I apologize in advance for this review because I’m writing it almost two months after I finished this book so it might not be particularly long or particularly specific (and I’ve had to refresh my memory using the Internet several times already). My friend loaned me Perfect from Now On both because the writer, John Sellers, was about our age (give or take about four years) and he thought I might enjoy it. For the most part, I did. I’m always interested in other peoples’ […]
Having a Good Time in Metropolis
A number of years ago, at the community college where I teach, two of my colleagues—one in English and one in Sociology—did a great presentation about the character of Lois Lane and how her portrayal in different Superman incarnations (comic, movie, TV shows) has been shaped by the time periods in which she and they were created—shifting from independent woman to more helpless damsel in distress and back again. Similarly, a friend of mine from grad school, is currently focusing a lot of her academic […]
April Really Is . . .
As I worked my way through this third book in Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache series, the noise I heard in the back of my head as I read was the sound of all the elements of this series coming together in a majorly wonderful way—with so much going on and on so many levels. I enjoyed the first two books in the series but this was the one where I finished and thought, “Hell yeah.” Once again, this story is really a story of Three […]
A Return to Three Pines
This was my second outing to Three Pines with Inspector Armond Gamache and his team from the Montreal Surete and I am now fully hooked. I’m pretty sure I compared this series to Henning Mankell’s Wallander books after I read Still Life because this series has a similar feel to me—a slow and thoughtfully plotted story where details build and build and the “who did it?” is far less interesting than the “why?” The residents of this town are starting to become familiar to me—the […]
Hey, you got 80’s nostalgia in my dystopian novel. No, you got dystopian novel in my 80’s nostalgia.
And, if you get my title reference, then you are the target audience for this novel, which is a fun read so chock full of 80’s references that it made my teeth ache. It’s a great set-up. It’s the year 2044 and teenager, Wade Watts, lives in the future version of a trailer park (only imagine all the trailers stacked on top of each other), trying to stay out of the way of his abusive aunt, who would love to sell his computer to buy […]
Learning About Learning – A Good Thing for a Teacher To Do
I’ve been reading a lot of books about the science of learning lately. It started a couple of years ago when I began using an article by Carol Dweck in my developmental reading/writing course—an article about fixed and growth mindset and about how such a small thing like what you believe about your own intelligence or ability can have a huge impact. My students both related to it as learners but sometimes as parents too. Since then, I have seen/read discussions of mindset everywhere and […]
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