With lovable and realistic characters, This Is How It Always Is challenges the reader to face gender roles and question what it means to be a parent.
This Is How It Always Is Review
Category: 5 Stars
What I Read: December 2018
I didn’t post one of these in November, because I only read 4 books. I fell into an awful slump, and the books I chose to read were not fast paced enough to get me out of that slump. Luckily, after finishing Anna Karenina, I felt a huge sense of accomplishment, which propelled me to read even more in December. I will be posting my annual “Best of” post in a few days, but I wanted to update this before I began working on that one.
What I Read: October 2018
For some reason, October was a weak reading month for me. It started with the double whammy of homecoming week and the end of the first grading period falling in the first 10 days of the month, and I struggled to get any reading done at all. I finished my first book of the month … Continue reading What I Read: October 2018
All the Rereads: What I Read September 2018
In times of craziness, I always find comfort in revisiting my favorite books. This month, I had some of my favorite rereads of the year.
Suspicious Characters: What I Read August 2018
August was not a great reading month, tbh. With school starting, my brain was definitely somewhere else. I read a lot of books with strange, suspicious characters, and the good books were SO GOOD. Unfortunately, there were probably more not-so-good books. This month was my lowest book count (tied with May at 6) and my … Continue reading Suspicious Characters: What I Read August 2018
Really Good YA: What I Read July 2018
I started and completed 11 books in July, and thanks to the English class I'm teaching this year, I got the chance to read some really good YA fiction!
Les Cirques des Rêves: The Night Circus Review
"The circus arrives without warning." This line kicks off a novel that is a whirlwind of description, decadence, and mystery. This is The Night Circus review.
Excellent YA Books: What I Read April 2018
This month has been a crazy month, full of distractions and beautiful weather. Despite all of that, I ended up reading a lot of really excellent YA reads, most of which have been on my To Read list for quite some time!
Throwback Tuesday: Historical Fiction Novels I Love
Maybe it's because my mom is a history teacher, so I grew up immersed in classroom, soaking up all of the American history that I could. Whatever the reason, my favorite genre of books, and the genre I keep coming back to when I'm in a slump, is historical fiction.
Different Perspectives: A Note on African American Novels
Only two books this year have earned five star reviews from me, and I don't think it's a coincidence that both have been from African American authors, and both have been tackling hard issue of being black in a white America.