Brief Thoughts: In The House on The Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods by Matt Bell

14 July 2016 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Brief Thoughts: In The House on The Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods by Matt Bell

In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods tells the story of a newly married couple who take up a lonely existence in the title’s mythical location.In this blank and barren plot, far from the world […]

2016 Mid-Year Check In

6 July 2016 / thoughts / 0 Comments
2016 Mid-Year Check In

Here we are now in July, rolling down the hill of 2016. Time for the mid-year review! I find it difficult to think this is the first full year where I won’t engage in any formal education. The school year […]

Top 10 Tuesday: Under 2000 Goodreads Ratings

5 July 2016 / top 10 tuesday / 0 Comments
Top 10 Tuesday: Under 2000 Goodreads Ratings

Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish  Top Ten Books with Under 2,000 GoodReads Ratings Today’s topic stood out as a fun one for me – a chance to spotlight some under recognized books! Out of books I’ve rated three […]

Library Book Haul: ‘Professional Development’

28 June 2016 / Uncategorized / 0 Comments
Library Book Haul: ‘Professional Development’

Recent trips to the library have seen me checking out books related to librarianship and ESL education. I aspire to become a children’s librarian. I want to learn more about the actualities of the profession. Happily, my library has a […]

Review: 438 Days by Jonathan Franklin

20 June 2016 / review / 0 Comments
Review: 438 Days by Jonathan Franklin

Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: November 2015 Publisher: Atria Books Length: 269 pagesGenre: Non-fictionWhy I Read: Intriguing subject matterRead If You: Like stories about people who overcome the impossibleRating:  ★★★★Links: GoodReads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon  Since reading In the Heart of the […]