You Should Read
More than just a book review, my book blog offers notes and context, as well as close reading and creative writing possibilities. If you’re looking for a summary and spoilers, look elsewhere.
But if you want to learn how to be an attentive reader and how to a use a mentor text to improve your own writing, check out my You Should Read posts!
You Should Read JAMES by Percival Everett
Teaching Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was as much fun as getting my kids to clean their rooms, which is why I'm so thrilled about James.
You Should Read THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY by Claire Messud
Messud’s novel explores what we can and cannot know about our family members and the ways in which families both shape and challenge our expectations of ourselves, of our futures, of how we want to love and be loved, to know and be known, to remember and be remembered.
You Should Read 2 A.M. AT THE CAT’S PAJAMAS by Marie-Helene Bertino
But it’s not just Madeleine who’s got the moves in 2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas. Marie-Helene Bertino’s entire novel shimmies. It romps. At times, it even levitates.
You Should Read THE GREAT GATSBY
Each year of my teaching career, springtime brings heavy snows, standardized tests, and The Great Gatsby.