Jennifer’s Comments (group member since Jul 13, 2014)

Jennifer’s comments from the #Pages4Progress Summer Reading Challenge group.

Excited that Pages4Progress is happening again! I am starting with The Corner (recommended on Adlit.org) and The World Inside Your Head by Matthew Crawford (saw it at a local bookstore). I have started both, and I will be logging my pages later today!

Storm wrote: "Just found out about this, wish I'd known sooner! Right now I'm reading Ancient Egypt in 101 Questions and Answers and The Weekend Novelist. After these it'll be The Ka..."

Are you a 6th or 7th grade teacher by any chance? I teach middle school, but I didn't know about the 101 Questions and Answers book. Sounds very cool! I don't love the Rick Riordan books, but I know some of my students are hooked.

Alissa wrote: "Ohh definitely let us know how that book is! Have you watched the series? I wonder how similar they are.

I'm reading White Teeth by Zadie Smith. It's good, but her first novel - I read her On Beau..."

I would honestly say that the show is better than the book because of its amazing dialogue. That said - the book is much more informative about women's prisons, and it presents statistics that make one realize how completely ridiculous it is that we are funding our prison system so much more than education.

Araceli wrote: "Orange Is the New Black

In honor of #pages4progress, I'm reading Orange is the New Black to learn more about life in correctional facilities.

To quote the Department of Education'..."
I love this book, and I love the show too! Tastee and Pousee are my girls!

I am finishing 10% Happier by Dan Harris as well as Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros. Then, I'll figure out what to read next!