Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone came out in 1997, but I didn’t hear of it until 1999. That was my first year of teaching. I was twenty-two years old, fresh out of college, and just beginning my lifelong relationship with young adult books. I’d read The Outsiders and The Giver and Are YouContinue reading “Thoughts Upon Rereading Harry Potter”
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Why I Still Take Real Books on Vacation
I rarely read on e-readers. I have an old Kindle and the Kindle app on my phone, and I use them once in awhile, but I still prefer to hold a real book in my hands. Even on vacation. Packing for a trip is always hard. Even after I’ve figured out what to wear, countedContinue reading “Why I Still Take Real Books on Vacation”
Book Review: Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
This is less a book review and more an author review. In January, I read The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma. It was amazing. As I said in my review on Goodreads, I never expected to like the book as much as I did. I don’t choose to read books about ballerinas and I’mContinue reading “Book Review: Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma”
Carie Juettner 