Morgan Masters wakes up after suffering a violent attack without any memory of the past twenty years. If you want thrillers that look at the other side of the law regarding drugs, try Lay Down the Law, by Carsen Taite. Bartlett weaves some fun thrills and heartfelt laughs along with some intriguing moral dilemmas in this first book of a series. But even crime with a moral code can face difficulties. She only deals pills, doesn’t do violence, and uses her profits to support her uncle’s organic farm. Cash Braddock is a drug dealer in Sacramento, but one with a moral code. My decision to read through a large number of their titles was partially wanting to read a lot of queer literature while experiencing new books and authors and partially because they use a fairly distinctive trade dress, so they can be found fairly easily by browsing the shelves.Ĭash Braddock, by Ashley Bartlett. It was founded in 2004 by Radclyffe, and publishes LGBTQ+ fiction in a number of genres. While this isn’t likely to be useful for any of the Big Six Publishers, there are plenty of small press publishers that provide enough focus that reading through them can be an enlightening experience.įor Pride Month, I’d like to provide a bit of a look at one such publisher, Bold Strokes Books. What is less common is to choose them simply by publisher. There are many ways to find new books to read, whether it’s by reviews, browsing, asking a librarian, or friend recommendations.
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The Sound and the Fury (MCI) (Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations).The Sound and the Fury (Norton Critical Edition).
I typed out the descriptions that Lois Lowry uses in the book and I asked my students to read them and highlight the describing words/phrases. Lois Lowry uses wonderful language to describe Gooney Bird and I created a few lessons to go along with these descriptions. My students laugh out loud as I read and they LOVE the character of Gooney Bird Greene. It is about a second grader who tells the most amazing stories. If you haven’t read it, I would highly recommend it. I am currently using the book Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry as a read aloud. I have the icons posted in my room and I have been using them in conjunction with other things we have been reading and working on. This week I have been focusing on “Snapshots” and “Gestures” as my students are working on adding details and descriptions to the setting and the characters. She was very passionate about writing and she showed us some very simple ways to help our students improve their narrative writing. We were fortunate enough a few years ago to attend a PD workshop hosted by Nancy Boyles. At the start of the school year, we focus on narrative writing. The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition by Thenmozhi Soundararajan puts this history under a microscope. The yoga they constructed for export has become a form of soft power, serving Hindu nationalist objectives. Many of those evangelists have either been caste privileged, or caste apologists. The pious are told that these obscene retributions maintain the divine order.Indian wisdom traditions have globalized to the extent that its evangelists have laundered the spiritualization of caste-based violence, and hidden its history from erstwhile progressives. In the Mahabharata, an Adivasi (South Asian Indigenous) boy is commanded to cut off his own thumb for the sin of being self-taught and skilled above his station. In the Ramayana, a Shudra (caste oppressed) who dared to practice yoga was murdered so that the sickly child of a priestly family might regain his health. Molten lead must be poured into their ears. An ancient text at the root of the culture that gave birth to the yoga tradition says that if an outcaste person-a Dalit-dares to learn the holy language of Sanskrit, they must be tortured. Some of these frustrations may unfairly color my opinions of this book. Don’t even get me started on how manipulated I feel by the cliffhangers that keep me coming back for more like a damned junkie. I’m super pissed with the amount of money I fork over purchasing each individual book in the series. As a reader I feel annoyed by having to wait weeks or even months in between releases. I’m getting a bit sick of this trend where authors take a really good concept but rather than write one excellent book they stretch the story out into a series of novellas. I’m about to go on a bit of a rant so you have my permission to stop reading my review now. Because somewhere between I love yous and Never Nevers and Never Agains, a truth they can't imagine, beckons to be found. Charlie is in trouble and he must be the one to bridge the chasm between their past and their present. And now, the stakes are higher as Silas’ control slips and others begin to point fingers. Silas races against time as more truths unravel, while others twist tighter together. “Never forget that I was your first real kiss.Īnd never stop loving me between all of them. Never Never: Part Two by Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher |