Let me preface this by saying I love David Sedaris so much, I cannot read him in public. If you didn’t already know, Sedaris writes memoirs, and his memoirs are hilarious anecdotes about his life. Whenever I flipped the page when reading Me Talk Pretty One Day, I would double over in laughter. The effect […]
Review of The Sugarless Plum by Zappora Karz
October 28, 2009
The Sugarless Plum by Zippora Karz is about the author’s experience living with diabetes. Karz’s case is a bit unique, as she’s a ballerina, so she must walk a fine line in her insulin and sugar intake. I felt the Sugarless Plum was fairly depressing. I know she eventually gets past her disease, that’s what […]
Review of Searching for Whitopia by Rich Benjamin
October 11, 2009
Searching for Whitopia by Rich Benjamin is not about the interactions between blacks and whites. It is about the phenomenon of white flight. White Flight occurs when white people move out of a neighborhood because people of color are moving in. What Rich Benjamin did was move into predominately white neighborhoods (97% white) to see […]
Review of Lighting Their Fires by Rafe Esquith
October 8, 2009
Lighting Their Fires: Raising Children in a Mixed-Up, Muddled Up, Shook Up World by Rafe Esquith is basically as the title promises a guide to upbringing children to be all they can be. I don’t have children, but I interact with children on a daily basis, as a student teacher. (I haven’t dropped out of […]
Review of The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett
September 10, 2009
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett is a work of narrative non-fiction. This means it’s most likely not going to be a snooze like your earth science textbook! I think that anybody reading this review most likely loves books. If you don’t love books, why oh why are you on […]
Review of Defining Twilight vocabulary workbook by Brian Leaf
September 8, 2009
Defining Twilight by Brian Leaf is a workbook which essentially works in conjunction with Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. The person using the workbook is supposed to read a chapter, then do the vocabulary exercises in the workbook. I think this is an attempt at making SAT studying fun and exciting for students. It’s a nice […]