"If they do not write the kind of books we want to read, we shall have to write them ourselves." -C.S. Lewis
November is National Adoption Awareness month. I am one of the leaders of the College, Career, and Coffee Book Club, a themed book club out of the Iredell County Public Library in Statesville, North Carolina. More importantly, I am also adopted. I was adopted when I was two days old, so adoption is a topic… Continue reading November is National Adoption Awareness Month
The College, Career, and Coffee Book Club is a monthly book club that meets at the Iredell County Public Library in Statesville, North Carolina. I've talked about the concept of a themed book club here, and it was very well received. If you are local to the Statesville area, STOP BY! Or join the discussion here… Continue reading Themed Book Club: September Blue Books
This book made it onto the Battle of the Books list for 2016-2017 in North Carolina and I absolutely loved the cover. Yes, I judged a book by its cover. This book was adorable and I loved it. The main character is an adopted boy and of course, I took a liking to him straight… Continue reading Book Review: Greenglass House by Kate Milford
Have you ever been a part of a book club? Typically, everyone in the group reads the same book and then get together to discuss it. I find this boring. I mean, if I was a part of a group where every member enjoyed the same types of books as me, then I guess it… Continue reading A Themed Book Club
[WARNING: Game of Thrones SPOILERS are in this post, so only continue reading if you are caught up in the books and the show.] This is a post relating specifically to Game of Thrones, but generally to any story long enough to expose its readers to multiple characters in various different lights. I have been… Continue reading Shifting Alliances in Reading
If you're like me, you love books. You love reading and some of you enjoy writing as well. The thought of ripping a book apart probably breaks your heart. You couldn't do it could you? Cutting the spine from the innards of the books. Tearing the spine apart. Cutting pages from a book??? It's a… Continue reading Crafting Books
The American Library Association released yesterday it's list of Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2015 in its annual report which can be found here. The report is released every year during National Library Week and I found it extremely enlightening. It confirms what I have been saying for years: People absolutely despise, yet thrive on, anything… Continue reading The Controversy of Challenged Books
Plato's analogy of "The Cave" asks the important question: if we are only ever exposed to one type of life, can there be anything else? If a man is born within the walls of a cave, knows no light, no sound beyond the echo of his own voice on the cave walls, no human beside… Continue reading Book Review: Room by Emma Donaghue
As the year draws to an end, I find myself compelled to share my top five reads for the 2015 year (though some of these books were not published this year). Everyone has different tastes and I am not suggesting anyone read these books simply because I enjoyed them. You should read what appeals to you. … Continue reading The Top 5 Reads of 2015
I read The Hobbit every year. Like clockwork, every January I pick up my favorite book and I read it. It's so appropriate! The book is about an unexpected adventure. What better time of year to read that than at the start of a new year? What unexpected adventures await me? I have decided that… Continue reading The Magic of the Re-Read
