Just One More Reason Why I Love my Harrison Ford...

Yep, it's another blog about how much I love my Kindle. So, my 6th graders recently finished their Moral Dilemma literature circle unit. One of the books they could choose was Al Capone Does my Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko. Most of the kids chose it and really liked it (it has one of the greatest endings in young adult literature, in my opinion). Toward the end of the unit, one of my students told me they'd seen a sequel in a bookstore. I hadn't heard any buzz about a sequel, but when I looked online, sure enough, a sequel had just been released called Al Capone Shines my Shoes. I powered up my Kindle, and in the span of about 60 seconds, I owned the book, and Amazon.com had zapped it to my Kindle. Now, I'm reading it out loud to my classes, right from good old Harrison Ford.

On a slightly unrelated note, I'm reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood right now for my own reading on Harrison Ford. I've always wanted to read it. I remember seeing the previews of the movie, and it seemed haunting and intriguing, all in one. I never watched the movie, but I've always meant to. I'm finally reading it, and I cannot put it down. It's not really my type of book either, but I'm hooked. Plus, I keep imagining Natasha Richardson's beautiful face, since she played the main character in the movie. It makes the story even more tragic. When I get done, I'm totally Netflixing the movie too.