Book Day!!!

Once again a favorite part of this term has come: Book Day! Due to our partnership with the Boulder Book Store, the Book Club is graced with the delivery of a box of books every so often. I love these days. I mean, what's more exciting than a box of free books? The last time we received a box of books, I picked up nine books. Consider that each book costs approximately $15. That's $15*9=$135. That's quite the savings. :D So today I practically skipped my way to Mayville's so that I could peruse the newest box. With my perfect timing, I arrived right on cue as Chris and Mayville arrived at the door with the books, meaning I didn't have to carry any haha. It seems that we had a large collection of romance-style books this time around. I really didn't feel like any romance books, so I only picked up one book of that style. Three of the books that I picked up were about the supernatural, two about vampires. In fact, one of my pick-ups today was the third installment in the Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series that I have been rather impatient to read. Great series, light-hearted with just enough seriousness to give the story real meaning. I can't wait to read this new addition. I picked up another, unrelated novel, and the last book I picked up was a short ethics book. I am interested to see if any of the "wisdom" held within its pages actually proves to be wisdom at all. We shall soon find out. Other than those, I still have about three or four books that I still need to read and review. All of my book reviews can be read on http://achsbookclub.blogspot.com/

Back to School

Ah, the school year has begun. New classes, new teachers, and old friends. Anyways, school has started back up and it's already clear it's going to be a crazy year. I only have one teacher from my previous year(s): my science teacher, Mr. Abshire. My schedule isn't too bad, especially for first term. I have 1) English, 2) World Civ 1, 3) AVID, 4) Film Studies, 5) AP Calculus, and 6) AP/IB Biology. I enjoy having english first hour because it is always nice to start the day with a class you like. I of course love english, so this is a good setup for me. The teacher, Mr. Will, is a pretty dorky guy, but seems like he'll be a good teacher. World Civilization, however, does not look so interesting. History being as boring to me as it is, I was hoping for a teacher that would at least try to make it more interesting. Unfortunately, no dice. I have two teachers, Mr. Grandt and his student-teacher Mr. White, both of whom are relatively interesting people and teachers. I am not seeing a very interesting future for the class. Oh well, can't have it all I guess.
AVID is a class I don't really like all that well to begin with, but I always end up getting stuck with it. My teacher this year, Mrs. Davenport, is a teacher I think I will grow to really like. She is bright and cheery and ends most of her sentences with an upward inflection. Film Studies is an iffy class though. It is one of those kinds of classes that can be really dull or cool, depending on the movies and work. So far, it's been so-so. AP Calc is a class I have been dreading. I am reasonably adept at math, but I'm not a math person. I don't really like math. And this class is tough, so we'll see how I do. Keep your fingers crossed.
And last, but certainly not least, AP Biology. I have always been interested in science, so this class was not a problem attention wise. The work load, however, as more the quadrupled from my previous science classes. I spent almost 4 hours doing homework last night. :\ I am sincerely hoping that the work will become easier, if not less. At least the work is interesting.
You know what bugs me the most about all the work? I don't have much time to read. Mr. Abshire just gave me a book called Quirkology. Sounds interesting, sounds fun. Had it for several days now. Still haven't gotten to start it. :[ On another note, the lawn mower was having issues, so I had to take it over to my Grandaddy's. We fiddled and messed with it some and today I brought it home. Not in the best condition ever, but a lot better than it was.
OOOH! Climbing starts next week. The Veteran's Meeting is on Monday and the actual first Interest Meeting is on Wednesday. I am so excited. I have been waiting for climbing since the end of last year. I hope we get a good turn out this year too. I have a couple of friends joining, so we'll see how they do. Can't wait! :D

Books

Today I'm stranded at home. Mother Nature proudly delivered five inches of snow last night, much to my dismay. So we're not working today. I have been reading a lot lately, so that's one good thing I've gotten out of this experience. I have already read three, about to be four of the books I brought up here with me. That just leaves me six left. I am coming home sooner than I had originally planned, but now I'm just counting down the days. Only three weeks left.