It's the rest of the stump, it's a little alone

[jobey_in_error]

I'll go backwards, since I have more to say the more I write.

11. Chains (Laurie Halse Anderson) This is a re-read, since I'm gearing up to teach it for the second time. It was a huge (unexpected) hit with my students last year, and I see why. It's emotionally intense, for sure. Once you are three pages in, the first-person narrator has already

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[shimotsuki]

You're department head now? You have my deepest sympathy!!

The two YA books you review sound like fun. I may have to keep my eyes open. (I might have a lot of extra time to read this summer. Or not. Unsure how the constant-infant-feeding thing will play out.)

I haven't read Les Misérables in years -- not since before the musical, actually -- but I did love it despite or because of?? all the melodrama. Although, as a teen, I may have skiimmed some of the philosophiizing. ;)

[jobey_in_error]

(I might have a lot of extra time to read this summer. Or not. Unsure how the constant-infant-feeding thing will play out.)

Wait, what??

I clearly did not go far enough in my friends feed when I came out of lurking this month!

[shimotsuki]

Heh -- I probably should be posting a little more regularly. ;)