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This year (2025) finds me with 53 years of teaching “under my belt.” I have taught all levels from pre-K “(library lady” or “book lady”–volunteer) to juniors, seniors, and graduate students enrolled in my Advanced Writing class at the university where I have just completed 34 years. My first paying teaching job was junior high, and I spent 13 years with ages 12-13, the “difficult years.” I had some of the “funnest” experiences with this age group. When I was no longer the “young, fun teacher,” I taught in an elementary school setting before sixth graders went on to junior high, teaching language arts blocs, an assignment that was a “dream-fit” for me. After completing graduate school in my 40s, I went on to community college, then university teaching. This past fall I accepted a part-time teaching job at Apogee Gulf Coast Schools in its first year at the Alvin campus. After my Better Half died n 2022, I achieved a lifelong dream: opening a bookstore of my own, Rae’s Reads. A year later, I sold the house we had lived in for 47 years and moved into the bookstore. My goal is to circulate and repurpose books. Just as teaching is “in my blood,” so is a passion for reading, writing, libraries, and everything bookish. This blog will be open to anyone who loves books, promotes literacy and wants to “come out and play.”

WWW WEDNESDAYS

On Wednesdays, one is supposed to answer the following three questions:

WHAT are you reading now?

WHAT have you finished?

WHAT will you read next?

I am reading currently   Americanah by Ngozi Adichie  I have this one on my laptop, and I always love an immigrant story./ Lovesick by Jacqueline L. Sullivan  This is another on my iPad, and it is an old-fashioned high school romance set in the 50s./ The Shadow of the Wind by Zafon  This is a “classic” that I am reading for my “Books about Books” challenge, which is set in Barcelona./ AHA: The God Moment That Changes Everything by Kyle Idleman is a book I purchased at Half-Price Books and have barely started.

I have just finished   This Is Not a Writing Manual by Kerri Majors, and I gave it away to one of my students today. After all, it is aimed at young writers./ God Was Here, and I Was Out to Lunch by James W. Moore is a book I checked out from my church library./ Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story by Barbara Leaming was my First Lady choice for a book club meeting that was rained out by Tropical Storm Imelda last week./ The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt was a selection for my book and film book club. I saw the movie and thus, knew the ending beforehand. LOL/ The Rosie Result by Graeme Simison  This book is the third in the Dave Tillman series, one of my best-funniest books of 2019./ Sea Scope by Debbie De Louise was featured by J. Cudney on his blog, “This Is My Truth Now. I read it on my iPad.

I am looking forward to reading The Lost Landscape: A Writer’s Coming of Age by Joyce Carol Oates.

Eclectic choices, yes. Electric choices, in some cases, maybe. Effective choices, I like to think so.

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4 responses to “WWW WEDNESDAYS”

  1. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz Avatar
    Deb Nance at Readerbuzz

    You have been reading some wonderful books. Great variety, too. Enjoy!

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    1. Rae Reads Avatar
      Rae Reads

      TY for the kind words. You are always encouraging.

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  2. carhicks Avatar
    carhicks

    Definitely eclectic choices, but there is nothing wrong with that.

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  3. James J. Cudney IV Avatar
    James J. Cudney IV

    I did miss this one – thanks for sharing!

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