by Zadie Smith Format: Physical Book Primary Doorways: Character Genre: Historical Fiction Read for: Revelations about being human While Mrs. Lewes only shows up once or twice in Zadie Smith’s novel, The Fraud, her most famous (?) novel, Middlemarch is abundantly present. Middlemarch is subtitled “the study of a provincial life” and Smith continues that […]
by Tamsyn Muir Format: Audiobook Primary Doorways: Plot, Setting Genre: High Fantasy Read for: Characters you like so much you’re sad to be parted from them by the book ending. Note: 3rd in a series. Not a standalone. Tamsyn Muir’s Nona the Ninth is the third book of four in the Locked Tomb series. Knowing […]
Have you ever told yourself, “I’m going to start reading again! I’ll read 15 minutes each night before bed!” During reading slumps, I’ve often tried to use this strategy, only to fail at it, over and over again. I’m tired and out of will power at night. The last thing I want to do is […]
Over on Instagram, I have been working on a project where I encourage people to create a Reading Autobiography by revisiting their Touchstone books. Both concepts come from Donalyn Miller. I learned about and completed elements of this activity (Part 1 and Part 2) in Prof LaGarde‘s Young Adults Literature & Reading class at Rutgers. […]
A long time ago, I planned to be a lawyer. I will always remember the moment I realized it was not for me. I was working as an intern at a legal aid center and the lawyer, noting the book on my desk said, “I haven’t read a novel in decades…” There were a lot […]
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