I just finished listening to Anna Karenina on Audible. I've never read or listened to it before, and Maggie Gyllenhaal narrates the Audible version. She's great. The book is great. I spent a lot of time listening and crocheting when I should have been working or lesson planning, and I'm not sorry about it. People…
The Writers and Thinkers I Love
I've loved reading from a very young age. I teach English, subscribe to many magazines, periodicals, and individual Substack accounts, and buy way more books than I could ever read. One of the best parts about reading, as I always try to convince my young students, is that being able to read well exposes you…
Educated – Tara Westover
I read a lot - around 50 books a year. Each year, there are usually about fifteen books that I really like, and five or six that are great. If I'm lucky, one or two will be truly spectacular. Last year, I read All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy and was blown over by how gorgeous…
Dinosaurs Can't Read 