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A Review of Ella Leffland’s Rumors of Peace (by Bethany)
The twentieth century was so confusing. At its beginning, there were still Ottoman Turks. Scientists only kinda-sorta knew what atoms were, and people still died of strep throat. Women couldn’t vote – pretty much anywhere.* The general belief among Americans … Continue reading
Final Thoughts on Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief
I finished The Book Thief on the first full day of my vacation this past Friday. It was a new and exciting experience for me: my first time “off the grid” in almost two years. Of course, I’ve been away … Continue reading
Harper Lee, Satirist, Part One (by Bethany)
I reread To Kill a Mockingbird a few years ago, after reading it several times in school. Now I’m reading it again. It’s good, of course, although I don’t think I will ever love it in the way some people … Continue reading
Update on Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief
So a million years ago, or in 2011, my friend Martha directed me to a website wherein a guy named Mark does play-by-play summaries and commentaries of various books. Super-detailed ones. And he once read The Book Thief. I read … Continue reading
And a new reading challenge begins: Early thoughts on Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief
Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief is my first book in our Numbers Challenge. This book was released to marked fanfare in 2005. I remember seeing it in the bookstores at the time and being infinitely disappointed that a book called … Continue reading
Thoughts on Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima
“Why did Ultima have to die?” my student moaned. The answer I gave was vague and cynical, something along the lines of “She’s old. What do you expect?” Teenagers are famous for feeling shocked and betrayed when literary characters die. … Continue reading
In which Jill revisits a beloved genre and reviews a young adult novel: My review of Libba Bray’s The Diviners
This may be the first teen novel I’ve read since we started the blog. I admit I’ve avoided them lest our readers think my reading tastes are too pedestrian. But after a year and a half of doing this blogging … Continue reading
A Review of Orson Scott Card’s Enchantment (by Bethany)
I read Enchantment on the recommendation of a friend. It is the first Orson Scott Card novel I’ve read that is not part of the Ender series. This novel is about Ivan, a late-Cold-War era Russian boy whose family emigrates … Continue reading
A Review of Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred (by Bethany)
I read Kindred for the first time a couple of years ago – July of 2010 if I remember correctly. I had just moved to a new apartment, and Kindred was the first book I read after I installed an … Continue reading
Postcards From Purgatory 