Hello, Readers, Little Victories: Rules for Imperfect Living by Jason Gay (one of our November picks) is a sweet little book that reminds the reader that life is not perfect, but that does not mean it is not beautiful. The chapters in Little Victories are organized by subject. Jason Gay wrote a few paragraphs on…
Hello Readers! Welcome to The 12 Days of Books – 12 Days highlighting our literary favorites, an annual tradition here at The Write Teacher(s). Published by Bradbury and Evans in December of 1845, The Cricket on the Hearth is a delightful, domestic Christmas novel by Charles Dickens. Serving as a baromoter for the Peerybingle household,…
“Anyone who doesn’t treasure the idea of being friends is either a cat or someone who recently became obsessed with home-brewing beer and can’t shut up about it.” (p. 100) You Blew It: An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which You’ve Already Ruined Your Life (one of our October picks) by Josh Gondleman…
Hello Beautiful People, I FINALLY SAW INSIDE OUT. Excuse the caps, but I’m excited. It’s a beautiful film – not just for children. There’s a wonder about it, that can captivate the adult mind just as well as a child’s. There’s a beauty about it, one that captures the simplicity of being younger – joy….
Dear Bookworms, By now, many of you may be familiar with Anthony Doerr’s popular novel All the Light We Cannot See. Originally published in May of 2014, it quickly gained a place on the New York Times best seller list, and remains there even now. Readers, the praise this novel has received is not undue. …
Hello Readers, I have always loved the theatre. Each production is magical in its own way. Having been in the audience, on stage, and behind the scenes, I have a unique appreciation for each aspect of the theatre and jump at any chance I get to attend or be a part of a production. When…
Hello Readers, In Dream Things True (one of our September picks) Marie Marquardt crafted a beautiful story while simultaneously highlighting an issue that has been contentious for years and one that the media is constantly discussing as the 2016 presidential primaries take place: immigration. The story is a teenage love story. Two people from two…
“And that’s all show business is, really. Transitioning panics.” – p. 83 I loved Mindy Kaling’s Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) so when I saw she had a new book coming out, I immediately added it to my “To Read” list. Why Not Me? (one of our September picks) proved to…
Hello Readers, Collision by P.J. Byer is a quirky little piece of young adult fiction about mending the relationships of a broken family. In the beginning of the book, the reader meets an angry Stella who has run away from home. Byer does not paint a pretty picture of the life of a runaway teen. Stella’s experiences…
Dear Bookworms, For every book that is published and sent out into the world, there are at least eight that remain, for one reason or another, unpublished and unheard of – well, unheard of by you and I anyway. Literature, as we know from the other Thursday Next adventures, is a world unto itself in…