Cyndi Goodgame YA Author

Top Ten Current Reads on my shelf.

But not really in order…just stacked on shelf to read soon or on the list pad on corner. Masquerade by Georgette HeyerThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robertson (reread) The Outsiders by Hinton (reread and teaching again in classes)The Interlopers by Saki (started and not finished-heard about from a friend)The Tempest by Shakespeare (reread because daughter just read for first…

Been away but now am back! Top ten lists coming soon!

Top 14 High Interest Poems That Make You Want to Read More Poetry

The Love Story of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot Raven-Edgar Allen Poe O Captain, my Captain!-Walt Whitman Richard Cory-ERobinson We Are Seven-William Wordsworth Major General’s song from Pirates of Penzance-Sullivan The Hollow Man- T. S. Eliot Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night-Dylan Thomas What About Me-Angela Davis Anabel Lee-Edgar Allen Poe She Walks in Beauty- Lord Byron So We’ll Go No…

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Passing along the message promoting a new generation of ham radio operators in the making. #hamradio

A good day to read…

Stay inside… read a book that has been jumping on the shelf begging to be turned.

Top 10 Short Stories Students Will Be Motivated and Eager to Read More-to the theme of BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs

King Midas-Greek Myths

Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe

Galoshes of Fortune by Hans Christian Anderson

Button, Button by Richard Matheson

Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury

Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

The Landlady by Roald Dahl

Jack and the Beanstalk-English Fairy Tale

Phaethon -Greek Myths

Jane Austen quotes what all of us females are thinking…if in their place in their time

“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”  #JaneAusten in Persuasion #classicromancebookquotes

Tell it, girl. Ode to the woman who knows “she can handle it”.

Washing Your Hands by yourself or with your future cherished one! Thomas Hardy set the scene best.

“It being the first time in his life that he had touched female fingers under water, Dick duly registered the sensation as rather a nice one.” #ThomasHardy Only Hardy can make washing your hands in a sink sound intimate. Love it! #classicromancebookquotes

My Top Ten Classics Read After High School

My Top Ten Classics Read After High School and College

They can only cram so much within the age of schooling. Here are the top favorites that I missed out in schooling but enjoyed because…well, because old style writers can be intriguing to analyze and simply enjoy.

Pride and Prejudice-Austen

Murder on the Orient Express-Christie

Persuasion-Austen

North and South-Gaskell

Under the Greenwood…

Top Ten Classic Poems with a Surprise Ending That Make Students Want to read more poetry

Richard Cory by Robinson

The Poison Tree by Blake

O What is That Sound by Auden

Eldorado by Poe

Danny Deever by Kipling

O Captain, my Captain! By Whitman

Annabel Lee by Poe

Reuben Bright by Robinson

Raven by Poe

Luke Havergal by Robinson

Hero’s Journey-Top 10 Monomyths that Inspire to Read More Classics or Relish in the Hero’s moments of fortune as well as misfortune and overcoming adversary!

Harry from Harry Potter Series by Rowling

Sophie from Keeper of the Lost Cities by Messenger

Frodo from Lord of the Rings by Tolkien

Katniss from The Hunger Games Series by Collins

Hawkeye from Last of the Mohicans by Cooper

Will from Ranger’s Apprentice Series by Flannagan

Mathias from Redwall Series by Jacques

Yelena from Poison Study by Snyder

Thomas from Mazerunner by Dashner

Bilbo from The…

Top 10 Classic Romances that Inspire to Love a Character and Mimic Them

Austen’s Pride and Prejudice-Elizabeth or “Lizzie” Bennet

Hardy’s Under the Greenwood Tree- Fancy Day

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet-Romeo Montague

Thackeray’s Vanity Fair- Becky Sharp 

Cooper’s Last of the Mohicans-Hawkeye

Christie’s Death on the Nile-Jacqueline de Bellefort 

Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo-Edmond Dantes or “Monte Cristo”

Austen’s Persuasion- Anne Elliot

Christie’s Murder on…

Life is Great! Keep it simple. Love always.

Advice! Advice should be given in the right way, right moment. So many lack the ability to give advice in the right context.  Remember, it is sometimes (but not always) better to stay quiet when the moment isn’t right.

Just finished reading a book about a book character an author created that shares their unending advice with all and often, when really isn’t the time. A job well done on the…

My Top Ten Classics Read After High School -How About You? What would make your top ten?

My Top Ten Classics Read After High School

  Pride and Prejudice-Austen

Murder on the Orient Express-Christie

Persuasion-Austen

North and South-Gaskell

Under the Greenwood Tree-Hardy

A Night To Remember-Lord

Treasure Island-Stevenson

The Whipping Boy-Fleischman

Night-Wiesel

Diary of Anne Frank-Frank