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Book Reviews
I would love to hear from students, staff, and parents about their
favorite book/author. Tell us what book you read, why you liked it
and if you would reccommend. I will check this discussion board
daily and look forward to hearing from you all. Have a great day!
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Sarah,
Thanks for the review. I read an article about this guy and the
book but I have not yet read it. Ms Jackson told me she has read it
(upon your reccommendation) so I am going to borrow the book from
her and read it soon. Thanks so much for posting your review on my
library website. Mrs Davis :-)
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The Last Lecture is a must read. It's a book written by a college professer that was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He's dead now, but before he passed he wrote a book for his kids because they're too young to remember him when when they get older. Also, he wanted to give a message to the world about not giving up no matter what. It's a tear-jerkingly beautiful book...READ IT!!! |
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The Last Lecture! This book is a real tear-jerker, but it has some great morals. It was written by a college professor that was diagnosed with terminal cancer and wanted to write a book so his kids could read it when they were old enough to understand. The amazing thing about this book is the guy is on his death bed and he is so full of life! You must read this book.^^ |
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Nancy, Do you mean "A Child Called It" by Dave Pelzer? If not who
is the author of "The Boy Called It?" Thanks for your book review,
I really appreciate input from students and will purchase books
that students recommend.
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I already read this book so far i like ... the boy called it
4 hour read. was very interesting. |
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Thanks for the review Jessi. You're right I do not have that book
at CHS, but now you have me interested so I'll have to look into
it. Have a great day and thanks for posting a book review on our
school library site.
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Probably on of the best books I have read in a long time was a book called "What is Your Dangerous Idea? Edited by John Brockman." It was recomended to me by a good friend a few weeks ago and when I started it I couldn't put it down. The book is a collection of ideas from leading thinkers around the world. Each person's occupation is described and then they give a breif but through description on a idea of theres that could seriously change the world.
I have not found this book at Columbia High Schools library (but i have to admit I did not look very carefully at all), but I ordered it from White Salmon Library. I think that anyone who wants a book to read a little of at a time but not just some quick fiction book should read "Whats you Dangerous Idea?", you never know you could have the same idea as a Harvard professor. |
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Thanks for a great book review Mr. Knowles. We do have the Runaway
Jury in our circulation system, someone must have taken ithe book
without checking it out properly as it is currently missing. I will
try to get another copy asap.
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The best book I read this summer was The Runaway Jury, by John Grisham. I've read a number of his books (usually during the summers, when I'm looking for plots that move quickly and I don't have to think too much to enjoy the book) and this is probably among the top 2 or 3. (The Testament and The Client are my two other Grisham favorites).
What I liked about the Runaway Jury is that it revolves around a fairly complicated plot, that Grisham unfolds as the story goes on. For the first 20 pages or so, it's hard to tell where he's headed. Then you start to see who the main characters are going to be, and what motivates them. And the end comes with a bit of a twist that I didn't see coming. Also, I always like the way Grisham deals with the world of lawyers and court cases and all, but this, dealing with that theme from a jury's perspective, was a nice break from the usual.
I would recommend this book to just about anyone. (Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we have it in the school library, though it is available from the White Salmon library.) |
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