https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w Share a book that you love. en-us 2019-05-15 12:48:19 UTC 2025-10-06 13:50:46 UTC hello@padlet.com lisa_manganello https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/360310192 2019-05-15 12:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/360310192 lisa_manganello https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/365331437 2019-06-03 15:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/365331437 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592703 i read the book speak by laurie halse anderson. this book is very interesting, and has many secrets and mysteries that are rev
ealed later on in the novel. for example, the main character, melinda, has been raped at a party when she was drunk and is haunted by it ever since then. she speaks to nobody about it. we later realize what was haunting her when she revealed it to us during the middle of the novel. also, it goes into the mind of an introverted teenager who has trouble finding herself, gets bullied, has no friends, cant talk to anybody about her depression and social anxiety. it expresses her specific thoughts, pessimistic tone and morbid humor throughout the entirety of the novel. ]]> 2019-07-18 15:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592703 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592707 The Troublesome Boy is written in a very intriguing manner, one that you don't see in many books. Although it is written in the perspective of only one character, it almost feels like the author has written the book in several perspectives. The plot is definitely unique, and not something you see in every other book. This novel is dark and gloomy but also makes you appreciate exactly what you have. Overall I definitely recommend this novel to anyone in high school.]]> 2019-07-18 15:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592707 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592709 This book is about a girl who is kidnapped by a young man who had fallen in love with her, after much restraint from her captor she eventually realizes he is a genuine person and soon enough falls in love with him. When he gets caught she has mixed feelings about what she must do. This book is basically supposedly a letter to her kidnapper in which she adresses her mixed feelings. ]]> 2019-07-18 15:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592709 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592712 This book by Karen M. McManus is an amazing book. If you like mystery and drama this book is for you. I strongly recommend this book!

]]> 2019-07-18 15:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592712 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592720 Cinder is a wonderful novel for those who enjoy reading about a different kind of world filled with robots, royalty, villains and female heroes with powers. I loved reading this book because of how great of an author Meyer is and the cute, innocent flirtation between the main characters (I admit I am a romantic). However, not only is this book written with romance involved, but it is also filled with many twists and turns that that readers will not see coming. I hope everyone enjoys reading this book.]]> 2019-07-18 15:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592720 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592724 I really like this book because it teaches you a lot on how to survive in life by comparing it to the world of Minecraft. which is an actual game in real life. but every chapter in this book had a life lesson or moral as its title. like "panic drowns thought" or "friends keep you sane" or "too much confidence can be as dangerous as having none at all". this book was about surviving in a strange world. so it gave some life lessons about surviving in life. that is why i think this book is a masterpiece]]> 2019-07-18 15:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592724 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592730 This book was very interesting because it showed how life on earth would be if the moon was pulled out of its orbit, closer to the earth. The main character showed development as the story went on. She became more mature and understanding. I would recommend this book, especially to anyone who likes novels written as diaries. ]]> 2019-07-18 15:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592730 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592731 I would recommend this book if you like thrilling adventure stories. The plot is interesting and you (as the reader) are always on the edge of your seats. Eli and his family have just escaped the compound and are learning to live in the real world with a fake identity. His dad is the owner of a multi million dollar industry and he trapped them in the compound and apparently died. While Eli is in the real world, he feels that someone is following them, that someone knows who they are. What will happen?
Read more to find out.
- Raghav Bharadwaj]]> 2019-07-18 15:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592731 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592735 I really enjoyed the suspenseful plot of the book  and I recommend it for anyone who likes funny teenagers or stories about people who struggle to find their place in the world.

