Jen DeFilippi

@suehellerjp @Vikes_Dawgs @DonnaLGoodwin @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 Yes! I loved reading about the history of the Louvre, too. It's fascinating how Day frames the robbery by detailing life in a new, innovative century. Literacy. Automation. Mass communication. We wouldn't know Mona Lisa today had she been stolen 20 years earlier. #ppspdspot

@Vikes_Dawgs @jendef3 @DonnaLGoodwin @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 I love the description of the Louvre. With that size, it's no wonder the security was lax. No one could possibly cover that much area with all those tiny rooms. What did we ever do without technology?? #ppspdspot

1st chat for "The Midnight Children" by @DanGemeinhart Tweet your thoughts! #ppspdspot @jp_library @cp_library @Erufus2 @vunkjp @Vikes_Dawgs @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @jendef3 @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @quiche36

@suehellerjp @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Vikes_Dawgs @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 I love the narrator's tone in this book! Day somehow highlights both the matter-of-fact and also the incredulous nature of the story. Captivating! #ppspdspot

@jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Vikes_Dawgs @jendef3 @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 1st chat for "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Christopher Day. This book is so fun to read! Tweet your thoughts for the first 60ish pages! #ppspdspot

@suehellerjp @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Vikes_Dawgs @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 Also: I would absolutely watch a BBC drama series starring Louis Lépine. The inspiration for Hercule Poirot maybe? "Could LL find an old plank of wood? He could." (p. 31). Can't wait to find out! #ppspdspot

@Vikes_Dawgs @suehellerjp @DonnaLGoodwin @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 They were supposed to be the most qualified, but really just wanted to avoid drama and retire with a military pension! Great detail. #ppspdspot

@suehellerjp @DonnaLGoodwin @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @jendef3 @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 And the lack of effort from the guards #ppspdspot

@DonnaLGoodwin @Vikes_Dawgs @suehellerjp @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 Donna: Do you paint? I'd like to be a literary copyist: Sit in a library all day using mentor texts to inspire. What's the going rate, do you think? Who's with me? #ppspdspot

@Vikes_Dawgs @suehellerjp @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @jendef3 @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 I’m enjoying this book very much! I would’ve loved to be a copyist !!!! How great it would be to sit among those famous paintings!! A visit is on my bucket list! #ppspdspot

@SteveSheinkin @kennethoppel 20 odd years ago I edited a terrific book by Sara Bader called _Strange Red Cow: Curious Classified Ads from the Past_ that told exactly these stories. No idea if it’s still in print, but fascinating indeed!

@kennethoppel I know, there's a story there...

Fellow research nerds - do you also get easily sidetracked by the ads in old newspapers? This gem's from the SF Chronicle 1872...

@Vikes_Dawgs @suehellerjp @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi It’s hard to move on from the people and places we cherish, right? Sometimes we let go and sometimes it’s the other way. Never easy. So well done in the book! #ppspdspot

@jendef3 @suehellerjp @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi I never drew that connection between letting go with middle school and letting go with loss of library. But it's so true #ppspdspot

@suehellerjp @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Vikes_Dawgs @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi I loved how Evan ran part of the way to school in order to buy time to write in his notebook. Clever. #ppspdspot

@jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Vikes_Dawgs @jendef3 @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi Evan is an interesting character. I love his calmness and his thoughtfulness. #ppspdspot

@suehellerjp @Vikes_Dawgs @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi I really hope his parents honor the middle school expiration date. It’s hard to let them go, but so important! Letting go and moving on sure feels like a big theme here. I wonder how our younger readers would interpret… #ppspdspot

@Vikes_Dawgs @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @jendef3 @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi Rafe is Evan’s “partner in crime” so to speak 🤣 #ppspdspot

@jp_library @suehellerjp @Vikes_Dawgs @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi That scene reminded me of the Power of Our Names video/exercise you taught me all those years ago that I *still*share with students on Day 1 #ppspdspot

@suehellerjp @Vikes_Dawgs @vunkjp @LitDanaK @jendef3 @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi I know!! Mortimer was a beloved member of the community! I ❤️ how he went by different names & while he didn’t seem to mind them, he was so happy when he was called by his true name!#ppspdspot

@jp_library @suehellerjp @Vikes_Dawgs @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi Stead and Mass heart-achingly capture grief and the bittersweet letting go of a loved one. The scene with the mantle was perfection. Curious to know how many revisions it went through…#ppspdspot

@suehellerjp @Vikes_Dawgs @vunkjp @LitDanaK @jendef3 @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi Al makes me sad. To think she has spent 20 years being that way 😭. #ppspdspot

@suehellerjp @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Vikes_Dawgs @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi Read this one cover to cover with my coffee this morning. So many mirrors for me❤️ Going back now to finally read your #ppspdspot comments…

@jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Vikes_Dawgs @jendef3 @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi 1st chat this week for "Lost Library" by Stead & Mass. This book has great characters! I can't wait to see how they all mesh together! #ppspdspot

@suehellerjp @Vikes_Dawgs @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi It’s on my stack to read over break! Stead’s _When You Reach Me_ is a favorite. #ppspdspot

@Vikes_Dawgs @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @jendef3 @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi I can’t wait to read more. I just finished section 3 for this coming week. Sooo good! I’m dying to finish! But I’ll wait🙄 #ppspdspot

Hey #ppspdspot have we ever had a nonfiction selection for our book chat? Can’t recall. So many great choices here!

#ppspdspot❤️

@Vikes_Dawgs @jp_library @suehellerjp @vunkjp @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads Spoiler alert………………… Me: What did you think? S: I can’t believe she was lying! Me: It really was the end of the world for her. S: Oh yeah, I get the whole metaphor thing.😆🥰#ppspdspot

@Vikes_Dawgs @jp_library @suehellerjp @vunkjp @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads One of my fifth graders just finished the book on Friday. …🧵#ppspdspot

@suehellerjp @jp_library @Vikes_Dawgs @vunkjp @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads It’s just incredible how resilient the human mind is. We don’t know what we can truly survive until we must. This book will stay with me, for sure. #ppspdspot

@jp_library @Vikes_Dawgs @vunkjp @jendef3 @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads Final chat for "Probability of Everything" by #Saraheverett #ppspdspot Tweet your thoughts, but NO SPOILERS! We'll chat the last section of this book this week. OMG what an ending. I loved how the author keeps the reader to total suspense until the end of the story.

@suehellerjp @jp_library @Vikes_Dawgs @vunkjp @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads Now I just went back and re-read the first chapter. From a narrative writing/editing POV, I wonder if the first chapter was written first or last. So well done! Reminds me of another book…which I’ll mention in person so not to spoil anything online #ppspdspot

@jp_library @Vikes_Dawgs @vunkjp @jendef3 @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads Week 3 chat for "Probability of Everything" by #Saraheverett #ppspdspot Chatting up to p240. Honestly chatters, I COULD NOT stop reading to the end of the book. Not like me, but I HAD to finish. WOW! I thought this book was mediocre UNTIL the last part. All I can say is WOW! 😳😢

@suehellerjp @jp_library @Vikes_Dawgs @vunkjp @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads Ok I finished and WOWOWOW we’re going to need to discuss in person. I’m feeling all the feels about this book, including the author’s note ❤️💔 #ppspdspot