tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24026390559913256802011-07-07T19:53:06.436-07:00HCHS students: Email Mrs. Smits a book review to add to this blog.Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570490922641855409noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402639055991325680.post-30567619649368232392009-10-15T18:11:00.000-07:002009-10-15T18:42:58.678-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SX5boTyRMF4/StfIusy9zGI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/_eIJ4Mvug8s/s1600-h/Jacket.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 80px; height: 113px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SX5boTyRMF4/StfIusy9zGI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/_eIJ4Mvug8s/s320/Jacket.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392999783423921250" border="0" /></a><br />The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family. Inspirational read especially when combined with watching Prof. Pausch deliver <span style="font-style: italic;">The Last Lecture</span> at Carnegie Mellon University on <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/uls/journeys/randy-pausch/index.html">YouTube. <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></a><br />(lsmits)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2402639055991325680-3056761964936823239?l=hcbookblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570490922641855409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402639055991325680.post-90906861929740667152009-10-15T18:04:00.000-07:002009-10-15T18:42:09.091-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SX5boTyRMF4/StfHxdk6AyI/AAAAAAAAAEI/N9WGZzKq-pE/s1600-h/Jacket.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 78px; height: 120px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SX5boTyRMF4/StfHxdk6AyI/AAAAAAAAAEI/N9WGZzKq-pE/s320/Jacket.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392998731366400802" border="0" /></a><br />Following her grandmother's footsteps to fight for social justice, Harriet Sherwood lands herself in jail, and while she is in a cell, she sifts through the memories of the three generations of women who have preceded her. Austin offers her readers insights into the the Women's Temperance Movement and Women's rights. Although she writes for adults, teens will enjoy her books. (lsmits)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2402639055991325680-9090686192974066715?l=hcbookblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570490922641855409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402639055991325680.post-62164645360285794472009-10-15T17:12:00.000-07:002009-10-15T18:43:12.392-07:00This wa<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SX5boTyRMF4/StfErZa-A_I/AAAAAAAAAEA/MBTzE1078qA/s1600-h/Jacket.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 80px; height: 94px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SX5boTyRMF4/StfErZa-A_I/AAAAAAAAAEA/MBTzE1078qA/s320/Jacket.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392995328636879858" border="0" /></a>s the first book that the HC Book Club read and discussed. In 1946, writer Juliet Ashton finds inspiration for her next book in her correspondence with a native of Guernsey, who tells her about the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a book club born as an alibi during German occupation. Historical fiction with humor and great character development. The entire book is a series of letters and notes written by the characters. (lsmits)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2402639055991325680-6216464536028579447?l=hcbookblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570490922641855409noreply@blogger.com2