RAE’S READS

Author: Rae Longest

  • My First Line Friday offering comes from Think Again by Adam Grant, a book just out. It deals with “The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know.” Skipping the Prologue, which definitely got my attention, the first chapter opens with: “You probably don’t recognize his name, but Mike Lazaridis has had a defining impact on…

  • To those of you who celebrate the Lunar Year, Happy New Year. May the Year of the Ox bring you good health, many friends, and good fortune.

  • I have an admission to make. When I chose this book, all I remembered was I had read “something” by Rachel Joyce before and enjoyed it. Looking at the title, my thoughts went to a schoolteacher who owned a Volkswagen. When I discovered it was about an old-maid home economics teacher who had been an…

  • This 2017 publication was described on the cover by one blurb-writer as, “a big beautiful book filled with characters I cared about and remembered after I’d read the final page.” My sentiments exactly! When I read, what I appreciate most is characterization, and Sunja, Isak, Joseb, and Kyunghee became very important, well-drawn people as I…

  • News to Share

    Originally posted on Tambra Nicole Kendall: Hi y’all, I wanted to let you know that Coffee Time Romance interviewed me and now it’s ready. I’d love it if you could stop by and comment. https://coffeetimeromance.com/interviews/interview-with-tambra-kendall/ The other news I wanted to share is I have a shop at Society6. If you’re looking for unique gift…

  • Originally posted on Literacy and Me: Ever need assistance with that question? Well, there’s a podcast for that! I have come late to the party, but I have discovered podcasts. Of course, I am drawn to those podcasts that are about books or things “bookish,” and recently, I enjoyed some podcasts that help with today’s…

  • Cat Lady No. 14
  • Hosted originally by The Purple Booker, this little meme advises us to copy a sentence or two from our current read to see if we can “tease” others into wanting to read it too. Here’s where I left off in Pachinko: “Haruki Totoyama married Ayame, the foreman of his mother’s uniform shop, because his mother…

  • I have been so busy with the start of the new semester that I have done very little reading, other than looking at and marking student assignments. I have done some reading which is summarized here. This is so much more than a children’s book. It is the story some of my students back in…