The Bookshop on the Corner, one of our September picks, was my first experience with a Jenny Colgan novel. Before the story started, Colgan left a message for the reader, reminding us that books are beautiful and often change lives. She offered a list of places she recommends taking out your book along with the…
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The Write Teacher(s) November Bookshelf
Hello Dearest Readers, I hope your October was filled with crisp apple cider and lots of flannel. This month, we are recommending a new book, an old book, and a series. Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham (available 11/29/16) The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living
The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living (one of our August picks) is Louise Miller’s first novel, the result of GrubStreet’s Novel Incubator program. The reader is introduced to Olivia “Livvy” Rawlings, a pastry chef at an exclusive Boston club, during a rather tumultuous period in her life. She is not happy in Boston, she…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: One of Our Thursdays is Missing (Thursday Next #6)
Dear Bookworms, With this sixth installment of the Thursday Next series, Jasper Fforde delves once again into the complexities of the BookWorld – and shakes up all the rules. To begin with, the novel opens immediately upon an account of the BookWorld’s transformation from an interstellar layout to a terrestrial one with free-floating landmasses. Although…
The Write Teacher(s) October Bookshelf
Happy October, my fellow readers. I know it’s cliché, but the crisp, beautiful weather of October always makes me think of that passage in L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables: “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” This month, we’re excited to read the following books: Small Great Things…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Bonjour Kale
Dear Bookworms, The famous city of Paris holds many allures, but for expat Kristen Beddard, it was missing one key element: kale. Try as she might, after moving to the City of Light with her husband for his work, she was unable to locate this one vegetable that has come to represent home and comfort…
September Bookshelf
“Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils” – You’ve Got Mail Happy September! Here are three books we’re looking forward to this month: The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman (available 09/06/16)* The Bookshop on the Corner by…
August Bookshelf
Every year, when August arrives, I realize that the summer is more than halfway over and I always feel like the season has been a blur. This year, I once again find myself dumbstruck by how quickly the summer has flown by. I hope you cherish every day of this final summer month! Here are…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: The Starbound Series
Dear Bookworms, With the printing of Their Fractured Light at the end of last year, co-authors Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner have concluded their exciting YA series the Starbound trilogy. This action packed series is a layered series, much like the highly-acclaimed Lunar Chronicles, where each novel introduces a new set of characters and follows…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Lilac Girls
Lately, I have been a sucker for World War One and World War Two historical fiction. If the description of the book promises a story about strong female friendships, I cannot get it off the shelf fast enough. This recent obsession led me to pick up Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly (one of our April…