not really but I really like her anyway.

posted by PiperN.Penn at 6:54 pm (EST) on Jul 12, 2008

I Love Your picture!

posted by PiperN.Penn at 1:26 am (EST) on Jul 10, 2008

Hi
Glad you like the historicalfiction.org site. Another library thing member (Nellista -- Amanda) recommended this to me.

posted by Whisper1 at 1:08 am (EST) on Jul 6, 2008

I love the Artemis Fowl series, and I read one of the authors other books.
It's called half-moon investigations, it's ok but not quite as good as Artemis Fowl.

posted by PiperN.Penn at 4:36 am (EST) on Jul 4, 2008

The link wasnt on amazon silly. Its on stephenie meyer's website. Just go through the messages around May/June on the home page and it should say it somewhere. But you could walk into Borders and pick up the special edition of Eclipse. At the back of the book is the first chapter of Breaking Dawn. Then find somewhere comfy to sit in the store and read it (trust me its worth it). U dont hav to buy the book.

28 days til Breaking Dawn!!!!!!!!!

posted by Bella_Swan at 2:59 am (EST) on Jul 4, 2008

Dear Miss..chievous, Hope you'll like Warrior Heir. Wizard Heir just came out in paperback, and the third book in the series releases August 12.

Looks like we share a lot of favorite authors!

Cinda Williams Chima
www.cindachima.com
The Dragon Heir - Coming August 12

posted by weirweaver at 5:34 pm (EST) on Jun 4, 2008

OMG! Have u been to stephenie meyers website? Well today they brought out the front cover of Breaking Dawn and there is a link to a website whcih has the first few pages of the book! Go check it out now!

posted by Bella_Swan at 2:40 am (EST) on Jun 1, 2008

Wow! I would've never imagined that football is big in Hawaii! I know there's Hula Bowl (I think that's what it's called) and that there's some kind of all-star challenge there, but I hadn't imagined that football would be big. Surfing, yes.

Sports in Pennsylvania...hmmm.. everything is pretty big here. Football, baseball, ice hockey, basketball on the professional levels. In high school and colleges would be those plus Crew or Regatta's (Rowing, whatever you'd like to call it), Lacrosse, Rugby. Track is also very popular. Field hockey is also pretty popular. In winter we have TONS of skiing/snowboarding resorts. (No surfing here, though.) :(

I think my parents spent some time on Kauai when they were there on their honeymoon over 20 years ago. I've seen pictures from O'ahu from when they went and again when my aunt went.

What's popular there right now music/movie/book-wise? Here music that's popular is pretty much everything. We listen to all kinds of music from country to rap to alternative and emo. We get a lot of concerts that come through because Bethlehem hosts Musikfest in August, Allentown has Mayfair in May (obviously) and then in September/October Bethlehem also has Celtic Classic. Big bands right now would be Coheed and Cambria, Linkin Park, Plain White T's, 45 Seconds to Mars and that kind of group.

Movies, again, everything really. I saw the new Indiana Jones movie and before that 21 (with Kevin Spacey). We have more movie theatres than you can probably imagine. There are 3 in Bethlehem and even more in Allentown and Easton.

Books that are big, other than Harry Potter are the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer, Grey Griffins Series by Derek Benz, Philippa Gregory's books (the Other Boleyn Girl, etc.) and Libba Bray (Great & Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, Sweet Far Thing).

posted by JoleneConnelly at 5:24 pm (EST) on May 28, 2008

Neat! I'd love for it to rain all night and be sunny during the day. Although, the temperature "getting down to 70" wouldn't make me happy. I think I'll stick to the weather in Ireland...rainy and cool. They pull out the tank tops and short when it gets "up to 70." LOL

I highly enjoyed the Historian, except for the end. I wanted things to turn out differently. I enjoyed and also hated the fact that I would be really into either the girl's or father's story and then they'd switch them on me. Sometimes it was like ooooo...I need to hurry through this to find out what's happening with so and so. But then other times I was annoyed because it was just getting good... Overall, I highly enjoyed it.

I live in a rather busy hub of an area. The entire valley that I live in is well inhabited, we have a few malls in the area and 3 Barnes and Nobles & a Borders. It's kinda crazy, actually. But I work in the sticks. I don't know that I would want to live quite that far away from things. Which island are you on? (What's it called?) I really love the names of the Hawaiian Islands and the places there. It's a beautiful language.

posted by JoleneConnelly at 9:35 pm (EST) on May 27, 2008

Oh, The Historian is a great book!

Currently I have a jazz band at the high school and I teach instrumental music at the "elementary" school to 5th & 6th grade students (2nd & 3rd year players) plus some beginning double reed players. Next year I have a group guitar class at the high school. My husband teaches choir at the same HS I do. I've done a little bit of everything over the years.

Are you enjoying guitar and singing?

