***If you are in my Teacher Book Club (Margarita Club) – DO NOT READ!*** You’ve Been Warned. Suffice it to say, this was our club’s selection for the month of September (which I chose), thus I don’t want all of my big points to be shared before I have carne asada in my tummy […]
Literally the day after I post about my reading time being drastically hindered by the burden of adulting, the southern East Coast is thrown into a game of Duck Duck Goose with Hurricane Florence. So as we wait for this storm to make us all homebound for an indefinite amount of time (allegedly), I’m devouring […]
My reading time has been drastically cutdown since starting back up at work (I know, boo-hoo poor me). Needless to say, this requires that I be extra-picky about my reading selections, because as much as I’d like to believe that there’s no such thing as a bad book, let’s be real. Life’s too short for […]
Now that we’re back in Virginia, I’ve gotten to rejoin my Teacher Book Club (which I’ve missed terribly…and not just for the margaritas). The latest selection(s) for the summer was actually a “paired text” (and yes, this is an English teacher practice. We practice what we teach, ya feel me?) The books included The Perfect […]
I hope everyone had a fantastic summer, filled with lots of reading and relaxing (I know I did)! Now it’s time to head back to school, settle into a new routine, and squeeze as much opportunity as I can to read into everyday. Because it will be much more difficult to get reading in on […]
T-minus 6 DAYS until the 2018-2019 school year is underway! Barnes & Noble does, and that’s all the really matters. I’ve been quite busy organizing, collaborating with my co-teachers, and “researching” YA books to recommend to my students. The Sun is Also a Star is one such book, and also the last book on my reading […]
Full disclosure; I have never read a memoir. I know, I know. How can I taut myself as a reading buff and have never even attempted to read someone else’s life story. It’s atrocious, to say the least. Well, here’s a good selling point for Educated: I generally loathe nonfiction, and it took a reading challenge to […]
This week was my first official week back at school, going to trainings and setting up the new classroom. I’m already #teachertired, but you know I had to make some time for my version of therapy (big ol’ cup of coffee and a good book). My latest read is one I think I will be […]
It has been a whirlwind of activity in this nerdy, introverted little book worms life lately. I was visiting family in New Jersey and NYC with my mom at the beginning of August, then went and had a blast at a good friend’s bachelorette party in Richmond, VA. Now I’m scrambling and getting things together […]
In the sequel to Simon and the Homo Sapiens Agenda, we follow Leah Burke, a character who is the polar opposite of Simon in almost every way…except for one. Leah is surely, sarcastic, moody and generally passive aggressive towards her mom, her mom’s boyfriend and her friends (especially Abby, an infiltrator of her tight knit […]