Sunday, November 14, 2010

The Red Tent

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I've heard a lot of women praise The Red Tent , and I have to admit that the cover picture had me wondering why the woman was posing in ...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

House Rules

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I've heard a lot of talk about Jodi Picoult's newest novel, House Rules . I found myself to be particularly interested in this novel...
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Thursday, October 14, 2010

The Good Earth

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In the near future, I am going to have my honor students focus on reading highly praised novels (like the "classics" and Pulitzer ...
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Sunday, October 3, 2010

Book of Eli

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This movie is long overdue for me. I meant to see it when it came out because it seemed so interesting--different than movies out lately. I ...
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Friday, October 1, 2010

How I Live Now

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I always mean to read more YA titles to recommend them to some of my students, so recently I finished How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff. I reall...
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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Songs of the Humpback Whale

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I'm still on my quest to read all of Jodi Picoult's novels. So, a couple of months ago when I was in my days of not blogging, I fini...
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The Stationary Bike

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For whatever reason, I tend to read obscure Stephen King novellas, short stories, and novels instead of his more well-known choices like The...
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Men at Work

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Recently, I've been getting into some old-school 80s music, and it's surprising the hell out of me. I used to loathe the 80s even th...
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Rant

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Chuck Palahniuk, I believe, is one of the best writers alive today. Would I recommend to all people? No. Would I recommend him to most peopl...
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Monday, July 19, 2010

Shutter Island

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Scorsese hits it big with Shutter Island . A lot of current movies are so shallow and don't allow for in-depth conversation to follow af...
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

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Talk about a breakthrough novel. I haven't read such a good book in a long time. I was COMPLETELY hooked on this book, and I would put i...
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Harvesting the Heart

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I am still on my Jodi Picoult rampage, and I am destined to finish all of her books by the end of the year. (I'm making some decent head...
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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Sherman Alexie is an amazing writer. I was first captivated by a short story he wrote (which I highly recommend), "Because My Father Al...
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Nineteen Minutes

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I continue swiftly along on my Jodi Picoult rampage (if one can call cruising through an author's set of books a rampage). Last week I f...
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