“If there was one thing that defined adolescence it was hysterical laughter. You never laughed like that again. In adolescence the brutal realization that the world and life were completely absurd made you laugh until you couldn’t catch your breath, whereas later in life it would only result in a weary sigh.” – p. 60…
My “Currently Reading” shelf on my Goodreads account indicates that I am currently reading seven books. Despite my over-ambitious reading load, I am looking forward to reading the following three books this month: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman (available 06/14/16) The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain (2014) The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston…
Dear Bookworms, Picking up fourteen years since we last adventured with literary detective Thursday Next, First Among Sequels finds our beloved heroine a bit older but no less embroiled in the complicated issues of real-world and BookWorld literature. Her role as the Last Bastion of Common Sense within the BookWorld’s Council of Genres, means…
May tends to be one of the busiest months of the year – graduations, weddings, confirmations, birthdays, etc. Find time this month to sneak away to your favorite outdoor reading spot to read one of our May picks! Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet (available 05/03/16) ‘Tis Herself by Maureen O’Hara (published in 2004)…
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…
One of the first reviews I read about The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer (one of our February Picks) promised the book would “recall the explosion” of similarly title books such as Gone Girl. I could not wait for the book to be released, as I was eager to dive into another…
Albertine, the renowned French reading room and bookshop in New York that opened in September 2014, has expanded its high quality literary offerings with a selection of nearly 28,000 French language ebooks now available on its website, Albertine.com. Eighty-eight French publishers, including some of France’s most respected publishing houses such as Gallimard, Flammarion, Minuit and…
The Paris Key, by Juliet Blackwell, is a delight. Truly, it’s a delight. The fancy bio is thus: As a girl, Genevieve Martin spent the happiest summer of her life in Paris, learning the delicate art of locksmithing at her uncle’s side. But since then, living back in the States, she has become more private,…
Dear Bookworms, Jasper Fforde’s lighthearted romp through literature continues in Something Rotten, his fourth book in the Thursday Next series. Tired out after a two year stint running Jurisfiction within the BookWorld, Thursday Next decides it is time to return to the outside world and reclaim her actual life. Her assignments in fiction, however, are…
Greetings Bookworms, This month at The Write Teacher(s), we are excited to read a new book and a book series that has been available for years. The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hammer (available 02/16/16) The Emily Trilogy by L. M. Montgomery Emily of New Moon (1923) Emily Climbs (1925) Emily’s Quest (1927)…