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 …
When you want to make progress on those big, scary, hairy audacious goals, it’s sometimes not enough to break them down into small manageable pieces. Sometimes, you have to really get into the habit of working on them. For example, I’ve been working on a 31 runs in 31 days challenge as part of getting …
Sometimes, you just really need to read a book that you can’t put down, especially when there’s a lot of news going on and you need a break. Enter The Immortal Gene by Jonas Saul to fill this role. When you pick up the novel, you think it’s going to be a normal detective novel, but in …
Most of us have seen a “dead girl show.” This is what Alice Bolin calls a TV show that centers around the dead girl body, usually there in order to propel a male narrative forward. Twin Peaks, NCIS, and Law and Order are all examples of television programs that center around, usually, a dead girl. But Alice …
