Instead, she’s asking us to investigate how and why we read: to pay attention to what information we’re ingesting and how we’ve been taught to interact with it. “They’re a waypoint … one of the places we go to help us to become readers in the world.” Ultimately, she says, “I’m not just talking about how to read books now I’m talking about how to read our world now.”Ĭastillo, in other words, isn’t merely interested in preaching to the choir that reading is important. “Books, as world-encompassing as they are, aren’t a destination,” she argues. She’s writing not just for “the type of people who read books and attend literary festivals,” she hopes. In that author’s note, Castillo gives an overview of her intended audience. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores.Įlaine Castillo’s “ How to Read Now” begins with a section called “Author’s Note, or a Virgo Clarifies Things.” The title is a neat encapsulation of the book’s style: rigorous but still chatty, intellectual but not precious or academic about it.
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Angry over the past, she does everything within her power to ignore the pull she feels whenever he is near. Her marriage and divorce a well-kept secret, the last person June expects to run into when she moves back to her hometown is Evan. June promises to wait for him, knowing neither time or distance will ever change her feelings for Evan-that is until she’s served with divorce papers while he’s overseas and she’s forced to let him go. Evan knows deep in his gut that June is too good for him, but after getting a taste of the beautiful life they can have together, he’s unwilling to let her go. June Mayson and Evan Barrister’s whirlwind courtship resulted in a secret marriage right before he left for boot camp. He became a valued asset of MI6, identifying Soviet spies and fellow travelers. Recruited as a KGB officer all the same, he was an appalled witness to the building of the Berlin Wall, but it “did not prevent him faithfully carrying out the orders of the KGB.” Then came the invasion of Czechoslovakia and a home visit to a country that seemed to be increasingly poor and shabby in what he called a “totalitarian cacophony.” At this point, Gordievsky was ripe for the turning. 1938) seemed to be a true believer in communism, a man who had emerged from secondary school, writes Macintyre ( Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit that Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War, 2016, etc.), as “a competent, intelligent, athletic, unquestioning and unremarkable product of the Soviet system.” Yet, after being admitted to the prestigious Moscow State Institute of International Relations and groomed for service, Gordievsky revealed radical leanings toward democracy. Swift-moving tale of true espionage in the most desperate years of the Cold War. This middle grade novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 8, for independent reading, homeschooling, and sharing in the classroom.ĭon't miss the film adaptation of The One and Only Ivan, now streaming on Disney+! The One and Only Ruby features first-person narrative author's use of literary devices (personification, imagery) and story elements (plot, character development, perspective). Artist Patricia Castelao returns to the world of Ivan and his friends with gorgeous black-and-white interior illustrations to complete the story. In the timeless way that only Katherine Applegate could craft, this highly anticipated novel in verse is the perfect mix of heartfelt and humorous, poignant and sweet. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories both happy and sad of her life before the circus, and she recounts the time she spent in the African savannah to Ivan and Bob. Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. From beloved powerhouse author Katherine Applegate comes The One and Only Ruby, starring the adorable baby elephant from the Newbery Medal-winning modern classic The One and Only Ivan and its bestselling sequel, The One and Only Bob. ‘OMG The queen of killer twists has done it again!!!!. Why readers are gripped by The Perfect Family: If you loved Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and The Sisterthis book is for you. Relieved to have her youngest child back in her arms, breathing in the sweet scent of her hair, Gemma thinks the nightmare is over.īut then her perfect family starts to fall apart.Īnd she realises it’s only just beginning…įrom the top ten bestselling author of The Secret Mother and The Child Next Door, this completely addictive psychological thriller of secrets, lies and betrayal will make you gasp out loud at the heart-stopping final twist. Frantic with fear, Gemma starts a nail-biting search for her little girl.