It’s time for the March Book Club Bookshelf Pick! *drumroll please* This month we’ll be reading Next Year in Havana, by Chanel Cleeton. Here’s the official book blurb: After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity–and unearths a family secret hidden since the…
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The Write Teacher(s) Bookshelf: January 2019
Hello Friends! Welcome to the first book club pick of 2019 – for the entire year, we’ll be announcing a book club on the first Sunday of every month. We do hope you’ll join the fun! Our first pick is The Almost Sisters, by Joshilyn Jackson. I’m a huge fan of Joshilyn, (you can read my…
The Write Teacher(s) Book Club – September 2018
Happy September, Beautiful People! Where did the summer go?! And yes, I know that technically summer doesn’t end until September 22, but the eternal teacher/student in me always thinks of the start of the school year ad the start of September as the star of fall. So, on to more important things…like our bookshelf pick…
The Write Teacher(s) Book Club: August 2018
Happy August! Another month means another book selection for our book club, and I do hope you’re reading along! What’s next? Stay with Me: a novel, by Ayobami Adebayo. Here’s the official book blurb: Yejide and Akin have been married since they met and fell in love at university. Though many have expected Akin to…
The Write Teacher(s) Bookclub: July 2018
Happy July, Beautiful People! The bookclub pick for this month is Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, by the late, great Anthony Bourdain. The official blurb is thus: A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying out his more than a quarter-century…
The Write Teacher(s) Book Club: June 2018
Happy June, friends! Can you believe that we’re halfway through the year already?! I certainly cannot. Time flies when you’re planning a wedding, directing, writing, teaching, living…you get the picture. But alas, I digress. The bookclub pick for our June bookshelf is Come Matter Here, by Hannah Brencher. Now, I already read it. And I…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: An American Marriage
I recently finished reading An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones on audible – and it was everything I dreamt of and then some. Here’s the official book blurb: Newlyweds, Celestial and Roy, are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive and she is artist on the…
The Write Teacher(s) Book Club – April 2018
Happy, Easter! Happy, April! Happy….Spring!? (I hope. I’m so sick of this snow.) Last month we read An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. (Check out this post to get the info on that fabulous book, and leave a comment telling us what you thought!) This month, we’re gearing up to read Artemis by Andy Weir. Here’s…
Introducing the Write Teacher(s) Bookshelf BOOK CLUB!
Happy March, Friends! I’m launching something new this month – so let’s see how it goes. Starting here, starting now (bonus gift if you know what musical theatre reference that is), we’re going to be transforming our bookshelf picks into The Write Teacher(s) Book Club! I made this huge list of books that I wanted…
THE WRITE TEACHER(S) BOOKSHELF: AUGUST
And the summer continues, fellow readers. I have been doing a lot of reading. I went camping a few weeks ago and managed to fit two books into one weekend. It was simply lovely. As I was looking at new releases for the month of August, I struggled to pick just three that I wanted…