Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
I'm teaching Pygmalion alongside Frankenstein....I will let the kids review them for you. Personally I love it. Pygmalion "I didn't like the play that much as I found it not the easiest plot to follow and the ending was unsatisfying. I think the play did well in raising a question … [Read more]
Newcomer (Kyoichiro Kaga, #2) by Keigo Higashino
Last year I read Malice, the first book from this series translated into English, and it was so twisty and intriguing, I knew I had to read everything else translated into English by this author. And this second book bodes well. Though I didn't find it as impactful as Malice, this book makes it … [Read more]
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
"Nobody promised me a happy ending. They didn't even promise me a happy existence." This volume takes place chronologically shortly after Book One. One day at Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children, a girl named Rini falls out of the sky and into the turtle pond. She claims she came from … [Read more]
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
I loved Life After Life - I think it's still in my top books, and I'll keep recommending it (go ahead, find it at your library and enjoy it!). But everything else I've read of Atkinson has not reached that level of enjoyment for me. I think it's that (unfair?) comparison that makes this book a … [Read more]
Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson
There were two old school romances I adored as a teen. One, reread not too long ago, was Lorna Doone. And the other was, spoiler, Ramona. As a SoCal girl, how could I not? I was very familiar with the locations and history. As a matter of fact, one of my sons got married at the Rancho Camulos, … [Read more]
The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope
In The Monsters We Defy, Leslye Penelope takes a small footnote about a real woman who lived in Washington DC in the 1920s and weaves an amazing tale around her. Clara Johnson was born wrapped in her caul, and because of that she has grown up seeing and speaking with spirits. As a Black woman in … [Read more]