Īfter what feels like forever, her mother-in-law Diane finds Katie wandering lost a few streets away. And her six-year-old daughter has disappeared. Gemma Ballantine is getting ready for work one morning when her eldest child comes running down the stairs, saying the words every mother dreads. “Dyamonde liked to know everything, and she’d made up her mind that she was going to get to know Damaris Dancer.” Third graders Dyamonde and her friend Free make a new friend and discover what it really means to be rich. Halfway to Perfect: a Dyamonde Daniel Book (Book 4) You'll enjoy the other books in the series:Īlmost Zero: a Dyamonde Daniel Book (Book 3) Dymonde’s can-do attitude and lively spirit will endear her to readers. In this fantastic follow-up to Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel, Nikki Grimes tackles big issues like homelessness in a sensitive, kid-friendly way. And when they get to know Damaris, they realize the one who could use the prize money the most also happens to be the best poet in class. The prize is one hundred dollars-just think what they could buy with that much money! But when they find out that Damaris, one of their classmates, has been living in a homeless shelter, their ideas about what it means to be rich or poor start to change. Dyamonde Daniel is excited about the local library’s poetry contest, and so is her friend Free. Their passion brings them roaring back together, but Gavin is being considered for a board of directors position at the university. That problem is solved a week later when Alana is sitting in the front row of her first college class and in walks her professor-none other than Gavin. One night beneath a rough, possessive stranger named Gavin is not enough, but they’re torn apart before finding out one another’s true identities. Tastes that excite her as much as they confuse her-and she never expected to want to fulfill them so badly. The man who buys her for the night has very specific tastes. But when his connection with the sweet, innocent nun is instant and electric, there is no way to protect himself against his growing, forbidden obsession…Īlana is desperate to pay her college tuition and she only has one thing to sell-her innocence. When the nuns are forced to flee their convent, however, Private Griffin is tasked with protecting her from the other soldiers. On her father’s orders, she has been kept locked away from men, her beauty hidden beneath a habit and robe. She has collaborated with Alexa Riley on a few books.Ībandoned on the convent steps as a child, Sister Mercy has grown up within the stone walls of the church, under the watchful gazes of the nuns. Overview: Jessa Kane loves to write romance. In Dirtbag, Massachusetts, Fitzgerald, with warmth and humor, recounts his ongoing search for forgiveness, a more far-reaching vision of masculinity, and a more expansive definition of family and self.įitzgerald's memoir-in-essays begins with a childhood that moves at breakneck speed from safety to violence, recounting an extraordinary pilgrimage through trauma to self-understanding and, ultimately, acceptance. But before all that, he was a bomb that exploded his parents' lives-or so he was told. He's been an altar boy, a bartender, a fat kid, a smuggler, a biker, a prince of New England. pulling no punches on the path to truth, but it always finds the capacity for grace and joy." - Esquire, "Best Memoirs of the Year"Ī TIME Must-Read Book of the Year * A Rolling Stone Top Culture Pick * A Publishers Weekly Best Memoir of the Season * A Buzzfeed Book Pick * A Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Book * A Chicago Tribune Book Pick * A Book You Should Read * A Los Angeles Times Book to Add to Your Reading List * An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Month Winner of the New England Book Award for Nonfiction And following the debut of "Abraham Lincoln" this weekend, the network plans to present a three-night documentary on Theodore Roosevelt on Memorial Day weekend. History Channel Executive Vice President and Head of Programming Eli Lehrer noted that two years ago, the network set out to make the History Channel "the premier destination for presidential documentary event series." As he explained, "These are projects that tell the definitive and often complex stories of our most influential leaders through the voices of the leading experts on the subject." The first project the network executed in this series was "Washington," which premiered two years ago with 2.6 million viewers, becoming the number one mini-series on cable in nearly three years. At the TV Critics Association Winter Press Tour, network executives and the documentary's executive producers discussed the unique partnership that the network has with Pulitzer Prize Winner Doris Kearns Goodwin, a preeminent presidential historian, to develop the network's event series on presidential documentaries. With Presidents Day coming up on Monday, the History Channel is ready to present their newest documentary, "Abraham Lincoln," a three-night series based on a biographical study of the 16th president. Dual-income couples could find only 12 minutes a day to talk with each other. And by “start work” I mean “show up at the workplace. Yet many people don’t start work until 8:00 or 9:00 a.m. on a typical weekday morning, with 46– 64-year-olds rousting themselves at 5:57. According to the National Sleep Foundation’s 2011 Sleep in America poll, the average 30–45-year-old claims to get out of bed at 5:59 a.m. In What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast: A Short Guide to Making Over Your Mornings–and Life, author of 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think, describes through real-life anecdotes and scientific research why the early hours of the day are so important and how successful people use mornings to help them accomplish things that are often impossible to take care of later in the day. |