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: February 2019
Happy February, Friends! Welcome to the second bookshelf club pick of the year. Last month we read The Almost Sisters, by Joshilyn Jackson. (Stay tuned for our review!) This month we’ll be reading Between The World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Here’s the official book blurb: In a profound work that pivots from the biggest…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Beartown, by Fredrik Backman
This month our book club pick is Beartown, by Fredrik Backman. Here’s the official book blurb: People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever-encroaching trees. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded this…
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…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
I am in awe of Rachel Hollis. Mom goals. Wife goals. Woman goals. CEO goals. Writer Goals. ALL THE GOALS. Her book, Girl, Wash Your Face is just….a conversation with a best friend. A pep talk you never knew you always needed. It’s funny. It’s raw. It’s the May Bookclub Pick here at The Write…
The Write Teacher(s) Book Club: May 2018
Happy May! Another new month means another new book for the bookshelf and our book club! This month I’ll be reading Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be, by Rachel Hollis. Here’s the official book blurb: Founder of the lifestyle website…
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…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: If I Run, by Terri Blackstock
Dear Bookworms, True to her reputation as a gifted writer of suspenseful series, Terri Blackstock has just released another thrilling start in her latest book If I Run. The story follows Casey Cox, a young woman alone and desperate, running from the consequences of a crime she didn’t commit. I will leave you to discover…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Attachments
Dear Bookworms, I’ve been hearing a lot recently about the author Rainbow Rowell. She has written several books that have made quite a splash among the readers that I know. So I set out to discover why. I began with Eleanor & Park, (the book club book for the month of May here at The…