If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson is one I read many years ago, back when I’d just started teaching. It’s a Romeo & Juliet retelling in alternating perspectives that is just fabulous.
I picked it up again because it’s the first read for Life’s Library Book Club. Woodson is one of my favorite authors and I jumped at the chance to be able to discuss this particular work with other people.
As I reread, I’ll share some of my thoughts with you below. They’ll be in chronological order, and I’ll put chapters and spoiler warnings if necessary.
Do you ever pay attention to the tense a narrative is written in? What are your thoughts about it?
Blackness front and center
What stories make you feel like you’re at home?
Fish Out of Water Stories
Thoughts forthcoming.
the (book) supplier 
I love rereading books, I always seem to pick up on things that I didn’t before. I also enjoy seeing how much my opinions change about the book as well.
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Right? Because of my research, there are so many things I understand now that I didn’t before. It’s really fascinating.
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I get why some people don’t reread books, but I can’t see not rereading books.
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