The End of Summer
Amanda Since the last time I posted, I have left London (sadness!) and moved up to my apartment at Central. I don’t know if I’m quite ready for another school year…
Contemporary Fiction
Shine
Shine The book Shine by Lauren Myracle has been on my to-read list for quite a while, and now I have finally gotten to read it! And let me begin…
LGBTQ Individuals in Young Adult Literature
It’s finally summer! I am so happy to be finished, and happy to finally catch up on reading I’ve wanted to do all year. Before we can start on the…
Two Children’s Books
Though I have finished The Game of Thrones (finally!), I will talk about that in a later post. Instead, I wanted to discuss two books that I read for my…
Divergent and Al Capone
In the week since Spring Break, I’ve been really busy. With work, homework, orientation for studying abroad, and competing in my first quidditch tournament, I haven’t had much free time…
Boy Meets Boy
Boy Meets Boy Because it is spring break, this means that I have had a lot more free-time, which means more reading! Since I had absolutely no plans for break,…
Two Authors, Two Books, One Post
After a busy few weeks, I finally have time to sit down and write a post. I finished two books in that time, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist and Dash…
Money Boy
Money Boy When we talked about cultural children’s literature in my children’s lit class, we said there were two different kinds. Culturally specific books and culturally generic books. This can…
Why We Broke Up
Why We Broke Up So I read the majority of this book on Valentine’s Day, which is a bit ironic since it’s a novel about all the reasons a girl…
Where Things Come Back
Where Things Come Back So I started out reading this book not really knowing what it was about. I knew it had something to do with a woodpecker (since that…