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Book 52: To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee I’ve loved To Kill A Mockingbird since I first read it, in Mrs. Reid’s ninth grade honors English class.  It was, I think, the first book of assigned reading that truly captivated me.  I’ve re-read the book countless times since then. In fact, I used to re-read […]

Book 51:  My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict’s Attempt to Discover if Not Being a Dumbass is the New Black, Or, A Culture-up Manifesto Jen Lancaster Any time I pick up a Jen Lancaster book, or in this case, listen to one, I feel like I am sitting down to catch up with a […]

Book 50: Summer of My German Soldier Bette Greene Summer of My German Soldier was on the summer reading list before the start of my sophomore year Honors English class.  Of the four books assigned for summer reading that year, I recall finishing only this one. I loved it.  So when I saw it on […]

Banned Books week starts today and runs through 2 October.  I have read some bad books. I have read books that offended me on some level.  But I’ve never read a book I think should be banned.  That is an evil,scary practice to me. I remember in high school, The Grapes of Wrath was one […]

Book 49: Speak Laurie Halse Anderson Wesley Scroggins is wrong.  I am so glad that I start this post by saying that. Mr. Scroggins should be as well, as it is certainly the kindest thing that I think about him. I didn’t intend to read this book. But then, a post came across my Twitter […]