Archive for October, 2006

Goodbye Lemon

Friday, October 13th, 2006

I recently recieved a copy of Adam Levin’s touching family dramedy Goodbye Lemon. It tells a story of a family destroyed by the drowning of its 6-year-old son, Dexter. The real reason behind this is that the patriarch of the family, Dexter’s father, was drunk when he and Dexter went out on the boat that [...]

Joust

Monday, October 9th, 2006

Well, I’m Ben Goldstein, Springfield Senior and huge reader. And today, I’m here to talk about one of my favorite books, Joust by Mercedes Lackey. It’s a very good work of fantasy fiction. Yes, I said fantasy, but this one doesn’t have many swords or much sorcery. What they do have a lot of is [...]

The Beatrice Letters

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

No matter how much others beg me to quit reading them, I can’t. Just because I have progressed in grade level and the reading level of these books has not, does not mean I should not read them. I love the Lemony Snicket books (A Series of Unfortunate Events, or ASOUE as an acronym). Filled [...]

Springfield READS! under “new management”

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

Hi! My name is Martin Greenberg. I’m in the 8th grade at SHS. I have become one of the contributors to this blog, so I thought I should introduce myself (and so did Mrs. Valenza). I read about 5-15 books a month, so when I read a new book, I’ll post something about it. It [...]