Dear Bookworms, One of my favorite things about reading is how it communicates ideas and allows those thoughts to be shared across boundaries. A written work can be discovered by two people living in different parts of the world, who have entirely different tastes, backgrounds and life experiences, but both of whom will stumble across…
Tag: Literature
Call for Contributors!
We’re looking to add to our Writer(s) Team! If you’re interested in one or more of the following, do send your resume to our founder, Megan, at megan@thewriteteachers.com. theatre (Both Broadway AND regional theatre) visual arts literature – all things bookish film television arts education music We’re interested in perspectives from artists, educators, and audience…
The Write Teacher(s) June Bookshelf
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…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: First Among Sequels (Thursday Next #5)
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…
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: Something Rotten (Thursday Next #4)
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…
February Bookshelf
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)…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: The Martian
Dear Bookworms, If you haven’t heard of The Martian by now, you’ve probably been living under a large rock. Andy Weir’s bestselling science-fiction novel has soared to great heights recently, with top reviews and a 2015 film adaptation starring Matt Damon. The Wall Street Journal called the book “the best pure sci-fi novel in years.” And for good reason….
A Write Teacher(s) Review: The Lunar Chronicles
Dear Bookworms, With the recent publication of Winter, the popular new series The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer comes to an end. I, admittedly, was late in coming to this series due to the fact that I was incredibly pessimistic about any more fractured fairytales. However, after having it recommended to me multiple times by…
12 Days of Books – Day One
Hello Readers! Welcome to The 12 Days of Books – 12 Days highlighting our literary favorites, an annual tradition here at The Write Teacher(s). Published by Bradbury and Evans in December of 1845, The Cricket on the Hearth is a delightful, domestic Christmas novel by Charles Dickens. Serving as a baromoter for the Peerybingle household,…