Thanks to NetGalley and Disney Publishing Worldwide for a free digital copy in exchange for an honest review! You guys. When I saw the email saying I had access to the ARC of Tristan Strong Destroys the World I started dancing in my classroom. Seriously. (I don't have students in class yet, so it wasn't... Continue Reading →
Review: Goodnight From London
Happy Tuesday Everyone! New review for you today! I've been super into historical fiction this year, and I enjoyed today's book so much that I'll definitely be reading more! Thanks to @bookclubgirl, NetGalley, and HarperCollins Publishers for this free digital copy in exchange for an honest review! 🙂 Rundown When Ruby Sutton, newer writer for The American is... Continue Reading →
Review: Skelton’s Guide to Domestic Poisons
Good Morning and Happy Thursday! I want to wish a very happy publication today to the book I have reviewed for you all today. This one ticked off a lot of boxes for me: murder, mystery, quirky characters, and England. I’m so happy to share my thoughts on it! Thanks to NetGalley and Allison and... Continue Reading →
Review: Murder at the Natural History Museum
Happy Thursday Everyone! I hope you are all well and thriving! Works begins in a few days on my end and I'm staying busy juggling teaching stuff, book stuff, and buying a house stuff...and I am just so ready for Fall and some cooler weather. Today is the release date for Murder at the Natural... Continue Reading →
Review: The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett
Happy Saturday! School starts in a couple of weeks and I have wavered between being in denial about all of the work to be done and trying to wrap my head around having a regular schedule for the first time in almost 6 months. On top of this, I am house hunting! It's an exciting... Continue Reading →
Review: Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks
Happy Last Week of July! I know I'm not the only one who is simultaneously weirded out and unfazed by this strange passing of time. Since it is the last Monday of July though, it's time for a review of the collection of poems I read in honor of this month's Poet of the Month:... Continue Reading →
Review: Tristan Strong Punches A Hole In The Sky
Happy Monday! I am so excited to talk about today's book: Tristan Strong Punches A Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia. This is a book I have talked about almost constantly for months...because it is really THAT good. In February, I started a Myths and Folktales unit with my 7th graders and decided to... Continue Reading →
Reading the Classics: Pride and Prejudice
As I write this, I am currently watching the 1995 BBC version of Pride and Prejudice, and as soon as this version is over, I will be watching the 2005 film version with Keira Knightley. I LOVE this story. I first read Pride and Prejudice my freshmen year of high school: my family had just... Continue Reading →
Review: Real Murders
Hello Fellow Book Lovers! I have sat down at my desk for the past few days to write this post, and just haven't been able to do it. I have the quarantine blues, coupled with the rainy day blues. All productivity went out the window--bye grading, bye assignments, bye exercise motivation. However, the sun has... Continue Reading →
Reading the Classics: Emma
Hello and Happy May! My first segment for "Reading the Classics" was so long ago, that I forgot it was even an idea I had! The original idea was that I would read classics I had not read before, and as usual, provide commentary. Perhaps this is blasphemy as an English major and a Language... Continue Reading →