Released in 2018, Tara Westover details her educational journey in academics, as well as mentally in her memoir Educated. I chose this book for the “A Memoir or Biography” category in my reading challenge. The book also made an appearance on my 2019 reading challenge list; however, I was never able to begin reading it. …
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August Book Recap
https://youtu.be/9vj1Om5uDDY Here is my recap of the books I read in August. I’ll have a fuller review later of Parkland and Columbine by Dave Cullen, but here you can hear my thoughts on the other books I read in the past month. I hope you enjoy!
Review of “Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick”
When I first heard of Zora Neale Hurston, it was at the end of tenth grade when I was reviewing the summer reading assignments for AP Language and Composition. Their Eyes Were Watching God was one of the required readings for the class, and I didn’t have any expectations One of the things about the …
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Review of “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd”
Agatha Christie is my favorite author of all time. So, when my reading challenge had the category “Classic Detective Novel,” I knew I needed to find a book from her that would fit this category. After searching through some lists online, I discovered “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.” Many of the lists I saw claimed …
Book Theme: Monday
Blue Monday Vol. 1 by Cynna Flores-Clugston Summary: Being a teenager can be a difficult job, something the adult world can never understand. While to her parents and teachers getting Adam Ant tickets is no big deal, to Bleu L. Finnegan it means everything. This could be the defining moment of her life, and there …
Review of “Depression & Other Magic Tricks”
For my 2020 reading challenge, I had the category “A Complete Volume of Poetry by a Single Author.” While I love poetry, I never read books of poems until my senior year of college when I took Contemporary Poetry. Since I didn’t have any poetry collections available that I hadn’t already read, I decided to …
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Review of “Matilda”
For my 2020 reading challenge, I had the category “Read a Classic Children’s Novel.” When I saw this, I immediately thought of “Matilda” by Roald Dahl. I had never read the book before, but I had seen the movie and heard a lot of great things about it. Usually, when I read a book after …
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