MY TOP 17 OF 2017

According to Goodreads, I read 83 books on this past revolution around the sun. Of those, here are my 17 favorite in no particular order. To be clear, these are not "THE TOP 17 BOOKS OF THE YEAR!!" or anything like that. They're simply the books I liked most of the ones I read. Some …

MY FAV READS OF 2016

Happy holidays, friends! According to Goodreads, I read 77 books this year. Of those, I tweeted a thread of my favorite 16 starting here. Retweet this tweet by the end of 2016 (Pacific Time) for a chance to win your choice from my favs. (Sorry, US only!)

AGE (IN)APPROPRIATENESS

Yesterday, I sold books at the Collingswood Book Festival, which was my first public selling/signing appearance ever. Huzzah! However, something happened that I can't stop thinking about, so I've come here to work it out. At one point, a girl wandered over to my table with her mother. By my estimate, the girl was probably early …

REVIEW: WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE

If you grew up in the U.S., you probably read "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. What you probably don't know is that Jackson wrote a few novels, as well. One that I had been hearing great things about for a while but only recently got around to reading is WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE …

READ, WRITE, LEARN, REPEAT

I'm a teacher most of the time, and today is my last weekday "off" before I return to work. Therefore, I wanted to take a moment to process and reflect on the summer. This may or may not be of any interest to you, but whatever. This blog mostly functions as my personal writing journal …