Dear Bookworms, Recently, I received a recommendation from a well-respected business leader to read the book Monday Morning Leadership. He recommended it as one that had impacted his own perspective significantly and so I took note. For readers, teachers, or just life-long learners, a good book is an invaluable tool, and if this one has…
Write Teacher(s) Readers! I can’t believe it’s already March! My how time flies. Here’s what we’re putting on our bookshelf this month: small great things // by Jodi Picoult (AGAIN) A Fall of Marigolds // by Susan Meissner Die for You // Amy Fellner Domino Happy Reading! Let us know your thoughts by tagging your…
Dear Bookworms, This year I have decided to take up the Genre Challenge (see January’s article on Three Types of Reading Goals for 2017) and delve into some types of literature I don’t normally read. To begin, I decided to start with one glaring hole on my bookshelves: the graphic novel. Graphic novels have become…
Last September, I visited Paris for the first time. Although I did not create a strict itinerary, I had a (long) list of things I wanted to see and do and made an attempt to map out a plan for the week I was there. One of the “must visit” places on my list was…
Happy February, fellow readers. As our lives are flooded with opinions on current events, I hope you find some time this month to read some fiction. My Not So Perfect Life by Sophia Kinsella (available 02/07/17) The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir by Jennifer Ryan (available (02/14/17) A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline (available…
“I’m slowly learning that my happiest, most special moments happen when the circus is at its peak.” – Emily Ley Goodness. It’s 11:38pm and I’m writing this review. I know, it sounds crazy. But there were classes to teach, and rehearsal to run, and phone calls to be made, and dinner to be had. Sound familiar? But…
Dear Bookworms, Happy New Year! It’s an exciting time isn’t it? The start of a new year is always filled with such hope and anticipation for what the next 12 months will bring into our lives. We turn over new leaves, we make resolutions, and we set goals. For avid readers, it is likely that…
Happy New Year, Readers! I hope your holiday season was relaxing and littered with books. This month, The Write Teacher(s) recommends the following titles: The Great Comet: The Journey of a New Musical to Broadway (2016) The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher (2016) Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir by Mary Higgins Clark (2002) I hope you’ll…
The twelfth book of Christmas is The Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder by Erin Blakemore. This book is the second heroine-centric book on our 12 Days list, following up Day Three’s account of How to Be a Heroine. If I had my way, I would swap the titles of these two…
The eleventh book of Christmas is The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton. “Deep in the heart of the dusty Kenyan desert a train of heavenly laden camels wind their way slowly through the bush. The camels’ panniers are stuffed to bursting, not with grain or medical supplies, but with books of every imaginable variety. Mididimc…