Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
Vera Crowder has A Past. A Past filled with things that are Very Bad. When she gets the call from her mother to come home, Vera very much does not want to…but she goes home anyway. Her mother, Daphne, is dying, and needs Vera to help clean up/sort through/clean out the house. The house, which is a … [Read more]
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust
I have been reading and in some cases rereading some Civil War history books recently (and in a way, I am always reading Civil War history) and part of what I am trying to think about is the story as a whole in a way that makes sense to me, but also some of the driving questions about the living … [Read more]
Macbeth: A Dagger of the Mind by Harold Bloom
A kind of guide to Macbeth that I wonder how useful it actually is. The book itself clearly needs you to have read Macbeth and be familiar with the plot because while this book goes in order, it's not particularly well-structured or seem all that concerned with guiding you through the text as a … [Read more]
Welcome to the Week 9 CBR 14 Bingo Check-in! You can see the card and the rules on the kick-off post. This week’s mood: We're With the Banned. While getting ready for #CannonBookClub's discussions of All Boys Aren't Blue, The 1619 Project, and The Hate U Give, I was again reminded that while … [Read more]
The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
I first started reading this book in the spring of 2007. I know that because I had several hours of hall duty while administering state-wide tests when I was working at a school in Baltimore, so I brought this book to stand and read while for the most part I didn't have any interaction with … [Read more]
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Updated review September 15, 2022: Re-read this for Cannonballread's Banned Book week. I did something a bit different for this though. I really just re-read my favorite parts of this book (which there are a lot) but then I also re-watched the movie that came out based on this book. I have to … [Read more]
