Arm Chair BEA: What Genre did We Miss?



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Arm Chair BEA: What Genre did We Miss?

Well, I think all major genres were covered.  I guess, I would look more to the sub-genres to answer this question.  For example, say the dystopian sub-genre or should I say phenomenon, which is an offshoot of the science fiction genre.  I am currently teaching one of the earliest well known YA dystopian titles:  The Giver by Lois Lowry, and because of the new interest in dystopian worlds my job has been so much easier.  My personal favorite from this sub-genre is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. 

What is your favorite Dystopian novel?  Let us know here at The Things You Can Read!

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Arm Chair BEA: From Picture Books to Young Adult

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I love children's picture books.  I actually spend more money buying physical picture books then I do adult fiction/non-fiction.  I am the mother of three children who are all under three and I love to share picture books with them.  I also use them to teach English to middle school aged children.  Picture books used in middle school, you say questioningly, yes I say!  Check out this great lesson using a wonderful picture book entitled The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, which was also turned into an Academy Award winning short film.  Check out our previous post about The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.  Click HERE to view the lesson, which I used with The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.






The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
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Here is the short film that won the 2011 Academy Award for Animated Short...After viewing make sure you go get the book, because everyone knows the book is always better!

 

 

What is your favorite picture book?  Let us know here at The Thing You Can Read!

 

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Armchair BEA: So, You Want to Read Non-Fiction?

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I did not always love non-fiction.  My relationship with non-fiction changed after reading two books:  Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt and The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.  Simply said, I found these book to be written like fiction and loved them.  Once I realized that not all non-fiction is written in the voice of a  "Text Book" I found myself loving the right non-fiction selection.

 

 

 

 

 

Currently, I am reading:

 

 

Just finished:

 

What are your favorite non-fiction reads?  What non-fiction book are you currently reading?  Let us know here at The Things You Can Read!
 

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Arm Chair BEA Day 2 and 3

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Unfortunately, I am behind the eight ball in keeping-up with the daily posts for Arm Chair BEA,  Procrastination is not a good quality.  To make amends, I am posting Two-In-One.   The question for Wednesday, May 29, 2013 was:

What draws you to a specific genre?  Recommend your favorite genres and/or books.

Let me start by saying I love to read.  As a child old movies and books were my two best friends.  I filled countless hours of my childhood reading and watching old movies.  I read everything fictional I could get my hands on.  I read even when I should have been listening in math or music appreciation class.  The only phone call my mother ever received from school during my entire journey through public education was one where the teacher called to tell her I had to stop reading during my core classes.  Back then, I made wider selections in my genre choices, but as an adult, I prefer classics, literary fiction and an occasional nonfiction selection.  As a mature reader, I have to make myself expand my reading choices.  I usually do this with Audible Books.

Since I am more a literary fiction reader I will make the following five recommendations:

The Question for Thursday, May 30, 2013 is:

Which works of literary fiction have changed your life?

Life Changing Books:

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

GoneWith the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Happy Reading and Happy Blogoversary to

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