tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post6479176345577736589..comments2023-12-27T03:44:03.834+01:00Comments on Presenting Lenore: Book Review, Contest and Author Interview: The Big Splash by Jack FerraioloLenore Appelhanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16664671644163369772noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-61735763124702351472008-12-08T12:00:00.000+01:002008-12-08T12:00:00.000+01:00i will do some contesti will do some contestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-21308544078740045412008-09-04T13:39:00.000+02:002008-09-04T13:39:00.000+02:00Thanks for sharing all the great memories everyone...Thanks for sharing all the great memories everyone! The contest is now closed as I go off to pick the winners.Lenore Appelhanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16664671644163369772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-27584587507061408372008-09-03T23:57:00.000+02:002008-09-03T23:57:00.000+02:00An emmy, that's great.An emmy, that's great.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08195634643933332037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-64613475661753968282008-09-03T17:50:00.000+02:002008-09-03T17:50:00.000+02:00I know a couple of kids who would love this. And ...I know a couple of kids who would love this. And I would too.<BR/><BR/>SLFMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-28284149591687389012008-09-03T07:58:00.000+02:002008-09-03T07:58:00.000+02:00Count me in too....I think this book sounds great!...Count me in too....I think this book sounds great!!<BR/><BR/>A memory from middle school that always makes me smile is of one particular teacher Mr. Guimont. He was a very stern man and insisted that the class would work in complete silence...However, every now and again, when the class become too quiet, he would walk to the back of the classroom with a large 1 m wooden ruler....and WACK it on the back-counters as hard as he could to basically scare us all silly!! ...ah, those were the days;)michy27https://www.blogger.com/profile/14419978100914926673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-21095705751031814452008-09-03T01:41:00.000+02:002008-09-03T01:41:00.000+02:00count me incount me inforexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09659536965622667357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-86297684001178703852008-09-02T01:17:00.000+02:002008-09-02T01:17:00.000+02:00One of my favorite middle school memories was havi...One of my favorite middle school memories was having our middle school located next to the skating rink. Yes, this was the late 70's and skating was cool. We got to take "field trips" to the skating rink every once in a while and I loved couple skates. To be able to hold the hand of my crush was the best thing ever. This was back in innocent times and holding hands was a HUGE deal.bevsclarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07332826133238469728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-15133835385358599062008-09-01T03:06:00.000+02:002008-09-01T03:06:00.000+02:00sounds like a good book! please enter me!middle s...sounds like a good book! please enter me!<BR/><BR/>middle school memory? hmm, I think one of the more amusing ones (now that I look back, and am a few inches taller than I was then) and more musically memorable was when I attended my first "jazz day" and since I was part of the MS jazz band, I got to head over to the HS to listen to a professional jazz band & have workshops with them for a day. Of course being a little seventh grader meant I was generally shorter than the high schoolers who thought it was amusing to see little middle schoolers running around with instruments almost bigger than them. I was rather intimidated to be surrounded by so many good musicians that were all just so...tall. and big! lol I felt quite small and insignificant and unsure, since we all had to preform in front of the HS & professional jazz band. But my day ended pretty well since my friend, who was the pianist, improvised on the piano a whole bunch of stuff for me and we just sat there, listening & playing, and he is just a brilliant musician! & I guess I just was relieved that our band had preformed pretty well & learned plenty of things. :)Dominiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17335069971168438534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-62161203764496347762008-08-30T12:12:00.000+02:002008-08-30T12:12:00.000+02:00I'm a school librarian and this looks like so much...I'm a school librarian and this looks like so much fun. I am always looking for books to suggest to boys. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Kelli W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-14046424332652424732008-08-29T02:35:00.000+02:002008-08-29T02:35:00.000+02:00I would like to enter.I also have a middle school ...I would like to enter.