Happy New Year! I’m thrilled to welcome 2017 into our lives. Overall, 2016 was EXHAUSTING, but I did read some good books. My goal this year was to read at least 50 books and no more than 75. (Read this post to find out why my reading goal had a cap.) I achieved my goal, readingContinue reading “Carie’s Lists: The Best Books I Read in 2016”
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Thoughts Upon Rereading Harry Potter
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”
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 