This week I have read 2 books and they are   1. The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum 2. Fake Skating by Lynn Painter   This is what I thought about them   The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum This time Dorothy and Toto are joined by Auntie Em and Uncle Henry to the land of Oz.You see, Auntie Em and Uncle Henry are getting old and can't make a lot of money and can't go out and work, so they can't afford to have Dorothy anymore unless she works. Dorothy decided that they

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Quote "Great hopes make great men." Thomas Fuller Joke I have a few jokes about unemployed people, but none of them work Fun Fact Back when dinosaurs existed, there used to be volcanoes that were erupting on the moon. Reading Fact Chained books Yes, just like in the Citadel Library from the Game of Thrones. In the past, the value of the books was so high, that people had to chain books to the shelves. It was a highly effective theft prevention method and was widely practiced

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Quote "Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life." Jerzy Gregory Joke Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak Fun Fact The scientific term for brain freeze is “sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia”. Reading Fact Reading protects from prison American sociologists argue that children who’ve learned to read by the age of eight have fewer chances of being imprisoned in the future. Moreover, those kids are less likely to us

Quote "The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life."  Jessica Hische Joke What did one DNA strand say to the other DNA strand? Do these genes make my butt look big? Fun Fact When mice live in the wild, they typically only live for about six months due to the fact that they have so many predators. However, in a controlled environment like being kept as a pet, they can live up to two years. Reading Fact Reading fict