Has anyone used this? What were your likes or dislikes. Blessings Zoraida

Week 1: The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch Week 2: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Week 3: The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch Week 4: The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie Week 5: The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie Week 6: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Week 7: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie Week 8: Paper Towns by John Green Week 9: Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen Week 10: Saville by David Storey Week 11: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 12: Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 13: The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Week 14: Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai Week 15: The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas Week 16: What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn Week 17: Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner Week 18: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith Week 19: Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood Week 20: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood Week 21: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Week 22: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Week 23: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Week 24: Possession by A. S. Byatt Week 25: The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields Week 26: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry Week 27: Animal's People. Indra Sinha Week 28: The Emperor's Children. Claire Messud Week 29: Slow Man. J. M. Coetzee Week 30: Arthur and George. Julian Barnes Week 31: Finding Nouf. Zoe Ferraris Week 32: City of Thieves. David Benioff Week 33: Mudbound. Hillary Jordan Blessings Zoraida

Week 1: The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch Week 2: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Week 3: The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch Week 4: The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie Week 5: The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie Week 6: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Week 7: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie Week 8: Paper Towns by John Green Week 9: Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen Week 10: Saville by David Storey Week 11: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 12: Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 13: The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Week 14: Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai Week 15: The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas Week 16: What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn Week 17: Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner Week 18: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith Week 19: Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood Week 20: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood Week 21: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Week 22: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Week 23: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Week 24: Possession by A. S. Byatt Week 25: The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields Week 26: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry Week 27: Animal's People. Indra Sinha Week 28: The Emperor's Children. Claire Messud Week 29: Slow Man. J. M. Coetzee Week 30: Arthur and George. Julian Barnes Week 31: Finding Nouf. Zoe Ferraris Week 32: City of Thieves. David Benioff Blessings Zoraida

My family and I are big fans of the new Doctor Who series. We have watched Season 1, Season 2, and Season 3 just arrived in the mail the other day. My kids have been begging me to order season 1 of Torchwood since there are so many references to Torchwood in the series and there are supposed to be Doctor Who and Torchwood crossovers. Yesterday, Season 1 of Torchwood arrived and last night my family sat down to watch the first Torchwood episode. Before the show was even half way over my husband got up and turned off the DVD. My husband and I were totally shocked at the sexually explisseveness of the show. We thought it would be kid friendly like Doctor Who. For those of you who have watched Torchwood, did you find this shocking? Also, why would they promote Torchwood in the Doctor Who series when this show seems so kid unfriendly? When the kids went to bed my husband and I previewed two more episodes and could not believe what we were watching. This DVD is definitly going into the trash. Blessings Zoraida

Week 1: The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch Week 2: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Week 3: The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch Week 4: The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie Week 5: The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie Week 6: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Week 7: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie Week 8: Paper Towns by John Green Week 9: Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen Week 10: Saville by David Storey Week 11: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 12: Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 13: The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Week 14: Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai Week 15: The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas Week 16: What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn Week 17: Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner Week 18: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith Week 19: Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood Week 20: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood Week 21: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Week 22: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Week 23: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Week 24: Possession by A. S. Byatt Week 25: The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields Week 26: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry Blessings Zoraida

I think it all boils down to self education. Way back in the early days (14 years ago and still going) when I decided to teach my children Latin, I purchased the memoria press Latin for my kids and purchased a separate Latin progam for myself - The Latin Road to English Grammar. Latin became one of my favorite subjects. I worked through all three volumes of The Latin Road and when my kids were finished with the memoria press program I put them into Henle Latin and I worked my way through Henle with them. And just for fun I purchased Wheelocks and worked through that also. When I was in high school, math was my down fall. I barely passed Algebra I with a low C. After Algebra I, I never took a math class again until college. Thank goodness the college I attended you only had to take one semester of math. The class I took was fondly known as Cowboy Calc. This was a remedial college math class that taught basic math. Well when may oldest son reached 8th grade and was ready for Algebra, I decided I would have to just sit down and learn it with him. I purchased Saxon Algebra and the dive cds and I would stay one lesson ahead of my son. I worked through the other levels of Saxon math doing the same thing - staying one lesson ahead. Now when the other children reach high school, teaching math is a breeze. In fact, sometimes I am in awe of myself with how much math I have learned. So, yeah I think it all boils down to self education. Blessings Zoraida

