It's Gonna be a GREAT Year ...

It's gonna be a great year ... cause it's a great time to be a Raider as we all know!!

 We are a firmly rooted family that is growing everyday! 

So - It's a great time to be living the blue life!!!! :)

Busy Getting Ready ....

Everyone is busy getting ready for school to start in a few weeks .... but I am also  bust getting ready for CRAFT WEEKEND!!!!  I am squeezing in one last summer hoorah and sneaking off to Kansas for a craft weekend with my best college gal pal! :)

Ask me about it when we get back to school! :)

Jostens Excellence Award ..... AGAIN!!!!!

Congratulations to The Old Plank Yearbook Staff of this past school year for their hard work and dedication!!  It has paid off! 

For the second year in a row Southampton Academy Yearbook Staff has received an Excellence Award from Jostens for creating a meaningful book for all students at their school and meeting deadlines and being a dedicated staff!

Way to go guys and dolls!!!

 I am super proud of everyone on staff for helping make this event happen!

Another GREAT read ....

I read this right before school got out ... AMAZING!!!!!  This book kept me on the edge of my seat with every page that I turned!! 

It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them-not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.

His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.

But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can't entirely explain. He has it all-family money, good looks, devoted friends-but he's looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys:

Am counting down the days for Book 2 to be released in September 17, 2013 : The Dream Thieves! :)

Feedback ....

LOVED IT!!!! 

Make sure you stopped by the library after school starts and get a copy of Variant and then Feedback!!! 

I loved all the twists and turns in both of these books. 

See you in August for a copy!! :)

Just finished .....

Variant by Robison Wells

Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life.

He was wrong.

Now he's trapped in a school that's surrounded by a razor-wire fence, where video cameras monitor his every move—and where breaking the rules equals death.

All Benson wants is to find a way out. But when he stumbles upon the real secret the school has been hiding, he realizes that escape may be impossible.

DEFINITELY GIVING THIS FIVE STARS!!!!

I was left HANGING on the edge of my seat at the end  thinking .. really???? This is how it ends???? So imagine how delighted I was to find a sequel!!!!!

Benson Fisher escaped from Maxfield Academy's deadly rules and brutal gangs. He thought that the worst was over.

But now Benson is trapped in a different kind of prison—a town filled with familiar faces. Classmates from Maxfield who Benson had seen die. Friends he was afraid he had killed.

They are all pawns in the school's twisted experiment, held captive and controlled by an unseen force. And while Benson struggles to figure out who, if anyone, can be trusted, he discovers that Maxfield Academy's plans are darker than anything he imagined—and they may be impossible to stop.

Tell me in August what you think about this crazy adventure Benson Fisher has taken!! :)

Summer Reading

Check the tab above and see what your class is reading this summer!

Local Library Hours are also now listed on my blog as well.:)