Beautifully written. Exquisite.
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Wow! I know why students like this fable, but I hope adults don't miss the moral. Our prejudices kill innocence. This is an important book. I'm glad I read it.
pickWow! I know why students like this fable, but I hope adults don't miss the moral. Our prejudices kill innocence. This is an important book. I'm glad I read it.
pickThree girls, three difficult stories collide and little stars are born. Masterfully written, this is a quickly moving plot packed with layers of color, symbols, loss and re-birth. A beautiful read.
pickWow, wow, wow! This girl can write right into that sweet spot of classic YA angst, quirky friends and anguishing first love. John Green and Rainbow Rowell, move over! Make some room for Jandy Nelson.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CAVE (1933) by Tawfiq Al-Hakim. Trans. by Mahmoud El Lozy. Elias Modern Publishing House. Good question...
Last day of Holiday Break. I couldn't help it. I needed a fun book to end on.
No spoilers. The writing is so strong throughout, but somehow the catharsis is on the last page. I bawled like a baby.
pickThis is a beautiful book. Her novels give me a glimpse into the complex layers of Native American life which I will never know, yet somehow, I feel I know. She's an expert artist who creates a fictional world the reader wants to return to. She layers her stories from the points of view of multiple characters, telling without showing, generations, blending the ancient with the new. It's deeply spiritual and alive. And funny despite its seriousness.
pickOne reason this book is so great is because the first two parts, told in oblique stream of consciousness, leave a reader a bit disoriented and frustrated, but suddenly, in part 3, one discovers you learned more about the family than you thought. And, it all. makes. sense.
so-soNice story, too many subplots. I will admit I couldn't put it down, but I also skimmed over paragraphs of detail and dialogue that didn't move the plot along. The story could have been half as long, and probably better had it been. I would be careful to recommend the book to younger YA readers because the subject matter is definitely mature--homophobia. It is however, a very realistic coming of age story for the narrator and protagonist, Phoebe.
so-soMildly amusing. Very quick read. Probably only college English majors and librarians will smirk smugly at the "texts." I only really laughed at the Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson texts. Skip the books you didn't read in high school.
I can't make it through much of Anderson's fiction. Let's see how I do with the nonfiction.
Loved this graphic portrayal of a very harsh reality. Part of my nonfiction for young adults collection, Grades 5 and up.
Thought I should read this since I once acted in a play about his life. It's particularly interesting in light of many stories of WW2 resistance I've read lately.
bailedI had to quit. I became so enraged about the lack of ethics the earliest practitioners had when performing drug trials and surgical procedures on unsuspecting patients. Maybe this wouldn't have been such a big problem if I hadn't read THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS first.
Like a misfit punk CATCHER IN THE RYE, Meno proves everyone's a phony and there's nothing new under the sun.
pickSeriously, one of the best books I've read about Kentucky or horse racing. Echoes of Homer, Milton, Darwin, Wendell Berry, Ron Rash, Lee Smith, Barbara Kingsolver makes Morgan's work her own, thoroughly grounded and thoroughly new. A contender for the Great American Novel, if ever I've read one.
so-soRead this by accident today. Thought it was the other Road to Mecca. I'm making my Ramadan reading list, but this was a play about an eccentric and reclusive South African folk artist. Interesting story. Not necessarily a Ramadan Read, though.
The courage of a mother.
On my cloud reader: A mix of Wendell Berry and William Faulkner with a dash of Ron Rash and Lee Smith for good measure. The hype is real.
Just started for kids' bedtime story. Teaching them autobiography.