<BR/><BR/>I also have a middle school memory. It was in 6th grade math class... I was the kid who got good grades, was sort of a loner, and didn't get in trouble (much). The teacher thought I'd be a good role model, so she assigned me a seat at the table where the rudest, meanest kid in the grade sat. We were the only ones at the table. He made fun of me and tried to copy off of my work. Did I mention he also got a lot of Fs and yelled at teachers? Eventually I complained.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-8629869174415153102008-08-29T01:04:00.000+02:002008-08-29T01:04:00.000+02:00Okay your posted on my blog...hopefully you'll get...Okay your posted on my blog...hopefully you'll get some more traffic! Good luck and thanks for the giveaway! <BR/><BR/>Here's the link t my blog: http://thriftynursewife.blogspot.com/2008/08/book-giveawy.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14238796996754601281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-52078583103327816122008-08-29T00:53:00.000+02:002008-08-29T00:53:00.000+02:00Thank you so much for reading my blog! I posted a ...Thank you so much for reading my blog! I posted a ton of freebies this morning...lots of good stuff. Thanks also for the giveaway note! This book loos so intriguing and filled with suspense! I hope I get to read it! I will post a blog letting my readers know to check your site out and I'll comment again when I get it done. Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14238796996754601281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-57236144229823342972008-08-28T06:24:00.000+02:002008-08-28T06:24:00.000+02:00Hey thanks for the comment AND letting me know abo...Hey thanks for the comment AND letting me know about this awesome book/author Q&a/CONTEST!<BR/><BR/>The Big Splash sounds like an sucha fun read! The writing sounds really does sound humorous. I hope to read it soon. And I loved the Q&A with the author. <BR/><BR/>*Extra Entries*<BR/>- I posted about on my blog (can be found in the right sidebar)<BR/><BR/>- And I'm going to be sharing a middle school memory right...now<BR/><BR/>Since there are embarrassing moments in the book. I'm going to share one (and plus no one from school knows this is me) In the sixth grade I was wearing these baggy sweat pants(it was laundry day and I had no clean pair of jeans) and I was walking down to science class. Right when I was FIVE feet from the class one my right foot snagged with my left pant leg causing me to fall on my knees and...i skidded into class...on my knees. And of course my fellow little six grade classmates never let that one go. Especially, because I'm one of those people who start laughing (after asking them if there alright that is) when someone else falls. <BR/><BR/>Not very fond of that memory but I gotta admit it was funny. ;)YA Book Realmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10323212010545485786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-72570919726385889872008-08-28T04:41:00.000+02:002008-08-28T04:41:00.000+02:00okay, i finally got the chance to blog about this....okay, i finally got the chance to blog about this. so here is that!<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://shootingstarsmag.blogspot.com/2008/08/win-it-wednesday.html<BR/><BR/><BR/>thanks,<BR/>laurenShooting Stars Maghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16074581473656321052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-43802309613114383302008-08-27T16:42:00.000+02:002008-08-27T16:42:00.000+02:00Your interview doesn't read as though it was condu...Your interview doesn't read as though it was conducted through email (which is often the case due to travel and time constraints) and I think it's really one of the better interviews I've read online lately.<BR/><BR/>Here's a middle school memory for you... personal computers were a new thing when I was in the 8th grade. Our computer lab was a small closet in the back of the library big enough to fit a table holding two Apple IIe computers and dot matrix printer. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-19906688645703953712008-08-27T10:41:00.000+02:002008-08-27T10:41:00.000+02:00Great memories everyone - thanks for sharing :)Great memories everyone - thanks for sharing :)Lenore Appelhanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16664671644163369772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-17262472895856500672008-08-27T07:00:00.000+02:002008-08-27T07:00:00.000+02:00Oh! Your review really made me want this one! Plea...Oh! Your review really made me want this one! Please enter me in the contest. I have posted about your contest on my blog: <A HREF="http://www.randomwonder.com/2008/08/book-giveaways-all-over-place.html" REL="nofollow">Random Wonder</A>.