Lots of people have complicated relationships with their mothers. In Karin Slaughter’s Pieces of Her, we meet a mother-daughter duo with a very complicated relationship. Andrea Oliver believes that she knows everything she could know about her mother Laura. The two are close, and Andrea has no reason to believe any differently. Laura has many friends, and every …
Sometimes, in order to move forward, it’s important to look backward. Whenever I’m working on revamping aspects of my life, I tend to look back and see where I’ve been to remind myself of where I’m going and how far I’ve come. In Sofia Grant’s The Daisy Children, main character Katie Garrett does just that. She …
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I’m a big fan of lesson planning. I know, I know, there are many people out there who do not enjoy the planning process, and many balk at it. I find that planning is a key component of having a successful year and combating that malaise we get when the excitement of new curriculum wears off. It …
There is no better way to start winding down summer reading than with reading a good murder mystery. Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day fits this niche nicely. The story she weaves together keeps the reader guessing to the very end. It’s not just the mystery that keeps readers guessing, it’s also the way that the …
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“Lucinda lay awake beneath her bedcovers. The wind wailed at her window. Tree branches scraped against the glass like ragged fingernails. It was almost too scary to go into the woods. Almost. “Under her sheets, she shined her flashlight on the map of the woods she’d drawn with crayons in a sketch pad. She was …
It’s always good when you find a book you can’t put down, and The Last Thing I Told You by Emily Arsenault is definitely a book you can’t put down. The novel follows the investigation being undertaken of Detective Henry Peacher. A therapist is dead after being bludgeoned in his office, and the investigation makes a …
The Carr Fire in Redding, California has brought devastation to the Northern California region. Many people have had their homes destroyed or damaged, and tens of thousands of individuals and their families and pets are evacuated. It’s clear that the region will need assistance as those living there and the communities impacted by the fire …
In a time where around us, there’s a lot of racism and xenophobia, including from the nation’s leaders, reading a book about individuals viewing the United States through the eyes of someone born outside the country is even more important. Leah Franqui’s America for Beginners takes readers on a journey with her main character, recently widowed …
