Upcoming Theme for November

November is a time when people practice conscious gratefulness to a larger degree than the rest of the year.  Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving or Indigenous Peoples Day, the focus on thankfulness is the same.

This month I am thankful for the classic literature that I consider some of my gateway classics leading to my appreciation of  novels. We will be reading Charlotte Bronte, Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, & E.B. 
White.

Make sure to come back every other Friday for a new book review and every other Wednesday for a movie review. 

Upcoming Theme for September

It is an unfortunate fact that we lose many talented artists to suicide. Most of us can name at least on author or musician we have lost this way.  For some of us it goes deeper. Either we have lost someone or maybe even had ideations ourselves. 

September is National Suicide Prevention Month.  In honor of this, we will celebrate authors we have lost to suicide.  We will be reading Osamu Dazai and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.

Make sure to come back every other Friday for a new book review and every other Wednesday for a movie review. 

If you or anyone else you know might be at risk, visit HERE for professional assistance. 

https://988lifeline.org/

Upcoming Theme for August

 August is International Peace Month. In a very vengeful and warring society, it is our duty as educated, emotional intelligent people to see that peace is always the best option and we should, as a community work towards that goal. 

This month we will read novels by authors who explore the juxtaposition between war and peace.  We will read Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and Leo Tolstoy. 

Make sure to come back every other Friday for a new book review and every other Wednesday for a movie review. 

Upcoming Theme for July

Many do not know this, but July is Disability Pride Month.  As a person who identifies as disabled this is very important to me.  Every year that I worked in Public Libraries I made a special effort to make a large display of books about and by disabled authors.  They have always been there, even if there were not seen. 

We will read the following disabled classic authors Flannery O'Connor, Virginia Woolf, & Agatha Christie. I will provide information on their particular disability and resources for that disability in each post. 

Make sure to come back every other Friday for a new book review and every other Wednesday for a movie review. 

Upcoming Theme for June

 June is my birthday month, so this month's theme is...Authors Born in June. 

We will read, Octavia E. Butler and Lillian Hellman. 

Make sure to come back every other Friday for a new book review and every other Wednesday for a movie review. 

Upcoming Theme for May

 The theme for May is....Dystopia

We will be reading from Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, and Ray Bradbury.

Make sure to come back every other Friday for a new book review and every other Wednesday for a movie review. 

Upcoming Theme for April

 The theme for April is....Spring Reading.

We will be reading from authors Frances Hodgson Burnett and E.M. Forster

Be sure to check back every other Friday for a new book review and every other Wednesday for a new movie review.