Diversity Roll Call: Short Story Stroll
The current Diversity Roll Call is for short stories, and I have decided to share three of my favorite short story collections. Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original...
Sep 16, 2009 0 2 min read
what I'm reading
Alicia does brief posts wherein she says what book she's currently reading. I've been flirting with doing something similar except, well, what I'm currently reading constantly...
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I updated the About and Courses pages since my last post and now both are complete. Check them out!
Diversity Roll Call: On Gender
I was going to do a big intro post, but instead I am just going to jump right in. At some point, I will update my About page to talk about the purpose of this website, but the...
February books
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta: I didn't love it as much as the friend who recommended it to me did, but I did like it quite a lot. It did take me quite a while to get into,...
January books
The Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes: Very fast read about a young girl who gets separated from her brother while in foster care. I found the book lacking in detail where I wanted...
March books
Alice on Her Way by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor: This book is part of a super popular series that I have never, ever read (and, honestly, only heard of because of research for my...
trifecta of book reviews
Hell Week by Rosemary Clement-Moore: This is a sequel to Prom Nights from Hell, a book that I enjoyed very much, so I was excited to see that it seems to be an ongoing series....
Bindi Babes by Narinder Dhami (2004)
Everyone loves us. The teachers like us because we work hard, and we’re clever, polite and helpful. The other kids like us because we’re pretty and popular and funny and smart....