Nothing Good Gets Away.

Many of you have probably not (yet) heard about John Steinbeck, but trust me: you will. He is a very famous author. However, the letter he has written that I'm about to show you, has nothing to do with fame. Steinbeck's teenage son, going to school away from home, has fallen in love and told his father. In a letter, Steinbeck gives his advice on love.

This is his reply.

I love this, because he takes his son so seriously. People tend to write off teenager's relationships as "puppy love" even though we all know that you are capable of falling just as hard in love as an adult is. Have your parents given you any good advice on love? Share with me. I want to make sure I never underestimate my boys when they fall in love.

Talking about Steinbeck, here are six REALLY good tips on how to write from Steinbeck himself.

Pic from here.

Underground book blog

I hope to introduce you to some of the amazing blogs out there. Hopefully you'll find some of them interesting enough to follow, which will give you great insight into many aspects of the English speaking world.

The blog I'm introducing you to today, is called Underground New York Public Library.
The girl behind this blog takes pictures of people reading on the underground. At first, this may seem odd, maybe even boring. But it is actually quite interesting! Who reads the Bible or the Quran? Not always the kind of people you would expect! Maybe you like the style of someone and want to read what they are reading? Maybe that big, bearded man is reading Winnie the Pooh? You'd be surprised!

Great Site!

Cheyenne and Oline came to me today and asked if I have any books they could borrow. This made me spend quite a lot of time in front of my bookshelves, as I put a bit of pride in recommending you the right books. I started exploring the web for recommendations, and came across this great web site:

http://www.goodreads.com

Here's how it works: You create a profile, you tell them what genres you like (young adult for example) and then you can rate the books you have read, and the site automatically recommend similar books. Isn't that great?? I have just started exploring this site, but something tells me this will be a long night. Sign up now, I think we even can create groups! My name username is "Siri".

The pic is from here, and is the London Book Maze, which is made from 250,000 books. 

Behold! Great article!

Ahhh... this is why this blog is so useful, I can reach you whenever I find something and I do not have to wait until our next lesson (of which there are too few). I found a GREAT article, here! I have earlier recommended a book, Once, by Morris Gleitzman. He is a great author of books for teens and children. And in that article, he gives you his top 5 tips on how to write a great story! Read and learn, print and store for next year, or practise during summer. Maybe you even want to enter a short story writing competition?

To top it off, here you can read a short story by Gleitzman!

I really recommend this.

This is such a beautiful book about a special boy. Cristopher (the narrator of this story) does not see the world the way we do. That makes things difficult for him. This book is funny, sad and it makes you think. It is also very easy to read, as the chapters are really short. I know some of you have read this one, did you like it as much as me? Why/ why not?