beowulf-is-cooler-than-you asked:
Take some inspiration from what others on theLearningBrain are reading:
Hacking Education: 10 Quick Fixes for Every School (Hack Learning Series) (Volume 1) by Mark Barnes and Jennifer Gonzales
The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time, Book 4) by Robert Jordan
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M Pirsig
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Sir Ken Robinson
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart
Captain’s Fury (Codex Alera, Book 4) by Jim Butcher
Bel Canto (P.S.) by Ann Patchett
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel Siegel MD
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
The Last Days of California: A Novel by Mary Miller
The God of Small Things: A Novel by Arundhati Roy
Como agua para chocolate (Spanish Edition) by Laurel Esquivel
Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better by Clive Thompson
The House of the Spirits: A Novel by Isabel Allende
The Last Dragonslayer: The Chronicles of Kazam, Book 1 by Jasper Fforde
Fahrenheit 451: A Novel by Ray Bradbury
Beyond Freedom and Dignity (Hackett Classics) by B.F. Skinner
beowulf-is-cooler-than-you asked:
numero uno - this is only my opinion, and most of the books on this list if I read today I would probably have a different opinion about, most likely because I’d actually read the whole book.
Bad side:
1. My Antonia
2. Room with a view
3. Oroonoko
Good Side:
Ohh my gosh — I can’t remember any of the books that I read in high school (that were required) that I would go back to and read. But there were some one’s I read on my own —
1. My Name is Asher Lev
2. The Gift of Asher Lev
3. 1984
4. Perks of Being a Wallflower
Ten years ago there were no Kindles, iPads, or postcard-sized smartphones to read on. Now the growth of e-reading is unmistakable. In 2011, 11 percent of Americans read an ebook; in 2014, 27 percent did. (In the same period, the number of Americans reading a print book fell, from 71 percent to 63 percent.) In the past 12 months, Americans read 120 million ebooks on just one app used by public libraries—an increase of 20 percent from the year before. And while big publishers may be seeing their ebook sales plateau, self-published authors and indie presses—many of them selling directly to readers through Amazon—continue to gain market share, while charging a fraction of what print books cost.