“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” – Jhumpa Lahiri
The show “Rizzoli & Isles” has pretty much everything I want in a narrative: strong women at the top of their careers, gross medical stuff, witty banter, and murder mystery. It’s my favorite cop show. That the show is based on a book series was one of the most delightful discoveries of my life (thanks …
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“exciting and chilling all at the same time.” – J. Timmer
Over the summer, Ms. Boyer, our new district diagnostician (formerly the High School CREW teacher) shared with me her reading choices. Check them out! Whole Brain Child 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D This book gives amazing insight to the importance of …
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My cousin and I discussed collaborating on a reading list. Here is what I came up with. FICTION The Wilful Girl by Anonymous (2000 BC) The Book of Thoth by Anonymous (5th – 1st Century BC) Things Fall Apart by Chinua Acebe Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo …
I’m not sure if it’s the best time to review ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King . . . or the worst. Since King depicts vampire bites and turning somewhat like a viral disease, this book will either make your more anxious or remind you that it could be worse . . .
“Ultimately, I appreciate how this book turns the vampire-romance story on its head and makes room for a strong, intelligent, capable female protagonist.”
“Go in to Two Can Keep a Secret with an open mind; don’t compare it to McManus’s debut novel. Instead, let it stand as itself and enjoy!”
“I challenge readers of this book to sit in discomfort when they realize all the little areas in their own lives where casual prejudice and bias filter through. Then, like Izzy, they can set fire to the prairies of their own biases; the ashes will fertilize what grows anew. “
The problems Claire tries to parse out in the novel invite us to think about the essence of things.
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