Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give has made a lot of lists since it was published last year, so it was already on my to read list when the book club I’m trying out picked it for February. We just met last night to talk about it so I admit those discussion points might have muddied the waters for me. The Hate U Give is the story of Starr Carter, a young African-American woman from a town called Garden Heights attending a private school in […]
WWII YA Drama Awesomeness
The YA book club I just joined read Elizabeth Wein’s Code Name Verity this month and though I have read it before, I gave it a fast reread just to refresh everything. Goodreads tells me I read this in 2013, so I honestly don’t remember if I’ve reviewed it for CBR or not. If so, this will probably be a little derivative. Apologies. Verity tells the story of two young women working for the British during WWII. Verity (aka Queenie, aka…) is being held by […]
Wrinkle in Time Time
I know that the CBR book club is reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, my next book, but I didn’t really pay attention to what one does with that. So, I read it and I’m writing a review and hopefully that will help add to the discussion. I know I owned this book as a kid, as I distinctly remember the opening chapter and that someone eats a liverwurst sandwich. I was one of the only people I knew at the time (still […]
Pride & Prejudice in Ohio
As a general rule I try to avoid sequels and modernizations of classic literature when possible (i.e, when it’s advertised glaringly). Sometimes though, the story is so good (Pride & Prejudice) and by a writer I have enjoyed (Curtis Sittenfeld), I can’t resist. Such is the case with Eligible, Sittenfeld’s go at a modern retelling of Austen’s best (imho). The crucial elements of the story are still there. Lizzy Bennet meets and despises haughty, rich Fitzwilliam Darcy. She has four sisters, most of which are […]