They always make me laugh and make me curious about this book. Log in, « How to Make Using the Library Less Stressful: Part 2. Dear Reader, charming and heartbreaking, is a novel about finding your people, on the page in the world. Mateo Askaripour is a Brooklyn-based writer whose debut novel, Black Buckâwhich Colson Whitehead calls a âmesmerizing novel, executing a high... For seventeen-year-old Flannery Fields, the only respite from the plaid-skirted mean girls at Sacred Heart High School at is her beloved teacher Miss Sweeneyâs AP English class. XD What’s sad is I do this all the time…I talk it out and then totally forget the deal we were making. . She hasn't had a lot of books written about her but young women like Miss Sweeney and Flannery exist. For seventeen-year-old Flannery Fields, the only respite from the plaid-skirted mean girls at Sacred Heart High School at is her beloved teacher Miss Sweeney’s AP English class. What a shame! D: but I SO agree! ( Log Out / ( Log Out / Well, I took an anti-anxiety med, so clearly I'm an expert on each and every individual's reaction to each and every drug. (Did you just read grandiloquent for the first time in this book? We’re quite equally not pleased. [Suddenly going off an SSRI or a MAOI can result in serious withdrawal symptoms, including possible psychosis, so before you announce that the worst that'll happen is a headache or stomachache and that you know this because you take anti-anxiety meds, do a quick Google search. Found insideA compelling dual-narrated tale from Jennifer Latham that questions how far we've come with race relations. The first thing that the story went wrong was in the writing style. Understandably, Caitlin - despite loving Brandon - grows tired of supporting him and starts to fall for a fellow student. I loved that the whole darn book felt like some gratuitous semantic amusement park ride. It back when I totally had questionable book likes, but I still thought it was pretty good. ¯\_(ã)_/¯). Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Awh,thankies. In this imaginative retelling of Pride and Prejudice, Amanda Grange now tells the classic story through the eyes of its compelling romantic hero, Fitzwilliam Darcy—in a series of revealing letters that casts a sparkling new reflection on ... It’s like, where did the editing go wrong when it could have been fixed with a few simple steps? Thank you for sparing me the awful experience of reading this and possibly falling asleep (not before banging my head against the wall, though)! It felt like it was too forced? Random Family tells the American outlaw saga lurking behind the headlines of gangsta glamour, gold-drenched drug dealers, and street-corner society. Would you rather I shared about a book when it’s, September is here and that means a new month of #e, What are your best organizing tips? XD, Yes totally!! This is a story for anyone who believes in the power books to help you figure out your life and remind you to go out and live it. ", I don't know why I thought this was, like, a thriller or a mystery or whatever, but I listened to one of eight discs and wasn't loving this. It is magical realism. I was totally convinced it would be an epic book, but yes, it certainly did not live up to the greatness. In fact, Flannery can’t help thinking that he seems to have stepped from the pages of Brontë’s novel. Discovered abandoned as a baby in a New York City alley and raised by the Clayborne brothers, four urchin boys, Mary Rose Clayborne remains fiercely loyal to her misfit family until an English lord reveals a shocking secret that sends her ... Have you read this? Could it be? The police are called, and Flannery gives them everything—except Miss Sweeney’s copy of Wuthering Heights. I don't know how I missed that before. In the ancient town of Ephesus, Mary lives alone, years after her son's crucifixion. Brandon overhears Caitlin's confession that she wants to end the relationship, briefly disappears, and then reappears naked in her roommate's bed, only to leave for good by joining the Marines (good for him, doing something with his life! I read it in the hopes that I could recommend it to a student or two, but I was so disappointed at so many turns. I mean you made it sound hilarious but it really sounds awful! XD ) A collection of stories explores the role of Catholicism in the lives of young women as they search for love and balance in the real world. I literally couldn’t believe what I was reading, Rendz. It's original and I plowed through it. For 17-year-old Flannery Fields, the only respite from the plaid-skirted mean girls at Sacred Heart High. but I can totally see why you ditched it. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. I may try picking it up in the future. You go reach yo dreams!! Seriously?? Weâd love your help. Convert our blog to audio. I received this book for an honest opinion. Girls looking for adventure, romance, and a strong heroine will love the second book in this action-packed historical trilogy by three-time Newbery Honor winner and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Holm. 1854. In a personal memoir, the author describes her relationships with the two men closest to her--her father and his brother, Joseph, a charismatic pastor with whom she lived after her parents emigrated from Haiti to the United States. "The most shocking fiction I have read in years. What is shocking about it is both the idea and the sheer imaginative brilliance with which Mr. Shute brings it off. It will be good…hopefully. A professor in Denmark and a grandmother in England begin a correspondence, and a friendship, that develops into something extraordinary. Be the first to ask a question about Dear Reader. It did take a lot of it away. That hook totally sold me too! . "This is my favorite kind of historical fiction: evocative, deeply moving, and meticulously researched."