Dear Reading Community, Ya think? Thank you, A fellow reader Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with the Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, […]
Dear Reading Community Post seven
Dear Reading community, Yes, I agree that this is some heavy stuff. And yes, I think the ages some schools use this with might not be appropriate, but that doesn’t mean we need to stop all readers from access. Thank you, A fellow reader
Dear Reading Community Post six
Dear Reading Community, Well they didn’t call her Little Red for nothin’. Seriously though, wine is your issue? Not that she is “eaten” (and interpret that anyway you wish). Thank you, A fellow reader
I Swear the Fact That This Book Uses Photograph by Nickleback as an Emotional Beat is Good, Actually
The Devil Wears Tartan by Katia Rose
So funny thing about me is that I’m Scottish, kinda. I’m like, the right amount of kinda Scottish to vibe with the way in which this book is kinda Scottish. It’s set in Ottawa. I live in London. Moira Murray (a name so Scottish my parents are wishing I’d changed mine to something similar instead of making it so that my Scottishness is no longer the first thing that anyone immediately knows about me) and Kenzie Andrianakis (closer to my current level of Scot) are […]
“…leaving your country is like dying, and when you come back you are like a ghost…”
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
Cbr14bingo Adapt/bingo – the story is about Darling adapting to life in Michigan after growing up in a Zimbabwean shanty We Need New Names is what I would call a fictional memoir based on the author’s childhood experience of moving from Zimbabwe to the United States. Darling, a teen living in Michigan with her aunt’s family, remembers growing up in a shantytown called Paradise with her friends, dreaming of moving to the United States, and then experiencing the reality of life here. This is a […]
CBR14 Bingo – Week 10 Check-in
Welcome to the Week 10 CBR 14 Bingo Check-in! You can see the card and the rules on the kick-off post. This week’s mood: Cake! Happy birthday to my birthday twin Please check your tags and make sure you are using cbr14bingo. Ale – 6 reviews anana – 3 reviews andtheIToldYouSos – 10 reviews ardaigle – 9 reviews, 1 Bingo BlackRaven – Blackout booktrovert – 21 reviews, 5 Bingos Classic – Blackout CoffeeShopReader – 16 reviews, 1 Bingo Debcapsfan – 1 review Dome’Loki – 14 reviews, 1 Bingo drmllz – 3 reviews ElCicco […]