This is the other major series that Madeleine L’Engle wrote. I’ve read Meet the Austins and A Ring of Endless Light before, so I’m excited to see how the rest of the series develops. I do think this book skews slightly younger and ages up as it progresses, so I’ll be interested to see how the rest of the series holds up. Read my full review to see what I thought!
Being a Christian is much harder than Fox News tells you.
You know how I said we weren’t done with Zachary Grey? Yeah, we’re not done with Zachary Grey. WHY DOES MADELEINE L’ENGLE RETURN TO HIM? Was her readership in desperate need of a “bad boy” to swoon over and so she kept him in her books? Did she genuinely love him and keep him in her books? Why is he here? Constantly? Alas, these are the questions that will continue to plague me after I’ve finished reading. I *think* I get why Zachary exists in […]
In which Madeleine L’Engle talks about sex, and I’m uncomfortable with the example she uses
This might be Madeleine L’Engle’s most controversial book. It was published in 1984, a time when books for children and young adults didn’t always deal super frankly with issues of sexuality, coming-of-age, and sex. While Judy Blume’s Forever had been published, it was the exception, not the norm. And L’Engle’s frank focus on female sexuality is startling in its clarity and honesty. If you want to be spoiled, I get spoilery in my full review. I go off on a seriously yucky man and a […]
Double Cannonball with Madeleine L’Engle
Woo hoo! Double cannonball for me! I actually cannot remember how many weeks ago I read this book (sad, I know). I’m pretty sure I can make it to a triple Cannonball with a spare bit of change, but a quadruple is looking pretty out-of-reach for me at this point. I’m not complaining. It’s been a good year of reading so far. And I’m delighted I got to reach this point with a L’Engle book. Dragons in the Waters is the second O’Keefe family saga. […]
A sobering book about mass incarceration and racial profiling
I had a student write about pop culture depictions of African Americans in my spring Composition course for online studies, and she used Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow as one of her sources. I was intrigued. I’ve done a bit of reading in African American studies, history and literary, and this was a good sociological balance to the knowledge base I’ve tried to create. Full review found on my blog.
A contender for Best Book of 2016
I had heard early acclaim for Yaa Gyasi’s debute novel, Homegoing, but it wasn’t until ElCicco’s rave review that I first thought, “I must read this.” I come and go on long family sagas, but Gyasi has forever changed the game, in my opinion. This is a must-read book, and I cannot quite say enough about it. Definitely in the running for Best Book of 2016. I develop this argument for Best Book 2016 in my full review. Also: if you don’t think you like […]
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