Skateboarding and Dubstep

I love it , saktbaording, film , and music – art and athletics meet (plus explosions):

New books I want to read

Ashfall by Mike Mullin

After the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano destroys his city and its surroundings, fifteen-year-old Alex must journey from Cedar Falls, Iowa, to Illinois to find his parents and sister, trying to survive in a transformed landscape and a new society in which all the old rules of living have vanished

Legacy buy Molly Cochran

Stuck at a boarding school where her fellow students seem to despise her, Katy soon discovers that Whitfield, Massachusetts, is the place where her mother committed suicide under mysterious circumstances when Katy was a small child, and as dark forces begin to converge on Whitfield, it is up to Katy to unravel her family’s many secrets to save the boy she loves and the town itself from destruction

Forest of Hands and Teeth

Why  I picked it  up:   there might have  been  another reason , but the title  is intrigueing .

Why I  kept  reading: Zombies, post -apcolyptic , reminded me of  one of  my  favorite  books  ( the  handmaid’s  tale by  margret  atwood) . strong  and interesting female  characters.   In  the  end I  thought  itr was really good and I  am  almost  surprised  that  there are 2 more  books in  this world.

Who  should  read it:Any one  that has  ever asked  the question- If  my  world  changed ,  who  would I  become?
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan both  book  and  ebook

New Contest!

Contest!

This is a contest sponsored by the Alameda County Health Department. The rules are here.

Can you make a 24 second idea to change the world?

Tomorrow when the War began

I loved the series of books  by  John  Marsden

 

According to  this Fandango the  movie  has a  limited release in  the  US  starting tomorrow

SAT Practice Test

We  talked  about  the different  materials  we have  to  help  yo  study  for  the SAT – but have  you  taken  a live practice  test  yet?

At The Fremont Main Library, we are having a practice test. It will be held on March 3rd , from 12 – 4pm The follow-up,where scores will be given as well as hints for test taking will be given March 13 from 6:30 – 7:30 pm.

To sign up for this test Go here

closed today

Feb 20th

last holiday for a few

Yoga or time to take a sudy break

A good thing to do to wake up you brain is to get a full body stretch. You may have a favorite stretch routine, but maybe not. You can find books and dvds on stretching and yoga – but here are 4 10 minutes yoga videos that can show you some of the basic yoga poses – doing a few can give you a nice full body stretch. If you have never done any yoga the following videos give an introduction to yoga.

Remember , use caution when trying any new activity.

rewatching/rereading

Some people  reread  and rewatch  things all the time – other people  don’t.   In July  I wrote  a post on  movies I rewatch. On friday I cam across this article on the benifits of rereading. A simple summary:

‘By doing it again, people get more out of it,’ says author Cristel Antonia Russell of American University.

So go find a favorite book and reread it today !

Movie out this week

Ok – this one I’m going to have to here some great reviews of – classic girl meets one guy – then another – and they guys are ‘friends”. so they decide to fight it out for her, but they just happen to be CIA agents…