Tag: book review

• Jodee Blanco: Please Stop laughing at Me

  Yes, it’s been a while, and yes, I’m skipping over 1984 completely. What I read after that was much more important a narrative. Please Stop Laughing at Me is Jodee Blanco’s story of childhood bullying, and is a painfully clear picture of why it is so very important to pay attention to our children. I’m…

  Christine

  May 8, 2018

  Book Talk, Review

  book review, books, bullying, childhood, jodee blanco, non-fiction, please stop laughing at me, reading, school, teens, true stories

• Jamie Langston Turner: A Garden to Keep

  I found out A Garden to Keep is part of a series (The Derby Series) right before typing this post. I don’t know if I can stomach another long-winded journal, so I probably won’t seek out any of the others in this series. Now don’t get me wrong, I found the progression of Elizabeth’s thoughts…

  Christine

  January 19, 2018

  Review

  A Garden to Keep, book review, books, Christian fiction, domestic fiction, fiction, Jamie Langston Turner, marriage, reading

• Blake Crouch: Dark Matter

  Me writing about Blake Crouch’s novel.

  Christine

  January 13, 2018

  Review

  2018 Reads, Blake Crouch, book review, books, Dark Matter, fiction, reading, sci-fi

• Octavia E. Butler: Parable of the Sower

  Hi there! I hope you’re enjoying this Holiday season. I know it’s a busy time for all of us, and I just want to extend well wishes to you and your families. With that being said, let’s talk about Butler’s never completed Parables series. Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents are the…

  Christine

  December 5, 2016

  Book Talk, Review

  african american literature, book review, books, fiction, OctaviaButler, ParableoftheSower, Parables, sci-fi, women’s literature

• Octavia E. Butler: Lilith’s Brood (Xenogenesis Trilogy)

  Just a brief overview of Butler’s Xenogenesis Trilogy (Lilith’s Brood).

  Christine

  November 17, 2016

  Book Talk, Review

  Adulthood Rites, african american literature, book review, books, Dawn, fiction, Imago, Lilith’s Brood, OctaviaButler, sci-fi, women’s literature, Xenogenesis

• Books: Anthologies Pt. 5

  Going over The Routledge Reader in Caribbean Literature and The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature

  Christine

  July 20, 2016

  Book Talk, Review

  anthologies, book review, books, caribbean literature, latino literature, norton

• Books: Anthologies Pt. 4

  Two anthologies of African American Literature

  Christine

  July 13, 2016

  Book Talk, Review

  african american literature, anthologies, book review, books, norton

• Books: Anthologies Pt.3

  Talking about two Norton anthologies–English Literature and Literature by Women.

  Christine

  July 6, 2016

  Book Talk, Review

  anthologies, book review, books, english literature, norton, women’s literature

• Books: Anthologies Pt. 2

  Quick review of Heath Anthologies of american Literature and Anthology of American Literature

  Christine

  June 30, 2016

  Book Talk, Review

  american literature, anthologies, book review, books, heath

• Books: Anthologies Pt. 1

  The first two anthology reviews cover The Bedford Introduction to Literature and The Story and Its Writer

  Christine

  June 24, 2016

  Book Talk, Review

  ann charters, anthologies, bedford, book review, books