fifty Christmas Eve's all smashed together right now.

The Fallen--this is an escapist mystery book, which I will certainly finish, maybe even tonight. The main cop character has this interesting, but believable ability--a kind of sythesisia that makes him see people talk in colorful shapes that tell their emotions and whether or not they're telling lies.


Five people were shot and killed last night at Trolley Square. The shooter was a Bosnian immigrant teenager that lived near our home, here in Rose Park. I don't know what a blog equivalent of a moment of silence might be, but here's mine:







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