I’m still looking for a book for this year. I frame the year around stories and storytelling and why we tell stories. I have a bunch already: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (here is my hole in th… more →
Living on the Lip of Insanitylifebythebooks wrote 3 weeks ago: There is something inextricably fascinating about the Catholic church. It’s quite a public den … more →
lifebythebooks wrote 1 month ago: I wrote a paper on this book for class comparing Mrs. Ramsay to Emma Woodhouse. It makes sense just … more →
lifebythebooks wrote 2 months ago: Something happens when you have to read a book for class. It doesn’t matter what book it is or … more →
lifebythebooks wrote 2 months ago: I was told that by the end of this novel I would hate the main character. I wasn’t told why, j … more →
lifebythebooks wrote 3 months ago: The first time I read this book I was a senior in high school and I had to read it for my AP English … more →
Kate Tabor wrote 3 months ago: I’m still looking for a book for this year. I frame the year around stories and storytelling … more →
Kate Tabor wrote 7 months ago: It’s all about the final four – While we were in the midst of March Madness we captured … more →
Kate Tabor wrote 9 months ago: London Town Below I have a little music supervisor in my head that plays music while I read books. … more →
Kate Tabor wrote 9 months ago: We are reading WATCHMEN by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons and after reading about how the characters co … more →
Kate Tabor wrote 10 months ago: Below I’m teaching a class on the Science Fiction/Fantasy novel. I’m really just acting … more →
Kate Tabor wrote 10 months ago: Daisy at risk of a Winterbourne frost Yesterday I had the very best discussion of Daisy Miller, the … more →
Kate Tabor wrote 11 months ago: Paul at quoteflections tagged me on this one, and it has taken me a bit of time to get to it. I crea … more →
Kate Tabor wrote 1 year ago: Clay Burell writes a blog that is engaging and literate and that on occasion terrifies me. His recen … more →
Kate Tabor wrote 1 year ago: Causing a stir by saying something... When I got to school today, this photograph had been sent to t … more →
Kate Tabor wrote 1 year ago: It’s Friday and I see my American Lit kids at 2:00 – for most of them it’s their l … more →
Kate Tabor wrote 1 year ago: Clear and sweet is my soul, and clear and sweet is all that is not my soul. — Walt Whitman, So … more →
Kate Tabor wrote 1 year ago: My class is reading Toni Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye (TBE) and two of my colleagues are re … more →