Pennsylvania is pretty moderate. We get all of the season (although, Spring in kinda skimpy, but that's alright because I don't really like spring.) Lately, it's been rather rainy (which I LOVE). We range in temperature from freezing (and under) to hot and humid 90s (plus). It's nice, summer get a little too hot because of the humidity, fall is nice because you can get away with short sleeves during the day and a light jacket at night, winter is cold and spring is usually rainy and bother my allergies.

I've never been to Hawaii but have been dying to visit. What's it like there?

posted by JoleneConnelly at 7:27 pm (EST) on May 26, 2008

Thank you very much! I appreciate the comment. I grew up wanting to be a lawyer and cultivated the art of the argument for quite some time. Somehow, I ended up being a teacher instead.

I currently have The Other Boleyn Girl and was about to start it but then found out I'm getting an ER copy of Hallam's War and in an effort to give that book the brunt of my historical novel attention I put off The Other Boleyn Girl until I get Hallam's War and finish reading it. (Although, I've been rethinking that because I don't really like the book I'm working on at the moment, The Black Book of Secrets by F.E. Higgins, but it's still early.)

I loved The Host! It is VERY different from The Twilight Saga. It took me a while to become as attached to the characters as I became attached to those of Twilight. Once I was attached though I couldn't put the book down. The beginning is interesting because it sets the scene for what happens but around Chapter 20 it REALLY picks up. By the end my heart ached just as much for those characters as they did for Bella and Edward in New Moon. It's a much different read than Twilight and the story reminds me of The Giver by Lois Lowry or Brave New World by Aldous Huxley--I recommend both of those books very highly, also.

You'll have to let me know what you decide. There is a group dedicated to The Host, fyi. Enjoy!

posted by JoleneConnelly at 5:02 pm (EST) on May 25, 2008

I like your music, and decided to put some on my profile too, not the same sort of music though... enya, thousand foot krutch, and country music...

posted by PiperN.Penn at 4:30 am (EST) on May 25, 2008

very, very good... we lost.
and my coach is still not trying to get rid of me... even though i'm still too messed up from the cold I got to be of any use.

posted by PiperN.Penn at 4:07 am (EST) on May 25, 2008

hey,
you have to read The Little Prince, it's really good.

posted by PiperN.Penn at 3:27 pm (EST) on May 19, 2008

Breaking Dawn comes out in 80 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!

posted by Bella_Swan at 4:57 am (EST) on May 13, 2008

Its feels great that i hav educated someone in the way of the Edward. From today there r 103 days until Breaking Dawn the forth book comes out!

posted by Bella_Swan at 3:34 am (EST) on Apr 20, 2008

Hey, I talked at my mom and she said that it would be good if I could meet up w/ you and Hannah over summer. She also said that I don't have to pay for the whole ticket myself... she's willing to pay for some of it so I don't have to save up the whole 120 myself. Now we just have to decide on specifics like when I would arrive, where I would stay, and how long I could stay... I'm really excited!

posted by PiperN.Penn at 6:53 pm (EST) on Apr 16, 2008

that is SOOOOO awesome, I decided to take up canoe again. We've got a regatta in may. I don't know when I might come over, but I want to make sure to do it over summer break. I'll talk to my mom and start saving up...

posted by PiperN.Penn at 3:08 am (EST) on Apr 15, 2008

that was a retelling of twelth night, it was a very good book of course so were all the other ones... i've read seven since moving here.

posted by PiperN.Penn at 2:52 pm (EST) on Apr 11, 2008

Yeah, all the other stories... right now i'm reading shakespeare books, there is a lot of cross dressing in those, some of them are kinda funny. but it is kinda yucky because there is always a girl who falls in love w/ the girl who is pretending to be a boy... fortunatly they always decide (when they figure out the guy is a girl) that they really do prefer real men better.

posted by PiperN.Penn at 2:52 pm (EST) on Apr 10, 2008

Im glad u like it. The second one is called New Moon and the third one is Eclipse.

posted by Bella_Swan at 6:02 am (EST) on Apr 8, 2008

yeah, I took that picture on the beach here, it's kinda like yours you can just keep walking forever, but it's more like Hanalei Bay.

posted by PiperN.Penn at 1:12 am (EST) on Apr 6, 2008

Hey, so ur wondering about Uglies and Twilight? U hav come to the right person. First of all they are both completely different stories.

Uglies is set in the future(but its not a sci-fi)and a girl named Tally is about to turn 16. Now when u turn 16 in this world u have this operation that makes u beautiful. So in the months before that she meets a girl and they become friends. But this girl wants to get out of the city and join this rebellious group that is against the operation. And it all changes for Tally from the on. Trust me this is a really good series. Just start reading it and u will get sucked in.

Twilight is my favourite book ever!You have probably heard a lot about it. Its about a girl called Bella and she moves into a new town. At the new school she meets a mysterious boy that is too beautiful to be true. She finds herself falling in love with him but there is something that is not quite right about him. You will fall in love with this book. Guarantee.

Im glad i could be of help. :P

posted by Bella_Swan at 2:02 am (EST) on Apr 5, 2008