I picked up A Blade So Black on a whim. There was a black girl on the cover. I did know it was an Alice in Wonderland retelling, but that in and of itself was not enough to convince me to pick it up. Alice in Wonderland was one of those stories I never really … More A Blade So Black | Sticky Note Reviews
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 … More If You Come Softly | Currently Reading
When I was working on the methodology section of my dissertation, one of the things I did was reread the novels in my study, noting places where I had reactions and interrogating those reactions. About halfway through, I thought it might be interesting if I continued to do this with novels I wasn’t reading for … More Reading in Process: An Introduction
2018 comes to a close, and with it, a reflective look on the books I read in 2018. According to Goodreads, I read 80 books in 2018. I know that’s not entirely accurate — but it’s a nice place to start. [Edit: This is also a Top Ten Tuesday topic, which I didn’t realize when … More Favorite YA Reads of 2018
lot about what I want to do with my reading life in 2019. 2018 was the year of leaving the classroom and of making measured progress on my dissertation and am set, so long as I manage to get everything done that I need to get done, to graduate in May. These moves definitely changed my reading life, and have affected what I’d like to attempt with my reading life moving forward. … More New Year’s Reading Resolutions | The Last Sunday #Bookstack
I picked up Wildcard by Marie Lu because I loved the first installment of the series, Warcross. Warcross was like capture the flag and Call of Duty met virtual reality. It was amazing. This book was a mostly satisfying ending to the Warcross duology. I love that the characters stay true to who they are, … More Wildcard | Sticky Note Reviews
I keep trying to do Top Ten Tuesdays and manage not to finish them before Tuesday rolls around. It’s Christmas today (and I had a little time on Sunday to prewrite), so I get to participate this week. Yay! Given that we didn’t put up a tree this year, and most of our Christmas revolves … More Bookish Wishlist | Top Ten Tuesday
Honestly, I think it’s because time got away from us. We kept talking about doing it, and then not doing it. You might notice that the video thumbnail says this is the penultimate Sunday Bookstack. That’s because after next week, I’m retiring Sunday Bookstack and reevaluating what I want to do with my YouTube Channel … More We Didn’t Put Up a Tree | Sunday #Bookstack
Book Blogger Hop is a meme hosted by Billy at Coffee Addicted Writer. This week, the question comes from Elizabeth at Silver’s Reviews: Does your book club have a book exhange for the holidays or any other time during the year? If you don’t belong to a book club, do you think that would be … More Book Club Exchange | Book Blogger Hop
Last week, I hit a pretty big milestone, and I’m proud of myself for it. Hitting that milestone means I’m making some serious changes to my reading life. I’m going to spend most of my time with the books for my dissertation, which means all of my pleasure reading is going to happen in the car on the way to and from work (and with my ears). Here’s what I’m reading (read: listening to) this week. … More Because I Want To | Sunday Bookstack
