Friday, November 11, 2016. Taking time off from this blog, which has petered out slowly over the course of this over-blogged election season, to try a new blog about reactions to and results of the election itself. Monday, October 31, 2016.

Daughter of smoke and bone.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Is a historical novel based on the sinking of the ocean liner Empress of Ireland. In 1914, and is published just in time for the hundreth anniversary of the disaster. Over a thousand people died, but unlike similar shipwrecks such as the Titanic.

The Year of the Picture Book. NoiseforNess Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness Giveaway.

Stories, themes, and popular trends of the fiction, the bizarre, and the splendid. This is a rendition of thebrokeandthebookish.

Saturday, July 18, 2015. The typical number of learning days in a school year for most K-12 students. More student learning days every year. At this rate, it would take almost 60 years for teachers to clock as many days of learning as the students they teach. Just let that sink in for a minute. And how can we be learners every.