Heaven

Ah... I've just been to a little slice of heaven that I like to call The Scholastic Warehouse Sale. Fortunately for me, I went with only 40 minutes until closing. I just couldn't stop getting books. I easily bought twice as many as I need to cover the Christmas gifts on my list. I justified it by saying that they are for my classroom. My job share partner is going to be forced to bail on me some day soon and I'd better get some books.

Also on this very day I got a fat package of books that I had ordered from Abby's book order at school. What a beautiful day.

I bought several books that I had previously read on loan- The Lightning Thief, So B. It, Peter and the Star Catchers, but I also found some that I hadn't read, Olivia Helps with Christmas, Olive My Love (I believe that would be Olive from Olive the Other Reindeer), and Today I Will Fly (by Mo Willems, the Pigeon guy). I bought one book that is really just for me, Bound, by Donna Jo Napoli. If it turns out to be appropriate I'll put it in my classroom. It's about a Chinese girl in a VERY traditional family. It's historical fiction, which I love.

While I'm on the subject of books.... If you like science fiction/adventure, and you also like books that don't take a lot of effort, JD would like to recommend James Patterson's Maximum Ride trilogy. It's about kids who were experimented on so that they became human/avian hybrids and now they've escaped the lab and are on the run. We've both read the first two books in the trilogy.

And! Good news! Inkdeath, the final- or it at least it darn well better be- installment of Cornelia Funke's Inkheart trilogy is already out! Of course, it's in German. The English versions won't be out until next year, but hey, next year is only weeks away.

I love books. Have I mentioned that before?