February Book Post – Horton Halfpott

Cover © Harry N. Abrams

And onward we march! Our next book is a Guys Read favorite, by a Guys Read favorite author. Horton Halfpott, by Tom Angleberger. Maybe you’ve heard of Mr. Angleberger? He wrote a little series called Origami Yoda! He is the best. THE BEST! Horton is a lot different than Origami Yoda, but it is just as stooky!

Actually, Horton Halfpott has three titles. Here’s the full meal deal:

Horton Halfpott, or

the Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor, or

the Loosening of M’Lady Luggertuck’s Corset

So, make of that what you will. It is a pretty hilarious historical mystery.

Book trailer!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4B4Tr53L-0&rel=0]

Meeting: Thursday, February 27, 6:30-7:30 pm

A couple of years ago, we used Horton with our cross country partnership with SMS Guys Read, the IBRG. Click here for a bunch of links to our crazy videos.

TMCE IBRG #4 – So delicious

It’s been a little crazy here at TMCE, so we hadn’t gotten around to filming a final video for Horton Halfpott and the IBRG until today, despite finishing the book way back on March 30. We finally got our act together and I think it came off quite well.

SMS Guys Read sent us a video before they went on a break of their own. And Mr. H. was even thinking of us when he was on vacation. So that’s cool.

Here’s our video. Hopefully we can squeeze in a few more before the end of our year!

Keep reading!

Also, I compiled all of our Horton videos into a YouTube playlist. Just in case, you know, you want to spend half an hour watching crazy guys be crazy. Here’s the link.

Tom Angleberger is the greatest

@MrShafferTMCE I declare you guys awesome, too!!!

— INACTIVE ACCOUNT for author Tom Angleberger (@OrigamiYoda) March 31, 2012

IBRG – TMCE #3 – Puppets! Mud! Gar!

It took us a long time to get this made. I was busy with some non-IBRG stuff, and I wasn’t letting guys bug me during lunch. Plus, I hear SMS Guys Read is WAY behind us…

The last video, from SMS, featured pantomime. It was pretty excellent. We decided to further broaden our dramatic repertoire with some fancy puppetry. We selected three scenes featuring the Mire (well, two with the Mire and one with a Lake). The last one is in Chapter 20…so…spoiler alert if you’re not there yet.

By the way, our TMCE IBRG contingent has ballooned. We’ve suddenly more than doubled in size, from four to eleven. The word is getting out.

Had a little video glitch, so this is my second try.

And, as always:

@MrShafferTMCE Love those special effects... I.e. Mire mud. Save some for the big finale after the ball!!!

— INACTIVE ACCOUNT for author Tom Angleberger (@OrigamiYoda) March 13, 2012

IBRG – TMCE #2

Posted without comment.

Oh, okay, I’ll make a few comments. Would have had this out earlier, but the sound went all crazy on our first British Accent contest. I don’t know why. Too British?

Our Knucklehead feature was totally the guys’ idea, though after they mentioned it I showed them this video, “Ithaca Concert Not Going Well,”  from my favorite band, They Might Be Giants, which served as further inspiration.

Our next video will feature wigs. Guaranteed.

As always:

@MrShafferTMCE Cor! Blimey! Are they all British for real?

— INACTIVE ACCOUNT for author Tom Angleberger (@OrigamiYoda) February 28, 2012