]]> 2019-07-18 15:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592735 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592736 I really enjoyed the description of Danny Torrance's SHINING ability, where he has the ability to know what people are thinking. I would recommend this book because it is not slow paced. Also, if you are a fan of horror, this book will send a chill down the back of your spine, which I really enjoyed.]]> 2019-07-18 15:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592736 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592769 This novel has a really interesting way of taking the idea of communism and applying it to an unusual situation, a farm. It was written during World War II and serves as a good insight as to the perspective  on the communist Soviet Union during that era. It does a good job of taking familiar concept and putting in an unfamiliar situation to better expose its true nature.]]> 2019-07-18 15:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592769 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592792 I liked this book because it was about the life of 4 teenagers spending their summers with their families, creating fond memories of their time spent together. As they get older, they look back at one summer when they did something dangerous and wrong. They must learn to accept what they did and move on.]]> 2019-07-18 15:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592792 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592820 This book is filled with great mystery. Students our age, in fact younger, can relate to what the main characters feel in this book. Although the second half of the book is about the same characters as adults, the past experiences define who they are in that time period. Overall, this book may seem to be long, but it is worth the time mainly because of the amazing mystery and suspense that is developed in the book. This book always makes you want to keep reading. ]]> 2019-07-18 15:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592820 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592830 The book is a interesting record of the Peter's life. it follows him through his acquisition of the frail Muscovite Empire, the creation of the Legendary Russian empire, and to his death by the betrayal of his own son. The book also shows background into his life. Such as, his personal life and his hobbies, and his Love for his Navy.]]> 2019-07-18 15:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592830 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592866 I like how this book is all about mind games that push you to you limits and see how far you can go. The maze throws so many challenges at the people exploring it, that seem impossible, and the maze shows developing perserverance in the people as they don't give up easily. I also like how the maze is looked as a trap as the people in the maze are being watched by peopleworkign fr an organization, but it is the only thing protecting them from a contagious flare virus that decimated the vast majority of the planet, which was caused by a sun flare.]]> 2019-07-18 15:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592866 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592956 This book was very interesting and I recommend it if you like reading suspenseful books. ]]> 2019-07-18 15:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/371592956 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/629242352 2020-06-16 16:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/629242352 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/633413969 This book is not only a classic, but it is a meaningful read that will often make you cry or laugh. You grow very attached to the characters and the story line, rooting for the two main protagonists the entire time. It has a bit of drama in it, but I would not completely classify it as so. It is fictional, though, but not all that thrilling. I believe everyone should read this novel at some point in their life - it is life-altering. ]]> 2020-06-19 11:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/633413969 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/633757108 Prequel to the "Silence of the Lambs" series ]]> 2020-06-19 16:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/633757108 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/633759621 What if all Superheroes were not like Superman]]> 2020-06-19 16:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/633759621 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/634019115 2020-06-19 21:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/634019115 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/641415926 This book is a great thriller and mystery/suspense story. It's very interesting and keeps you reading.  The book makes you think and leaves you thinking about it. 
I would recommend this book to students because it's a great read if you love horror.]]> 2020-06-26 22:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/641415926 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/641426706 This book is about the tipping point phenomenon and causes/effects. For example like one person spreading a epidemic or pandemic which relates to this year. Furthermore, social media sets many trends and standards nowadays. And this book is already changing peoples' views about selling products and spreading ideas to people around the world. I would recommend this book for people who are into these kind of topics and the world. I learned knew things and I hope that the people that read this book can make or educate themselves on certain topics as well.]]> 2020-06-26 22:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/641426706 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/642492785 On a beach at dusk, while Bud Mitchell and Jill Winslow conduct their illicit love affair in front of a video camera set to record each steamy moment, a terrible explosion suddenly lights up the sky. Grabbing the camera, the couple make their getaway, as approaching police cars speed toward the scene.

Five years later, the fate of TWA Flight 800 has been attributed to a mechanical malfunction. But for John Corey and his wife Kate Mayfield, both members of the elite Anti-Terrorist Task Force, the case is not closed. Suspicious of a cover-up, they set out to find the one piece of evidence that will prove their theory-that at least two other people are determined to keep hidden: a videotape of the unbelievable truth. 

Good reads]]> 2020-06-29 01:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/642492785 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/658470211 Junior was born and raised on the Spokane Indian Reservation moved to an all- white school. All though academically there is no problem, socially Junior is usually left out from the group and faces a lot of problems due to his skin color and religion. Although, he gets help from his flawed but loving family. 
I would recommend this book to students who like comedy and the illustrations in the book are an important part of the book.]]> 2020-07-20 15:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/658470211 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/670401618 It is mid-21-century. Most of Earth’s resources are used up. There are people dyeing every day.The only way they can escape reality was the Oasis. James Halliday (the owner of Oasis) dyed. Anyone who find the three keys and opens the three gates will receive all his money and will become the owner of the Oasis. Wade Watts is ready for the challenge.]]> 2020-08-05 17:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/670401618 10017694 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/677781385 This story follows Tanner Scott, a closeted bi in Provo, Utah, in his last semester of senior year in high school. While figuring out his classes, his best friend Autumn dares him to take the Seminar, the most prestigious class in Provo High where you write a whole entire book in only four months. Tanner doesn't where to start, and it doesn't help when Sebastian Brother joins the class as a student teacher. Sebastian took the Seminar the previous year and published his book. Sebastian also happens to the Bishop's son, and Tanner happens to fall in love with him.]]> 2020-08-12 20:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/677781385 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/685833274 This book is about a high-school girl named Lara Jean who wrote five letters to boys that she had loved and shared connections with. These letters were for her own imagination, but one day they got out and that lead her to finding out who she really loves. The letters got her life messed up, but she discovered who she was and figured out who she wanted to be with. Overall, I definitely recommend this book because it's an addictive and expressive book that has many real life connections.]]> 2020-08-18 19:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/685833274 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/718301254 I really enjoyed this book because it was quite interesting and unpredictable at the same time. Although you might think you have a firm grip on a concept in the book, you are soon proven wrong in the next chapter. Anyone who loves mysteries and reading from the perspectives of multiple characters will thoroughly enjoy this book.]]> 2020-09-03 15:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/718301254 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/927282030 After being the only survivor on a plane crash, Clementine Haas doesn't remember anything about her past. A new journey begins when she meets Irish rich boy, Kieran. As she starts to care less and less about her past, she starts to care more and more about Kieran and her new life in Ireland. Clementine becomes Jane and now they need to choose which personality they will abandon.]]> 2020-11-16 14:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/927282030 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/996402675 2020-12-07 23:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/996402675 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/996403024 Thou shalt kill.

A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.

Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the “art” of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.

-Goodreads]]> 2020-12-07 23:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/996403024 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/1598369327 https://www.allencheng.com/crazy-rich-asians-book-summary-kevin-kwan/]]> 2021-06-10 12:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/1598369327 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/1598372126 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8537327-inside-out-back-again]]> 2021-06-10 12:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/1598372126 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/1656525737 2021-07-21 01:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/1656525737 10019426 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/1671113832 The book takes place in New Beijing after World War IV during a pandemic much like the one were experiencing. Cinder is a sixteen year old gifted mechanic and a cyborg with a mysterious past. Soon enough her life is intertwined with Prince Kai and an intergalactic war all while her sister is on the brink of death. I definitely recommend this book because even though it is set in the future you could still relate to the main character and her struggles. If you are interested in sci-fi then this fairytale dystopian book is perfect. ]]> 2021-08-06 14:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/1671113832 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/1698357363 The book Those Who Wish Me Dead is a thriller story by Micheal Koryta. The book is about a young boy named Jace Wilson, who witnessed a brutal murder. Afterwards, he was sent to a wilderness program in a mountainous area in Montana in order to keep Jace off the grid in order for him to escape the killers. The murders are doing everything in their power to get rid of Jace, including the  the couple that runs the wilderness program, and a lonely woman in a fire tower. 

As the time goes on, the mountains are burning, and Jace is running as those who wish him dead are closing in.

This book teaches you on how to survive in wilderness and use the wilderness to you advantage.  The book also throws light on wildfires are started and how they are controlled.

If you like thriller/suspense books, this is the book for you. 10/10 read!]]> 2021-08-26 12:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/1698357363 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/1720276196 By Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's 'Gulag Archipelago', a nonfictional first-hand account of the horrors of the brutal police state (under the NKVD) of the Soviet Union. This book goes into depth of the terrifying Gulag systems, and what each prisoner went through. This literary masterpiece sheds light on the most brutal event in the 20th century - one that has been successfully, and almost perfectly, covered up by the USSR. 

Solzhenitsyn has a unique writing style, which makes him very unique in the realm of nonfiction authors. He also recalls hundreds of stories of other survivors and prisoners of the Gulag system, showing the readers each one of their stories. All in all, this book reveals the true extent of psychological and physical horrors that were inflicted upon millions of prisoners throughout the entire reign of the USSR. 

This book is one I would heavily suggest. It is a bit difficult to read: I, personally, would suggest to take your time and actually think about what is being said. It encompasses a massive load of information - and is definitely one of my favourite nonfiction books of all time. Below, I have attached a playlist for the  audiobook of The Gulag Archipelago:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjAs0mUEOFJdMYgMIrIyZd3abH0I7lJAO

- Shlok Ganguly]]> 2021-09-07 00:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/1720276196 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/1720319700 By Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment follows the tale of Rodion Raskolnikov, and he struggles to survive in the hostile world of 18th century Russia. He is soon driven to desperation, where he intends to murder a pawnbroken, Lizaveta. This event has a lasting psychological impact on the young Raskolnikov, as post-murder Raskolnikov is quite different from who he used to be.

Crime and Punishment is regarded as one of the first psychological thrillers in the world. It is a fascinating story, and one I would definitely recommend.

Dostoevsky is hard to read. He does not construct straw-men of his opposition when discussing topics (unlike Plato), nor does he settle on easy answers. Dostoevsky is an author that makes you really think, and that is one of the reasons I find Crime & Punishment to be such a great book.

- Shlok Ganguly]]> 2021-09-07 01:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/1720319700 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/1726771657 The book "The Warlock" is the fifth book in a six book series by Micheal Scott. The series contains action, mythology, and history combined to make a series that teaches and is entertaining. Its about Nicholas Flamel's (The legendary Alchemiyst) journey with the twins of legends (Sophie and Josh) to get the Codex back from Dr. John Dee.]]> 2021-09-09 03:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/1726771657 10022957 https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/2230765844 It is an incredible memoir about how one pen pal letter changed the writer and recipients life.
A letter sent to a smart boy named Martin in the slums of Zimbabwe from Caitlin in begins a friendship, and family that lasts years. 
It was a very sweet story that ends has Caitlin and her family helping fund Martin's education and helping them during a time of financial disability in the country. In the end their families become on and Martin is able to come and study in the US after many setbacks. 
I really loved the book because the relationship between Martin and Caitlin expanded love. They were family, siblings almost from the very beginning. The story shows real life for people and how certain things can change peoples lives. ]]> 2022-06-26 19:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_manganello/gui7drns1v9w/wish/2230765844