Update

Hi everyone, My blog got off to a great start in January but unfortunately there have been some things going on in my life that have made it difficult to continue with it the way I would like to. One major event has been getting a new job. This is a new teaching job. I’m [...]

The Stormchasers

Book: The Stormchasers Author: Jenna Blum Short Summary: Flashing back to two decades ago and resuming in the present, Stormchasers is a story of twins pulled together and torn apart by mental illness. Karena and her brother Charles are as close as twins can be, but Charles’ bipolar disorder pulls them both into a tragic situation. After [...]

Girl in Translation

Book: Girl in Translation Author: Jean Kwok Short Summary: Kimberly Chang is an immigrant young girl who has come with her mother from Hong Kong to America. Living in poverty in the slums of Brooklyn, Kimberly has to work hard to keep up in school by learning better English and at the factory to help her mother [...]

Love and Other Impossible Pursuits

Title: Love and Other Impossible Pursuits Author: Ayelet Waldman Short Summary: Emilia is a young New York woman who married a co-worker, Jack, who left his wife to be with her. Along with the marriage comes Jack’s son, William. This child is a know-it-all who Emilia has a very difficult time dealing with, especially while she [...]

Half of a Yellow Sun

Book: Half of a Yellow Sun Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Short Summary: In this story we follow several different characters leading up to and during the Biafran war in Nigeria. We are taken into the heart of the war and the devestation it causes all involved. The plot revolves around Ugwu, a houseboy for Odenigbo who is a professor and [...]