https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis The Best Book Club You Can Join en-us 2019-11-19 01:20:47 UTC 2026-02-03 18:01:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413313047 "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
One of the most poetic prose books I have ever read, The Petit Prince is a gorgeous and heart-warming story. It's amazing how differently I looked at the book as an innocent 9 year old to the teenager who I am now. I'll definitely read it as an adult.]]> 2019-11-19 13:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413313047 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413369217 Hi Readers, welcome to our Book Club. Here we only have fun and give our opinion about differents books and situations.
It is important to clarify that we read Young Adult Novels and History Books, we specify the book of the week and we set a meeting point, which is the place we will share our ideas. 
Human contact is very important for us, that's why we do not do it through video chat, because we believe that we have to build a society that shares the environment and takes care of it.

P.D: We try to find a place that has a connection with the chosen book. (that's really special)]]> 2019-11-19 14:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413369217 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413381441

"Where the Crawdads sing" - Owens, Delia.

"Becoming" - Obama, Michelle.

"Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild" - Pilkey, Dav.

"Girl, Stop Apologizing" - Hollis, Rachel.

"Diary of an Amazing Friendly Friend" - Kinney, Jeff.

"Girl, Wash your Face" - Hollis, Rachel.

"Oh, the Places You'll Go" -  Dr.Seuss

"Educated" - Westover, Tara.

"The Tattooist of Aschwitz" - Morris, Heather.

"The Wonkey Donkey" - Smith Craig.

]]> 2019-11-19 14:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413381441 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413390309

"Cincuenta Sombras" - James, E. L.

"La Razón de Estar Contigo" - Bruce Cameron, W.

"El Código Da Vinci" - Brown, Dan.

"Antología general Pablo Neruda" - Neruda, Pablo.

"Sant" - Navia, María José.

"Oh, Jerusalén" - Lapierre/Collins.

"La Milla Verde" - King, Stephen.

"Matar a Johny Fry" - Mosley, Walter.

"Sepultado con sus Huesos" - Carrell, Jennifer.

"It Eso" - King, Stephen.

]]> 2019-11-19 14:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413390309 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413619259 “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” ]]> 2019-11-19 19:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413619259 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413622552 “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”]]> 2019-11-19 19:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413622552 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413636171 Book: "The Secret Garden" - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Place: Central Park, Manhattan.]]> 2019-11-19 20:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413636171 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413643852 It's important because reading increase creativity, it helps you dicover yourself, improves your focus and concentration and it makes you more empathic. 
Nowadays, we have a society that has a lot of access to the technology, but it's not well used. That's why we can utilize it for our benefits, like getting to know about what surrounds us, etc...]]> 2019-11-19 20:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413643852 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413645560 Did you know that the word for loving the smell of old books is "Bibliosmia".]]> 2019-11-19 20:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413645560 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413746047 "The Iliad" by Gareth Hinds.
Greek Mythology has been my go to for a good read since I was a young girl. The story of the Trojan War is that of legend. I loved reading this classic timeless story in the form of a graphic novel. ]]> 2019-11-20 00:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413746047 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413980106 The book we had chosen is "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett]]> 2019-11-20 13:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413980106 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413992161 Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-born American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, and The Secret Garden.]]> 2019-11-20 14:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/413992161 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/414027351

Mary Lennox Craven

Dickon Sowerby

Colin Craven

Ben Weatherstaff

Martha Sowerby

]]> 2019-11-20 14:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/414027351 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415538306 "Except for the persistent India bashing, I loved this book. In fact Mistress Mary, I loved the ending so much that I forgive your English superiority complex. Next time you visit here though, allow me to take you on the ride across India, I hope your impression will change." 
-Shayantani.

"I enjoyed this book and I can see why it became a classic. But the writing was too simplistic for my taste and the characters very straight forward and even bland and I guess I expected more from such a popular children's classic."
-Mila.]]> 2019-11-22 21:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415538306 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415539492 This book is about a girl named Mary, who was born in India and is orphaned after an epidemic disease ravages her country. 
The protagonist of 8 years, must go to live with her hermit uncle, in a private house located in England. 
The mansion, which has more than 100 rooms, hides a secret garden that changes the life of Mary and that of those around her.

]]> 2019-11-22 21:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415539492 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415541122 "Harry Potter: The Philosopher's Stone" by J.K. Rowling.
This is the book every kid should read. The story introduced me to a new world, where anything is possible. I absolutely recomend it, and your age won't be a problem, you would like to be a Griffindor anyway.]]> 2019-11-22 21:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415541122 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415542237 The book we chose and read last week was "Voices from Chernobyl" by Svetlana Alexievich. 
For the those who didn't attend to the event, here we have some information...
(We went to the nearest nuclear plant in New York, Central Nuclear Indian Point to understand the history better)]]> 2019-11-22 21:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415542237 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415755385 It's a book about the Chernobyl disaster. At the time of the calamity (April 1986), Alexievich was a journalist living in Minsk. She interviewed more than 500 eyewitnesses, including firefighters, liquidators (members of the cleanup team), politicians, physicians, physicists, and ordinary citizens over a period of 10 years. The book relates the psychological and personal tragedy of the Chernobyl accident, and explores the experiences of individuals and how the disaster affected their lives.]]> 2019-11-24 03:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415755385 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415756281 Alexievich interviewed hundreds of people affected by the meltdown—from innocent citizens to firefighters to those called in to clean up the disaster—and their stories reveal the fear, anger, and uncertainty with which they still live.]]> 2019-11-24 03:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415756281 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415756557 Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich (born 31 May 1948) is a Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in Russian. She was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time".]]> 2019-11-24 03:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415756557 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415756814 "This book was really, really good and I might consider re-reading it.
What's with us people that we love so much reading about disastrous things like that?"
- Teodora.

"An interesting topic, to say the least, but it turns out that I don't particularly like the oral history format for reading about it. Reading the "monologues," I often felt the same discomfort you'll encounter if you ever get trapped on a public bus beside the chatty crazy person: you have no idea what they are rambling about, but you know you'd like to get away from them just as soon as possible."
-Jennyb.]]> 2019-11-24 03:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415756814 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415757813 2019-11-24 03:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415757813 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415840501 “A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”]]> 2019-11-24 15:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415840501 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415841071 “Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.”]]> 2019-11-24 15:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415841071 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415843461 We interviewed teachers and students from the NSDC school to know about their reading habits and more...

What kind of book do you read?
Most of the people we interviewed read novels and fiction books.

Who is your favourite author?
A lot of names came from the interviewee mind, but the most repeated authors were: Ernesto Sabato, Pagola and Isabel Allende.

How much time do you spend reading?
On average, the people we interviewed read three hours a day, which is enough to have a healthy mind.

Do you like comics?
The results were 66% Yes and 34% No. So we can conclude that the majority like comic books.

How many books do you have in your library?
Students and teachers have an avarege of 110 books, which is a lot for a bookshelf.

How do you get the books?
Most of the people we interviewed have bought the books, and a minority had them because friends/family gived them away.]]> 2019-11-24 16:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415843461 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415844285 2019-11-24 16:18:33 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/415844285 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/416630620 Book Clubs introduce you to book you wouldn't normally read, and that means a new world to discover. They are a great way to start practising expressing your opinion and ideas.
They can also be an awesome way to travel and appreciate other cultures. And provide an authentic context for applying norms for listening and speaking.]]> 2019-11-26 12:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/416630620 manchiturri https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/416907054 2019-11-26 21:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/manchiturri/monchis/wish/416907054