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SReed151

SReed151

Joined February 2019

Author of the upcoming Why Did I Get a B? Harrowing and Humorous Truths About Teaching (Atria, Holiday 2019).
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This is my book! It‘s a collection of humor pieces and essays about my 20-year teaching career, which spans teaching preK to college (I teach at Pitt now). It‘ll be out next July but let me know if you‘re interested as galleys will go out early next year! I‘d love it if you‘d add it to your TBR piles and/or ask your library to order it!

Bookwormjillk Just stacked it. Looks great! 5y
SReed151 @Bookwormjillk thanks so much! 5y
LiteraryinPA What an awesome accomplishment! Congrats! As a teacher, I know I will relate to this one. 5y
SReed151 @LiteraryinLititz I really hope so! I wrote in the introduction that it is a love letter to teachers. ❤️ thanks! 5y
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Starting this one! I‘m trying to read a book a day (or close to it!) for my fall break this week. I read the New York Magazine piece this is based on a while back and was enthralled!

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I Miss You When I Blink: Essays | Mary Laura Philpott
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I really enjoyed this memoir through essays! Philpott has a great way with one-liners but she‘s a sharp and honest observer of herself and others too. Recommended!

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Love me some books about...books! Can‘t wait to dig into these - three days of classes left at Pitt!

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Excellent Women | Barbara Pym
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Halfway through a re-read of my favorite Pym & enjoying it so much, again, I may just make this a Pym Spring!

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Reading this one for my Readings in Contemporary European Novels class at Pitt. The other 4 novels were familiar to me, but this one was chosen because the author is visiting campus next month. I like it so far! Author is from Lisbon; this is a translation.

Crazeedi How do you like Pitt? My brother and sister in law went there. 6y
SReed151 @Crazeedi I love Pitt! I‘m a professor in the Creative Writing program & earned my MFA there in 2015. I can‘t speak for any other part of the university but the English department is outstanding! 6y
Crazeedi @SReed151 wonderful! I live 90 min north of Pittsburgh so I'm always happy to hear good things about the city and schools. My daughter is a prof at a college in western pa too!!! 6y
SReed151 @Crazeedi that‘s great! 6y
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I Miss You When I Blink: Essays | Mary Laura Philpott
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So excited to read these two from my editorial sisters (the same lovely editor acquired our books)! The one on the left is out April 2nd!

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Guess I need to read this! (JK - I know it‘s fantastic!)

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Over the moon to announce my book, Why Did I Get a B? Harrowing and Humorous Truths About Teaching was bought by Atria (Simon & Schuster) last week! It‘ll be out for gift-giving this holiday season! Watch this space for updates on my writing + pre-ordering info + give-aways + lots of crazed jubilation about becoming a real book author!!!

BarbaraTheBibliophage Exciting news! 6y
ErikasMindfulShelf Congratulations! 6y
CoffeeK8 Congrats! 6y
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SReed151 Thank you!!! 6y
Redwritinghood Congrats! 6y
Hestapleton This sounds amazing! Congrats! 6y
wordzie Super 🙌💃🎉 6y
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Early Riser | Jasper Fforde
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Racing through this one because a) it‘s good and b) the library has a huge waitlist so I can‘t renew it! Love Fforde‘s books! #jasperfforde #librarybook

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Life After Life: A Novel | Kate Atkinson
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I love this book so much. This is the fourth or fifth time I‘ve taught it at Pitt!

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The Dinner | Herman Koch
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Panpan

Terrible. Wildly implausible, poorly paced, difficult to follow, and badly translated. Just a huge disappointment. I‘m so bummed I assigned it to my class.

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Oh good. You felt the same. 😆 I hated all the characters. But it could inspire some good discussion. 6y
TheBookgeekFrau This was the most bizarre books, but I liked it in some weird way 😄 6y
CouronneDhiver I liked this one a lot... but it‘s not for someone who needs to connect to a redeemable quality in a character. They‘re all jerks. Lol 6y
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SReed151 I don‘t need to like the characters. I need the plot to make sense. 6y
DebbieGrillo What grade/level? Are they still reading it? Give them permission to abandon it! Let them read what they want to read. 6y
SReed151 @DebbieGrillo I‘m a college professor. 😊 6y
wordzie ❤ the review 6y
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My friend & colleague Irina Reyn‘s new novel was released today! It‘s so wonderful, a really compelling read about Russia & the US, told thru the story of Nadia, a Russian immigrant trying to reunite with her young daughter. I loved it!

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Power‘s out here - and on Oscar Night! 😩At least my Kindle is fully charged & this book‘s quite inviting! #readingbyKindlelight

valeriegeary Oh no! 😨 6y
Crazeedi 2nd post in a row on my feed that said power out! Hope it's back on soon! And you were both using your kindle 6y
SReed151 @Crazeedi Thank goodness for Kindles! 6y
Crazeedi @SReed151 yes!😍 6y
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My tiny little home library! I love it so.

Megabooks Cute! 6y
Julsmarshall Cozy! 6y
SReed151 Thank you! 6y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Welcome to Litsy!! 6y
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Crazeedi Hey! Welcome to Litsy if I didn't already say!🎉🎉 6y
Eggs Nice!!! Welcome to Litsy 🌺🌺 6y
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I love to read cookbooks. I love cookies. I‘m cutting back on desserts. What could go wrong? #cookbookreader

valeriegeary 🤤🤤🤤 6y
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I try to alternate novels & non-fiction when I can (I teach fiction writing so it‘s not always possible). Grabbed this NF book - we‘ll see!

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Thriller!
Paper cover! (I‘m hell on books.)
Library!
HP!!!
R & J!
Either!

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Mehso-so

Eh. A rare case of finding the TV show/movie better. The writing is well-paced & I really enjoy its sparseness. But the warmth & humor of the show were missed. Villanelle *only* has sex and kills people which got repetitive at first, and then wearying by the end. And the book doesn‘t have a conclusion, which I loathe.

CampbellTaraL Nooo! I was afraid this would be the case with this book. But I'm glad the creator of the show found inspiration and made something SO good. 6y
SReed151 @taraWritesSci the book is by no means terrible, but I agree with you - the show‘s creator did something much better! 6y
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Go, Went, Gone | Jenny Erpenbeck
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A slow build, with some deliberate attempts to keep strong emotion at bay. It works for the protagonist and main subject matter. I‘m grateful for having read it though it was at times hard.

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Codename Villanelle | Luke Jennings

So excited to read this one! Loved “Killing Eve.”

Crazeedi Welcome to Litsy!!🎉🎉 6y
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“Ships at a distance have every man‘s wish on board.” Oh, delighted to sink back into Zora Neale Hurston‘s masterpiece again!

Traci1 Welcome to Litsy! @LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y
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RaimeyGallant And welcome to Litsy from me too! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. 6y
SReed151 @RaimeyGallant thank you! 6y
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