<BR/><BR/>I met my husband of 27 years in middle school so that would have to be my best memory. We met in Mr. Ullery's history class. He tells me I was wearing red bib-overalls and a white blouse. On the bus home, he told his sister he was in love :-) and she punched him.Cheryl Vanattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826862563579967763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-13776228350489973832008-08-26T18:04:00.000+02:002008-08-26T18:04:00.000+02:00As a huge noir fan, I now really, really want to r...As a huge noir fan, I now really, really want to read this book.<BR/><BR/>In middle school I remember two friends and I missing the bus one day. None of our parents were available to pick us up (they worked, we rode the bus for a reason), so we called a the sixteen-year-old sister of another friend to give us a ride, even though she wasn't supposed to drive people around. The school secretary knew the phone number and yelled at us for calling her . . . the pleasure of small towns.Livianiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479932701589363306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-36847785584594996802008-08-25T23:30:00.000+02:002008-08-25T23:30:00.000+02:00I'd love to share this with my sons. airforcemom_...I'd love to share this with my sons. <BR/><BR/><BR/>airforcemom_22 AT yahooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-6073511285440800112008-08-23T17:08:00.000+02:002008-08-23T17:08:00.000+02:00Hi,Please enter me in your give away. Looks like ...Hi,<BR/><BR/>Please enter me in your give away. Looks like a great book.<BR/><BR/>Middle school memory: Mr. Joiner with his pointer-6th grade Wold History-he was hilarious & never will forget him!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Thank you,<BR/>Susan B.<BR/><BR/>sbussey AT windstream.netSusan B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05402849228501010148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-69103302593040763422008-08-23T16:49:00.000+02:002008-08-23T16:49:00.000+02:00Enter me. I e-mailed you my contact details.CTEnter me. I e-mailed you my contact details.<BR/><BR/>CTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-8180157425952426502008-08-23T06:47:00.000+02:002008-08-23T06:47:00.000+02:00Greetings, I love the cover of the book! It sounds...Greetings, I love the cover of the book! It sounds like it has delightful characters and a great story line. I had a bit of a mouth when I was in junior high! If I thought a teacher had a pet, I told them. I ended up getting a swat for that one! I spend many recesses in the gym writing sentences for talking too much or dreaming up schemes. Please enter me in your delightful book drawing. Many thanks, Cindi<BR/>jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]comwindycindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12094662150428102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-91836752934377929602008-08-23T04:00:00.000+02:002008-08-23T04:00:00.000+02:00Okay my beautiful young niece - here's my middle s...Okay my beautiful young niece - here's my middle school memory. You have to remember, I went to Catholic schools (oh so many years ago!). I went to a new school in 7th grade, and I met my friend Laurie on our first day of school. She was transplanted from Maryland, and looking to fit in too. We hit it off - but she moved to the east side of town the next summer. We would meet downtown on the weekends and hang out together. She moved back to Maryland after 8th grade, and we lost touch for quite a while. However, with the invention of the internet, we have found each other again, and keep in touch with e-mail and letters.<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed your review of The Smart One. I'm not sure I will put it on my book list though. If a book doesn't grab me at the beginning, I tend to put it down.<BR/><BR/>Love you - tell the hubby HI!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713081443454171988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-46902284266031122952008-08-22T21:46:00.000+02:002008-08-22T21:46:00.000+02:00This looks like such a good book. I didn't go to a...This looks like such a good book. I didn't go to a special middle school, we just had K-8 and then 9-13 (in Ontario). One memory that stands out is from grade seven, a friend of mine telling me that her family had just gotten hooked up to the internet and that she had been in a chat room for the first time. She was the first person I knew who had the internet, and I was very impressed!<BR/><BR/>carolineland(at)hotmail(dot)comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987167496142681464.post-2053673559562507642008-08-22T19:58:00.000+02:002008-08-22T19:58:00.000+02:00What a great sounding book! I loved the review an...What a great sounding book! I loved the review and interview. Great job!<BR/>I would love to be entered. I am blogging about the contest at my blog: cafe of dreams<BR/>My memory would have to be winning a trip to a young writer's conference. It was so awesome!!Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02026539637409766437noreply@blogger.com