Category Archives: 2015 Reading Challenge

Wisdom

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Lizzie Ross

… is knowing when to quit. A while back, I posted a list of novels I wish I’d never read. It was supposed to be a list of 10, but I stopped at nine. I can now add part of … Continue reading →

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Scary books

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Lizzie Ross

One of the categories for the 2015 Reading Challenge is *banned book*. I looked at ALA’s list of most frequently challenged books in 2014 and was pleasantly surprised to learn I’d read half of the top ten. But I also discovered, … Continue reading →

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The enchanted world

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Lizzie Ross

Another category for the 2015 Reading Challenge is *a book set in the future*, for which I chose a book that has long been sitting on my shelf: Sylvia Louise Engdahl’s Enchantress from the Stars (1970), a Newbery Honor Book. My … Continue reading →

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Tall tales and just-so stories

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Lizzie Ross

Karel Čapek’s Nine Fairy Tales (1932, tr. 1990 by D. Herrmann) is another treasure found while wandering my school library’s stacks. There are actually ten tales here (And One More Thrown in for Good Measure is the subtitle), most short enough for a … Continue reading →

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When you run out of Jane Austen and the Brontës, try Mrs. Gaskell

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Lizzie Ross

Three more books to discuss for the 2015 Reading Challenge. I have to start with three quotes: [Mrs. Forrester explained] … in her day the only use people made of four-syllabled words was to teach how they should be spelt. … Continue reading →

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Falling behind

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Lizzie Ross

It’s no surprise, but I find it difficult to get anything done in the summer. The vast expanse of seemingly free time ahead of me lulls me into inaction — that is, the kind of quiet action that many see … Continue reading →

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