Week 1: The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch Week 2: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Week 3: The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch Week 4: The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie Week 5: The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie Week 6: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Week 7: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie Week 8: Paper Towns by John Green Week 9: Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen Week 10: Saville by David Storey Week 11: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 12: Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 13: The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Week 14: Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai Week 15: The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas Week 16: What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn Week 17: Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner Week 18: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith Week 19: Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood Week 20: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood Week 21: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Week 22: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Week 23: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Blessings Zoraida

I think most people start with The Fallacy Detective and than go into Thinking Toolbox. At least we did. Personally I don't think it really makes any difference. They are really two different books. The Fallacy Detective is a soft introduction to logic and Thinking Toolbox is more of a critical thinking type of book. Blessings Zoraida

I haven't seen this one mentioned. The Kite Runner. I liked the book (not loved) and hated, hated, hated the movie. I would also like to make a prediction about an up coming movie. I LOVED The Time Traveler's Wife. I have been waiting for years for the movie to come out. But I have a funny feeling it is going to be bad. According to one of the Entertainment Weekly issues the movie is supposed to be released this summer. The movie was finished with filming over two years ago and they are now finally releasing it. This is always a bad sign when they have to delay releasing a film. Blessings Zoraida

I was just chatting with a friend of mine. She pointed out the new elements introduced in the show. Besides the tons of children's lit. references and philosophical references, she pointed out that as of last weeks show they started to introduce biblical images. When John Locke is leading the people across the beach, this is an image of Moses leading the people across the wilderness. Ben mentioned this last night. He compared John Locke to Moses. Also, when the other group from the other island showed up with the silver box carried on wooden sticks, this was an image of the Ark of Covenant. And then you have the bomb which would represent the end of the world or the Apocolypse. My friend, seems to think that Jacob might possibly be a God like figure and the black hair guy at the beginning of the show who she believes is now channeling John Locke's body may be a Lucifer type of character. We will see. Blessings Zoraida

Oops, one more question. Does anyone have any theories on who exactly is Richard and why he never ages? Blessings Zoraida

I have a question. I didn't catch the name of the guy who was with Jacob at the very beginning of the show. I'm wondering though, do you think that this particular guy is now John Locke or rather is he taking over John Locke's body. I don't know if this makes any sense. But this is what I am guessing. Another question, do you all think the character Charlie will be making a few guest spots next season even though he is supposed to be dead. This would explain the guitar that Hurley carried on the plane with him and which landed in the lake when he came back to the island. Jacob told Hurly last night to make sure to take the guitar with him when he goes back to the island. Charlie was the only musician on the island. Also, I didn't like the 2010 horrible preview clip. The clip showed someone's eyes opening. They looked like Juliet's eyes, but I don't think they were. According to one of the past Entertainement Weekly magazines, the lady that plays Juliet, is supposed to be staring in a new series this fall. If this is true, she probably died last night. Another thing, I have been wondering where my two most favorite minor characters have been (Rose and Bernard) this season. Finally the producers brought them back for a two minute scene. Yipee!!! Does anyone else love the characters of Rose and Bernard besides me? Blessings Zoraida

Can you give me your likes or dislikes about this program and does it really work. Blessings Zoraida

I have used all levels of Wordly Wise for years. I think they are a great prep for the SATs. Make sure you get the 3000 series instead of the older series though. Blessings Zoraida

