The Fireside Book Chat

The Fireside Book Chat


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Stories of Horror - a book review by Carrie
September 12, 2010

A Ghost Story Mark Twain In A Ghost Story, the man goes to bed, and then something begins to tug his blanket off of him. He gets into a tug-of-war battle and then after he wins, he tries telling himself that it was all a dream. He then meets a ghost aft

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul by J. Canfield, M. Hansen, & K. Kirberger - a review by Nikki
September 10, 2010

Canfield, Jack, Mark Hansen, and Kimberly Kirberger. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff: Stories of Tough Times and Lessons Learned.    Deerfield Beach: Florida, 2001. This book was a collection of short stories and poems written by peo

Anything but Normal - a book review by Brenee’
September 07, 2010

Anything but Normal - Annotated Bibliography Anything but Normal is the story of Sophie Ramsay. Sophie is a senior in high school and represents the "good girl" identity. She is the newly appointed editor in chief of the school newspaper and remains on th

Gears of War: Aspho Fields by Karen Traviss - a book review by Lucas
September 02, 2010

Traviss, Karen. Gears of War: Aspho Fields. New York: Del Rey-Ballantine Book, 2008. Print. Gears of War: Aspho Fields follows Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago, long time friends and squad mates. The story takes place on a planet similar to Earth calle

The Androids Are Coming by Isaac Asimov - a book review by Jeremy
September 01, 2010

The Androids Are Coming, is a book composed of seven science fiction stories. The authors of this book are Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, Avram Davidson, Philip K. Dick, J.T.McIntosh, Clifford D. Simak, E.C. Tubb. These authors share the creativity in creat

Angel’s Choice by Lauren Logsted-Bartz - a book review Brandi
August 31, 2010

Logsted-Bartz, Lauren. "Angel's Choice." Chicago. 2006. 20 May 2010. This book is about a girl named Angel Hansen. She was a good girl that got good grades and had a lot of friends. One night she goes to a party  and sees the guy she likes flirting with

Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul by Jack Canfield - a book review by Kelly
August 30, 2010

Canfield, Jack. Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Women. Deerfield Beach, Fla.: Health Communications, 1996. Print. Throughout the book, there were many different types of short stories and not

No One Belongs Here More Than You: a Collection of Short Stories by July - a book review by Hunter
August 26, 2010

July, Miranda. "No One Belongs Here More Than You: a Collection of Short Stories." Scribner, 2007. New York, New York. "Something That Needs Nothing" was the most heartbreaking short story I have ever read. It is about two best friends. One is the narrat

Glass by Ellen Hopkins - a book review by Monica
August 20, 2010

Hopkins, Ellen. Glass. New York: Simon 8 Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2007. 679. Print. The fiction book Glass by Ellen Hopkins, is about a girl named Kristina who is hooked on the drug “Crank”(ice, meth, ”the monster“). Though out th

Great Ghost Stories by John Grafton - a book review by Sam
August 18, 2010

Grafton, John. Great Ghost Stories. New York: Dover Publications, INC. 1992. Print. John Grafton edited Great Ghost Stories as a way to take some classic ghost stories from England  and America between 1864 and 1912.  He edited these ghost stories