“choosing hope” – one of the newtown elem teachers – first grade – she got her kids in a closet and kept them quiet during the shooting three years ago – this is her book – she actually never taught much afterward – she got into problems with her school district – the book was powerful – mostly for me in matters of understanding school policy – there can’t be a uniform way of dealing with a tragedy – the school system didn’t do a good job responding correctly in her case – at all
“greatness in the shadows” – larry doby was the second af-am player in the Bigs – after jackie robinson – the book wasn’t so much a biography as the title – how he was great – and overshadowed – good for the start of baseball season – at least, practice:)
“yes, my accent is real” – raj from big bang has a book!!! it was good – my mom actually read it in like a day – one of the interesting things i’d have loved to explore in class… raj was singled out as the weak person in his theater team’s performance at districts – in other words, the judges thought he wasn’t good- one of several cases in the book where if he’d listened to others, he’d never be where he is today
“hangin’ tough” – great, great book – LOVED IT – loved the concept – a book about an influential album in your life – and why that’s so – my sister would be the other perfect reader for this book
“the only pirate at the party” – great book – it was a great reading week – saw master vic reading this one on monday – i didn’t read as fast as she and Detective – but i got through the book in an impressive speed – and really enjoyed it
starring Vic as the lovely Beatrice – all time references are the act(hour), scene (minute), and line (seconds) where the insult in Much Ado can be found
“i’d know that voice anywhere” – collection of NPR radio essay from deford – a former writer with sports illustrated – great non-fiction for the sports boys at the school – sort of shows thought can go with sports – sometimes:) i did enjoy the way it was arranged too – not just chronologically or by sport
“f paper” – something like that – collection of silly/goofy responses to papers from a teacher – the librarians LOVED it – it was cute – very easy to read – if we’d had another hour of class friday, we would’ve read some of them – but, alas, too much else to do
“run for your life” – cailyn gets an A for life for letting me borrow this book – first, it brought Bama good luck b/c i read it during commercials of the national championship game – second, it was enjoyable to read – as a teacher – as a runner – just from the history behind it – apparently, there was a xc race in chelsea back in the mid-90s – imagine…
“God’s Glory Alone” – pretty cool book to start the year with – with the Protestant Reformation turning 500 soon, the company had different authors contribute books on distinctions of the Reformation – this book was from the phrase “solo gloria” – or whatever the Latin phrase is for God’s glory alone – the book wrote about our current obsession in society with ourselves, helped in large part with social media – and offered the critique – and solutions – for how to address such a problem – again, enjoyable
“On Pluto” – man developed early-onset Alzheimer’s and has chronicled his fight with it via a documentary and with the book I read – I’d read exerts from Runner’s World – after having seen my grandparents deal with the disease, the book was a good read – sort of a book about the struggle we all have to keep hope even in the darkest times