I keep reading how "this generation is muddying up the entire culture by its Zombian characteristics. You know, education has created students without creativity, only good for multiple choices, no innovation, all robotic responses. Have you heard this? Am I overreacting? Perhaps. But I might throw a few examples out to you. While the prior …
Review: The Roads We Take
Most of us have heard of J. D. Salinger, and the famous novel: “The Catcher in the Rye.” In fact, that novel (1951), and the author, Jerome David Salinger, who has since died (1/27/2010) at the ripe age of 91, has been a mainstay in high schools across America for what the novel deals with: …
The Joy of Multi-Sensual Reading, or What does the Mind of an OCD genius look like?
Have you ever found yourself reading three or four books at once? Well, not "at once," exactly, but taking turns reading some tomorrow, and a little of yet another the afternoon, and yet another in the evening before bed, and.... you catch my meaning. It sometimes concerns me that I am acutely bored easily, and …
IBC Review Section. Vol.1, S1
How many agents does it take to screw a lightbulb? Depends upon how far and how bright the light; the reach of the light, what little distractions that may hinder the light; the kind of bulb that can give light for how long.... Does that sound complicated? That's because it is. There are so many articles, …
The Series: The Longmire Mystery Series
Do you like mysteries? Do you like westerns? Do you like contemporary western/cultural mysteries? You will like this series then. While these short novels are not academic by any means, and are very simple reading, they are exciting if you like the midwest landscape imagery, the theme of mystery and all its tenets, and the cultural …
Review: Four Souls, by Louise Erdrich
Four Souls by Louise Erdrich (2004). Harper Collins. New York, NY. ISBN 0-06-620975-7 This book is not your usual crime thriller, hero adventure, erotics, romance; frightful, playful or simple novel. It is about the life of people whose thoughts, ideas, values and beliefs are different than the usual American norm: coming from the perspective of …
Librarything’s Thing
Local events (from Librarything.com) in MY AREA Today is Friday, June 27. Check out this calendar of events in MY neck of the woods. But you can go to Librarything.com, and find other venues in YOUR part of town. Jun 29 The Last Heir Book Carnival, Sunday, June 29 at 2pm Meet Chuck Greaves as he …
Review: Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
BN-13: 9780140086836 Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated Publication date: 3/28/1986 Edition description: Reprint Pages: 272 While “Ceremony” is not a new book, it is a classic Native American book, with lots to teach us about the concept of coming home, and ceremonious ideology. Leslie Marmon Silko is Native American. She has written a book that …
Review: 1, dated 5/27/14. The Returned
Review of: The Returned "The Returned" by Jason Mott ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-1533-9 Copyright 2013 by Jason Mott Publisher: Harlequin MIRA $24.95 US, $27.95 CAN. 352pp. Nothing is more satisfying than reading a spellbinding book from a new author who knows how to apply all the necessary ingredients to keep you reading. I have had that satisfying experience this weekend. Author, Jason …
Review: 2, Dated 5/26/14. The Glass Castle
Wall, Jeanette. (2005). The Glass Caste. New York, NY: Scribner, A Division of Simon & Shuster, Inc. I will discuss this book clinically, as I had to use it for a class taught, and was not the primary teacher in use of it. I would have rather a different book, however, this is the …
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