Posts Tagged ‘favorites’
The Giver
January 27th, 2012 by Kaitlin | Children's, Fiction, Young Adults
I think I’ve mentioned that my mother is a fifth grade teacher, and one of my favorite hobbies is browsing her bookshelf and re-discovering books I loved when I was that age (most of them have my name in the cover, taken from a bookshelf in my house). Occasionally, my mother will invite me to her classroom to help her decorate for new units or help out rearranging the furniture, but I haven’t been recently and I think I know why – she always loses me to the book corner, where I sit in her rocking chair and read
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
January 20th, 2012 by Sam P. | Children's, Fiction
Now, I'm sure almost everybody has read this book, but can anyone tell me the difference between Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass? I see no hands raised, so I'll assume no one knows it. They are pretty much the same book, except Alice in Wonderland takes place when Alice is about seven and a half, but seems to be much older just by the way she acts. In Through the Looking Glass, Alice is a few years older.
In Alice in Wonderland, Alice is bored and ends up following a rabbit and falling down a rabbit hole
In Alice in Wonderland, Alice is bored and ends up following a rabbit and falling down a rabbit hole
Author Profile: Nick Hornby
January 13th, 2012 by Kaitlin | Authors, Fiction
It’s funny – for all the famous titles accredited to Nick Hornby, it was two relatively unknown ones that made me a fan of his. Most famous for his novel-to-film-adaptations (High Fidelity, About a Boy, and Fever Pitch), Hornby has an easy style that somehow makes wildly unique characters easy to relate to. Since I haven’t read any of the aforementioned titles, my conclusion is drawn from the two books I have ready by him: How to Be Good and A Long Way Down.
I read A Long Way Down one summer while working at a golf course. I’d be
I read A Long Way Down one summer while working at a golf course. I’d be
She’s Come Undone
December 29th, 2011 by Kaitlin | Fiction
Back when I was in high school, my English teacher recommended one of her favorite books from when she was in high school -- Wally Lamb's She's Come Undone. I picked it up one summer with absolutely no expectations other than if she liked it, I might, and have since passed my copy to many of my girlfriends. Despite being a very emotionally heavy book, it's one you want to share with others and one that stays with you long after you've finished it.
For a speed reader like myself, I appreciate Lamb because he forces me to slow down
For a speed reader like myself, I appreciate Lamb because he forces me to slow down
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
December 26th, 2011 by Jessica B. | Fiction
I always come back to Stephen King. No fail. I may take a long break, I may not really read a lot of other horror, but if I spy a new work by King on the shelf, I have to pick it up.
Do I like everything he writes? No. But with his characters and his Maine, I always enjoy the ride.
I picked up Full Dark, No Stars from the local library this week and was glad to see that it was not only Stephen King, but it was Stephen King short stories.
Even if you aren't someone who reads a
Do I like everything he writes? No. But with his characters and his Maine, I always enjoy the ride.
I picked up Full Dark, No Stars from the local library this week and was glad to see that it was not only Stephen King, but it was Stephen King short stories.
Even if you aren't someone who reads a
