This is part of my Summer Reading 2.0 series — I’ve always been a fan of Sarah Dessen; she puts out a bunch of thick novels dubbed as teenage romance. In my early days of high school I saw them as just that, teenage romance novels. But ever since English teachers started pushing me toContinue reading “Never Just About A Boy: Sarah Dessen’s The Moon and More”
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What is Success? Alfred Lansing’s Endurance Helps Answer the Question
This is part of my Summer Reading 2.0 series. —mild spoilers ahead— Alfred Lansing’s account of the 28 men aboard the ship Endurance headed for Antarctica is captured vividly in his non-fiction book Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage. It tells the story of the explorer Ernest Shackleton with an oddball crew of men who make their way southContinue reading “What is Success? Alfred Lansing’s Endurance Helps Answer the Question”
5 More Reasons to Love Summer
Happy first day of summer! June 21st is the Northern Solstice. You read and loved 7 Reasons Why We Love Summer, so here are 5 additional reasons to love the hottest season of the year. 5. Summer reading If you’ve got even an ounce of intelligence running through your veins, you’re able to find a curiosity forContinue reading “5 More Reasons to Love Summer”
Get Cultured With Me: Summer Reading 2.0
I’m going to read a bunch of books this summer, and I intend to blog about as many as I possibly can. Think not so much full-length literary reviews, but rather, reflections and personal revelations that arrive as actions progress, characters develop, and plots thicken. It’s like summer reading, but I’m in charge of theContinue reading “Get Cultured With Me: Summer Reading 2.0”
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