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  1. Confession: I've never watched a single episode of Friends (I have to make myself watch tv), but Demon Copperhead is so good (& terrible) and eye-opening.
  2. I haven't read the article. I will say that the hardest thing for me when I returned to the elementary and high school classrooms from homeschooling was grading. Period. It stinks. It became harder and harder for me to see the purpose of it in the current system if actual education is what we're after. I taught adjunct at a community college for years while homeschooling and didn't actually feel much (any?) pressure about grades. I had students fail regularly. What was most shocking to me was the attrition rate of students. My own kids make super high grades. I'm always a little disappointed because I'd like for them to have the challenge of learning and improving. My kids are "smart," so because I'm not in their classrooms, it's hard for me to tell how much is inflation.
  3. Thanks for sharing this! I read it because a coworker at the library where I work asked me to because she wanted someone to discuss it with. Neither of us liked it very much. She researched it a little and said she read that it's "dark satire" or something. Knowing that the author might've lived through a similar experience sheds some light on it. I will do some research!
  4. Just finished Yellowface by RF Kuang. I'll share my IG review:
  5. Me! Everybody in my house has, but I haven't, and I taught through the pandemic. (My school closed in March 2020 and I started at another school in August 2020 and taught pre-K through 6th and never got sick.) 🤷🏻‍♀️
  6. Sea salt. I've painted more rooms this color than I can readily recall.
  7. I long for a front porch. I long for my current home to have all the needed upgrades and remodeling DONE. I long for time and brain space to turn my attention back toward home just a fraction of the amount I gave it as a sahhm. I long to lose about 40 lbs.
  8. Gulf Coast beaches (especially the secluded ones) > mountains [though we did visit the Rockies this summer and. . .wow. . . BUT nothing beats a book, a beach umbrella + chair, and my toes in sugar white sands for a real vacation for me!] And now for my hot take: "Anne with an E" is sacrilege! Meagan Follows and Jonathan Crombie (RIP 💔) forever!
  9. I've read Gentleman and Dutch House but not the other two. When I've tried to read Gilead, I've found it so poignant that it makes me sad and I give up. One day I'll power through.
  10. I've never heard of Enchanted April, neither the book nor the movie.
  11. Thank you, @Lori D., for that list! @Wishes and @Terabith, I've not read any of your recommendations. Thanks!
  12. Yes! Love all the Penderwicks! I just sent a young teen home with the first one last week from the library (I'm a children's librarian).
  13. 'T'wasn't I, but it is now duly noted. ✅ I've read THUG. What a story! Anne is my go-to but I've read all of the LM Montgomery novels (all of 'em--Anne, Emily, Pat, Marigold, all the more adult ones--all of 'em!) and Narnia MULTIPLE times! I've also written papers on all of them (well, Anne, Emily, and Narnia) in undergrad and grad school. ❤️
  14. I've never read Trollope. Thanks for the recommendation!
  15. Yes! I had actually forgotten about it, though. Thanks for the reminder!
  16. I've never read Gaskell or Collins! Is this Daniel Nayeri? I have read that one!
  17. I read this one while lying in bed with the flu. It was the best convalescence I've ever experienced! 🤣. I remember it very well due to the unusual circumstances and the fact that I read it in one great gulp. This is still the only thing by Doerr I've read, though
  18. Oh, I've read the Asher Lev ones, too. I don't remember reading The Promise, though.
  19. I remember these, but I have never read one of them. Thank you!
  20. I have never read anything by Tartt that I recall. Thanks!
  21. Can you share specifics about the brand or source of the lid?
  22. I finally, finally, finally finished Cutting for Stone by Verghese on audio. This was my third attempt, which is saying something since it's 20+ hours. I give it just 🌟🌟🌟🌟 because I don't love lots of s**uality or even sensuality in my books, and it is full of it (& in fact the major conflict of the book depends on it). Also, it is too long--some of the middle could've been condensed or cut. However, Verghese is a very talented writer, and I really enjoyed all of the medical details and insights. Also, I love the character development and the resolution of the story--very satisfying. I said I'm not going to read Verghese's newest book, Covenant of Water, but I might be convinced. Has anyone read it? I started this thread tonight because I've been in a reading slump since finishing the new William Kent Krueger novel.
  23. I just thought of another couple I LOVED--True Grit by Portis and News of the World by Giles. So good!
  24. I listened to the audiobook of Gentleman and loved it. I had forgotten about The Lincoln Highway. Thanks!
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