I don’t remember who put I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver on my radar, but when I saw it at the library, I knew I had to pick it up. Of course, I’ll read just about anything that looks like it has queer characters, especially if there are queer brown characters. After … More I Wish You All the Best | Sticky Note Review
Libraries are my friends: they positively affect my ability to save money. But there are some authors whose books I want on my shelves. Here’s who they are (2:38). Who made it onto your list?
One of the things I love about the way I started my channel is the opportunity to engage with students through video. My friend shows my Feature Shelf videos to her class and one of them asked me a question. Then a few more asked me a question. And then my friend asked me to … More AMA from some 5th Graders
I picked up They Call Me Güero by David Bowles, I think, because I found it when I was looking for something else. Click through to see my thoughts. … More They Call Me Güero | Sticky Note Reviews
I picked up Saving Montgomery Sole from the library because I was looking for a queer middle grade novel. I’d just finished Becoming by Michelle Obama and was looking to get back into fiction… … More Saving Montgomery Sole | Sticky Note Reviews
Hello readers! I’ve wandered back around again for another Book Blogger Hop. This week’s question was posed by Angelica @ Paperback Princess. Here’s the more complete answer: I tend to go back and forth between print (whether it be physical print or digital “print”) and an audiobook. This has to do with relative reading speed … More Audiobook Read-Along | Book Blogger Hop
On a whim, I picked up the graphic adaptation of Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. It was fabulous. Click through to find out why. … More Speak (GN) | 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
In Click’d, middle schooler Allie wanted to create a game that could win the app building competition Games 4 Good, but she ran into some trouble with the coding and it had some unintended consequences. Here’s Allie’s confession. Also, you should check out Click’d by Tamara Ireland Stone. Great read. View this post on Instagram … More Character Confessions: Allie from Click’d
