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litlover

litlover

I teach at a large high school in New Jersey: freshman English, HSPA preparation, AP English Literature and Film Studies. I am passionate about reading and infusing a love of literature into the lives of my students.
  • NJ, USA
  • member since July 3 2007

litlover’s last login was Saturday, September 26 2009.

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  • Mrs. R.

    Mrs. R. says

    I know you love Hamlet - did you see that an author named John Marsden did a prose version of it? It was just published in August. I really want to read it!

    posted 4 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Sandra C.

    Sandra C. says

    Hi! Have you gone back to school? We just returned this week. I've finally been able to get my students to join shelfari...thanks to you! I think they're having fun revisiting childhood favorites. Hope you are doing well.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Sandra C.

    Sandra C. says

    Hey Litlover! Hope you are doing well. I've been thinking of you.
    What are you reading these days? My book club finished The Story of Edgar Sawtelle and we are now discussing Three Cups of Tea...Hope to hear from you :)

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Sandra C.

    Sandra C. says

    I finally finished Middlesex. I had such sympathy for Cal by the end. I enjoyed it...not my usual read, but it was pretty good. Do you have any students who have read this? Also, I'd like to return the book to you. Send it? Meet up? Let me know what's good.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Sandra C.

    Sandra C. says

    I'm still enjoying Middlesex. I like the way the story is told...different from others. I feel like when the narrator is giving details about an event, and stops the reader and inserts some kind of commentary. It's like an aside for prose. Is there a literary "term" for this kind of writing?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Sandra C.

    Sandra C. says

    Hole in my Life is the book that hooked me on Gantos. If I have a boy that needs a book with an "edge" I always hand that one to him. I know they read it as a lit.circle book in 9th grade, but I still give it to my senior students who haven't read it.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Sandra C.

    Sandra C. says

    Wow! Litlover, you now have all those Lois Duncan books you can add!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Sandra C.

    Sandra C. says

    Hi! I'm still reading Middlesex! I have to add the title to my shelf. What are you reading now?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • dawnb

    dawnb says

    Hi. I am also an AP listserve member and just requested you as a friend. Come by and check out my shelf, still under construction!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )