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ooh, I loved all these books as a kid. Especially IotBD. I must have read every Scott O'Dell book out there. They were some of the first YA with female heroines I remember adoring.

Tere, in seventh-grade New Mexico history, we read Scott O'Dell's THE KING'S FIFTH about Coronado's search for the Seven Cities of Gold. Loved it!

Great recommendations! I shared on Facebook. :)

Amy, thank you!

I love these old fashioned classics. My kids don't appreciate them (yet). Here's hoping in the new year!

I am excited to read your new book. I just emailed your publisher to ask for a review copy. I hope I can get one!

Pragmatic Mom

Mia, thank you! And thanks again for the great verse novel suggestions. I've got a lot more reading to do in this wonderful genre.

I just read your Kirkus review! Congratulations, especially on the JLG selection. That is wonderful news!

I e-mailed :)

And shared on twitter of course
http://twitter.com/#!/strandedhero/status/142450989671268352

Thanks so much for the awesome opportunity!

I second Rob's comments about Man From Earth. He recommended it to me and I finally got around to watching it yesterday and I was absolutely blown away by it. It hits you on so many levels and leads you to question pretty much everything you've learned about history, religion, philosophy and the cosmos. And, on top of that it's well acted, entertaining and never preachy or didactic. Go to Amazon and pony up the $12 for this movie!

I was especially shocked at my own reaction to Man From Earth since I'm more of mindless, unsophisticated or even "bad" horror/action/comedy movie fan. I love Dusk Til Dawn and the Dawn of the Dead remake. I'll also second Rob's My Cousin Vinnie, and I'll add Dude, Where's My Car, White Chicks and Undead or Alive. I also have a soft spot for the sentimental Secondhand Lions and The Princess Bride.

Just saw Where the Heart Is again tonight. It's been a while since I saw it, but I loved it all over again. I didn't realize Natalie Portman had the lead role until I watched it this time. I haven't seen her latest film, but want to see it now. Funny thing is she was pregnant at the Oscars and pregnant in Where the Heart is.

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Finally, got this to work!

One of my favorite mystery films from the past is DEAD AGAIN.
And of course, in my opinion,
no one has surpassed the
Hitchcock films.

Speaking of the Hitchcock films, I found the Ghost Writer so Hitchcockian in its every frame. Enjoyed it greatly as a suspenseful mystery. Nataalie Portman is a fantastic actress, agreed. So is Melissa Tomei. I just loved her in My Cousin Vinney.

Rob, I liked Sherlock Holmes too and will see the sequel. Sometimes I luck up on one I missed the first time around on cable (and talk myself out of cancellig it-ha!)I always get a laugh out of seeubg a Men in Black I missed because of the actors, not the 'history' LOL.
One Sci-Fi I'll never forget is The Dayl the Earth Stood Still.

One of my all time favorites is "Last of the Mohicans." Daniel Day Lewis and Madeline Stone are superb, plus the history involved and the emotions are right off the charts!
DL Larson