I disagree with Jordan Peterson about a lot of things. I believe that privilege is a real thing that impacts all of us, I believe that everyone should respect transgender and non-binary people’s gender identity and pronouns, I believe that the majority of differences between men and women are the result of how we are …
This book was sweet and wonderful and the perfect thing to take my mind off the fact that we’re still in the middle of a global pandemic and online school starts next week and everything feels uncertain. I loved the perspective this was written from – third person omniscent, which is pretty uncommon. The book …
I generally like Malcom Gladwell’s work – I find his books to be a good mix of theories applied to real world events and issues. One takeaway from this book is that people are very bad at telling if someone is lying to them, if that person seems like they’re telling the truth. The opposite …
Born a Crime I really enjoyed this book, and it was a compelling, entertaining read. Born a Crime painted a scene of what it was like for Trevor Noah to grow up under apartheid, with a mother who was an amazingly strong and determined woman, a father who he saw only a few times, and …
It’s Christmas, so that means one thing: It’s time to read books about the end of the world. Of course, The Last Days of California isn’t about the end of the world, not really. It’s about a family and the lies they tell themselves and each other, and the complicated, broken way that they’re holding …
My friend who is the source of 90% of book recommendations, Kaitlyn, has been telling me to read this book for years. I finally had some free time after finals. I remembered that I enjoy reading books, and that I should, ahem, read a book. The Smoke Gets in Your Eyes is a memoir about …
I picked up Ghost, by Jason Reynolds, in doing research for Creative Writing Club. I’m working on the fiction unit, and looking for a mentor text to have my kids read. In doing this research and preparation, I read the book. This is the first wholly young adult book I’ve read in a while, and …
I read a book! Years ago, this would not have been a noteworthy development in my personal life. As a child, I was a voracious reader, powering through book after book. And then jobs and college and teaching came along, and they took up my time, and I don’t read for pleasure like I used …
Last night, I finished reading Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded. It was excellent, really – it’s a deeply personal memoir by Hannah Hart, of My Drunk Kitchen fame. Honestly, this book surprised me. Hart is awesome, and I love her YouTube channel, but I did not expect this book to be as …
I heard of Dispatches from Pluto sometime when I first found out I was placed in Mississippi, it was recommended by someone from TFA, as a depiction of life in the Delta. I had been meaning to read it for a while, but hadn’t gotten around to it. I finally got around to reading it, …