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Current Read: Overcoming Dyslexia
While attending a reading professional development session this week, this book, Overcoming Dyslexia: A new and complete science-based program for reading problems at any level, by Sally Shaywitz, MD was suggested. I checked it out today and have started it already. Should be a quick and interesting read.
From Publishers Weekly
Yale neuroscientist Shaywitz demystifies [...]
Current Read: A Mercy
Today’s new audio book to read while working in the yard and working out is A Mercy by Toni Morrison.
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Nobel laureate Morrison returns more explicitly to the net of pain cast by slavery, a theme she detailed so memorably in Beloved. Set at the close of the 17th century, the [...]
Current Reads: 06/21/09
School gets out tomorrow so I’m going to be able to do lots of reading.. wooohooo!! I picked up this book, A Snug Life Somewhere, by Jan Shapin at the library because it caught my eye since she’s a RI Author.
A Snug Life Somewhere is about Penny Joe Copper, daughter of a roustabout shingle weaver, [...]
May: Books Read
I didn’t get to read as much during the month as I did during April because there was no school vacation and I had lots of paperwork to do for work. Also, I spent time sewing for our Rendezvous.
While I started a few books during May, I’ve yet to finish them so they’ll be listed [...]
Current Read: The Host
My new audio book is The Host by Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight Series. I’m just about to start it and I’m not sure if I’ll be as hooked as I was on Twilight but we’ll see. I have lots of yard work ahead of me and audio books fit the bill.
The Host (from [...]