I thought the same thing. If you have cable you do not need a box. If you have an antenna you need the box. Last week though, we received a note from our cable company talking about next weeks change over. I don't have the letter but it confused the heck out of me. We have a new digital tv in our family room and an older tv in our master bedroom. The letter said that digital would be ready in our area by 6 a.m. Tuesday. In order for the digital channals to appear on our t.v, we would have to run a channel scan for the digital channels to appear on our television. We would also need to run this scan at least twice a month for the next several months because we will be getting new channels and they will not appear unless we run the periodic scan. Well if we run a scan on our new digital television it searches for cable channels first and than it does a search for digital channels which we of course do not have yet. When we run a scan on our older tv it only searches for cable stations. So I'm now wondering if our older tv will work too. I know for a fact that the commercials on tv all say the same thing - cable you do not need a box. Antenna you need a box. Blessings Zoraida

Thanks for all the suggestions! We both read The Hunger Game. Did you know there is supposed to be a sequel? Blessings Zoraida

My 13 year old son read his first Stephen King novel the other day. He read the uncut version of The Stand. The uncut version had over a thousand pages and he read the book in under a week. He loved it and would like to try some more Stephen King. I am not a Stephen King fan and have only read two of his books - Salems Lot when I was in highschool and Dolores Claiborne when it first came out. So now I need suggestions on the next King novel that will hold his attention. Also, I would like to introduce my son to Agatha Christie. I read all of her books when I was in highschool and loved them. I just need a suggestion for one that will stand out and make him want to read more Christie. I was thinking about The Murder of Roger Akroyde but I am not sure if it will grab his attention. Or I was thinking about starting him off with the Tommy and Tuppence books before we started the Hercule Poroit or Jane Marple books. I remember I loved the Tommy and Tuppence books more than the Poroit or Maple books, but there are not very many in the series. Any suggestions? Blessings Zoraida

Week 1: The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch Week 2: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Week 3: The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch Week 4: The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie Week 5: The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie Week 6: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Week 7: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie Week 8: Paper Towns by John Green Week 9: Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen Week 10: Saville by David Storey Week 11: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 12: Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 13: The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Week 14: Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai Week 15: The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas Week 16: What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn Week 17: Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner Blessings Zoraida

Week 1: The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch Week 2: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Week 3: The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch Week 4: The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie Week 5: The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie Week 6: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Week 7: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie Week 8: Paper Towns by John Green Week 9: Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen Week 10: Saville by David Storey Week 11: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 12: Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 13: The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Week 14: Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai Week 15: The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas Week 16: What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn Blessings Zoraida

Week 1: The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch Week 2: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Week 3: The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch Week 4: The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie Week 5: The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie Week 6: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Week 7: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie Week 8: Paper Towns by John Green Week 9: Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen Week 10: Saville by David Storey Week 11: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 12: Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 13: The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Week 14: Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai Week 15: The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas Blessings Zoraida

Please watch this amazing youtube clip Blessings Zoraida

Reading: Best time to read for me is in the evenings when there is nothing worth watching on tv. Gardening: roses and herbs are my specialty. It was my husband who got me addicted to rose gardening. Twenty-nine years ago when we first got married, my husband gave me a rose bush for our first Valentines day. This has become a tradition. Every Valentines day my husband gives me another rose bush. So now I have twenty-nine rose bushes. The good thing about rose bushes is, if you move you can dig them up and bring the bushes with you. We have had to do this three times. Lots of crafts: Lots of cross stitching, needle point, and knitting. I use to do tons of knitting. I would make lots of sweaters for the family. Now I just knit baby sweaters and baby booties for friends and family who are expecting newborns. Blessings Zoraida

I would also like to recommend this book. It was written by a homeschool mom. The recipes are down home cooking types. There are weekly grocery lists. She also tells you step by step what time to start preparing dinner so that supper is always on the table by 6. I wish she would write a second cookbook. Blessings Zoraida

I think you might be looking at an older website. This one has curriculum listed for high school. http://www.clp.org/store/browse/31_curriculum Blessings Zoraida

Week 1: The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch Week 2: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Week 3: The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch Week 4: The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie Week 5: The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie Week 6: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Week 7: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie Week 8: Paper Towns by John Green Week 9: Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen Week 10: Saville: David Storey Week 11: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 12: Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 13: The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Week 14: Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai Blessings Zoraida