{"id":1808,"date":"2008-02-23T18:54:42","date_gmt":"2008-02-23T23:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flamingohouse.net\/?p=1808"},"modified":"2008-02-23T18:54:42","modified_gmt":"2008-02-23T23:54:42","slug":"wednesday-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamingohouse.net\/?p=1808","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been in bed almost all day.  Sort of an accidental participation on <a href=http:\/\/blog.writerslake.com\/2008\/02\/21\/now-with-fabulous-prizes-new-technology-and-a-promise.aspx>Bring a Book to Bed Day<\/a> due to some combination of exhaustion and a cold or something.  I slept a good bit but I also read quite a lot.  <\/p>\n<p>I finished <a href=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wednesday-Wars-Gary-D-Schmidt\/dp\/0618724834\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1203810557&#038;sr=1-1>Wednesday Wars<\/a>, which I discovered when I was looking at the list of YA finalists for <a href=http:\/\/dadtalk.typepad.com\/cybils\/2008\/01\/2007-young-adul.html>Cybil Awards<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>I laughed my way through it.  I laughed a lot more than TW did when she read it.  Possibly because of the &#8220;rats&#8221; or possibly because of the Shakespeare.  Or maybe it was all of the death threats a 7th grader can get.  <\/p>\n<p>Great book.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been in bed almost all day. Sort of an accidental participation on Bring a Book to Bed Day due to some combination of exhaustion and a cold or something. I slept a good bit but I also read quite a lot. 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