This Book Is Too Old for You really got me thinking. The author writes of her daughter who read but wasn’t necessarily a reader. Casale writes, “Real readers, I believe with every fiber of my being, read not to learn but just to read.” I am a reader. I have at least one book going […]
Read moreI am at Great New Books today with yet another reason that I want to be Ann Patchett when I grow up. Please stop by and learn why. The link is here.
Read moreToday I am joining Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Quick Lit for a super short run down of the books I have read since last month. The Fall: A Father’s Memoir in 424 Steps by Diogo Mainardi. This was going to be my next review for Great New Books until something else jumped ahead of it in […]
Read moreThe other day, I woke up to my favorite kind of e-mail. A friend wrote the following: “Hey Stacey! I always think of you as the “book guru” – do you have any novel recommendations for me as well as for my daughter ? Maybe some books we can both read?? Any recommendations are much appreciated […]
Read moreEveryone so often, I write a post about what I found especially interesting in the weekend papers. Here are my latest thoughts about discussion worthy articles. Let me know what you think! Push, Don’t Crush the Students by Matt Richtel. I definitely have a ‘whole blog post’s worth’ of thoughts on this one but frankly […]
Read moreOver the past two weeks, life, full of all good but time consuming things, has taken priority of over this space here. Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Quick Lit was last week, but I’m going to participate today with my latest reads. Here goes… Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin. I haven’t read a ‘self-help’ book in […]
Read moreThere are thousands upon thousands of books published each year. Therefore, I don’t know why I am surprised every single time when I find amazing new authors but I am. Recently, I stumbled upon two authors that are just genius that I want more and more people to know about. Carin Berger commented on my […]
Read moreThis summer I am teaching a class through The Writers Circle called “A Reader’s Writing Club.” The goal of the class is to connect children as readers and writers and to help them learn from each other through discussion and from both art forms. A writer must read and a reader should write, or so […]
Read moreI usually post about picture books at least once a month and often twice but somehow I haven’t written about our latest favorites since early February. I don’t know exactly what this winter did my productivity but it was nothing good I can tell you that! I’m still not sure that spring is on it’s way […]
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