—Jillian Cantor, author of Margot and The Hours Count Meet Mary Surratt, the woman who could have saved Lincoln. LOL. Lol, thank you, Krysti. Yeah. I’m not pleased. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. This was interesting. Personally, I would have stuck with it to the bitter end (what if the next page is where is starts getting good?) And look! It had a quite the cool premise… Anyway, there’re more books waiting for us Better ones, hopefully! Then I read the summary on the back of the case, and seeing the summary here - magical realism? Yes, we will!! I LOVE a tidy, Last spring, when everything shut down, my girls g, What’s your favorite season? I'm not sorry I read it, but I do have issues with it. Lol , Yes!! Pass. That reader is out there. XD A total stranger was like, no, Mandy, no more. “It was best to be pined for when you went missing.”, “And Heathcliff? dear reader by mary o'connell. It included all of these epic literature classic references, and even though I totally did not know most of them. Because reading next to someone that you loved or might love, depending? Found insideHauntingly imaginative, with visceral prose that chills to the marrow, the novel is an eerily clairvoyant magnum opus, long overdue but ever timely. BPR is not affiliated with NaturalReaders; we just like the software! Found insideThis book contains helpful prayers for specific needs, such as: prayers for gratitude, prayers for daily inspiration, prayer for holiness, and prayers for God's help and divine protection. It's not for you and that's ok. For seventeen-year-old Flannery Fields, the only respite from the plaid-skirted mean girls at Sacred Heart High School at is her beloved teacher Miss Sweeney's AP English class. This she holds onto. A grand baronial house on Loch Ness, a quirky small-town bookseller, and a single mom looking for a fresh start all come together in this witty and warm-hearted novel by New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan. The basic plot is a Wuthering Heights retelling of a sort, but there was so much crossing over between POVs and wow I was so confused. Thank you Mary O'Connell for presuming that our brains could go there. XD But now I just need to write the book, right? We shall go off and find greater books. I'm not sure I loved either narrative voice but this was still compulsively readable and poignantly written. XD, I saw Gilmore Girls meets magical realism and thought oh hello this sounds right up my street, but after reading your review this sounds terrible. Found insideAmelia Peabody is Elizabeth Peters' most brilliant and best-loved creation, a thoroughly Victorian feminist who takes the stuffy world of archaeology by storm with her shocking men's pants and no-nonsense attitude! If we wanted real life scenarios we would just go back to reality but even this sounds weird to be labeled as creative! My main issues are 1) I'm not sure who the audience would be--maybe new adult? Oh my gosh! I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway. It was so random. Ou, Have your readers discovered OWL DIARIES? Dear Reader is an original, poignant modern-day take on Wuthering Heights, as a high school senior searches for her teacher and meets a boy who may just be Heathcliff come to life. Which really is quite the peculiar story, but the writing is so captivating I just went along for the ride, enjoying all the irreverent humor and earnest angst in equal measure. Flannery read this ridiculously awkward passage about her teacher totally hooking up with her high school boyfriend and NO awkwardness is mentioned whatsoever (even when the teacher goes, Oh, Dear Reader, this is too spicy to read…but we woke up naked [oh OOPS]), Flannery only stops reading this awkward part because someone is barfing in the stall next to her and the smell bothers her and couldn’t be part of this “dream”. So much action and imagination! . This is elegant, witty, force-of-nature writing.”—The Dallas Morning News “The book’s energy, its wide reach and rich detail make it a confident example of the ‘unputdownable’ novel.”—The Economist “A seamless blend of ... Dear Reader is not my usual kind of read, but I'm a huge Wuthering Heights fan and I enjoyed seeing echoes of it in both Flannery's and Miss Sweeney's stories. But it just went so wrong. But when Miss Sweeney doesn't show up to teach Flanneryâs favorite book. There were lines that I just sat there and blinked at the book going, this isn’t right. I was impressed with the interweaving of the three stories, especially since I have never loved Wuthering Heights despite multiple readings, hoping I would like it better "this time." She lives with her husband and her three children in Lawrence, Kansas. There's great crossover potential as well, with the popularity of literary "scavenger hunt" novels, and Flannery's pre-college soul-searching should resonate with prett. XD I will definitely not update you, although I did skim to about 5/6 of the book and found someone was literally screeching about PETA on the streets of New York City, so there was that? Flannery's hunt for her missing teacher, and her own true self, are two things any young person could relate to. NOW a NETFLIX series entitled Special from Executive Producer JIM PARSONS starring RYAN O‘CONNELL as himself. Yes, yes! Miss Sweeney's diary had me in slow-rolling tears a few times. We got one for, Boston Jane: A Series by Jennifer L. Holm, Hate List by Jennifer Brown: A Book Review, First Quarter Reading Report - Everyday Reading. It's original and I plowed through it. I’m glad it made you laugh though, and I was entertained when it made me laugh as well, but sadly, I don’t think the book was. Found inside – Page 1Miss Jane Peck finds little use for her schooling in etiquette for young ladies of 1854 during her sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and while living among the American traders and Chinook Indians of Washington Territory. The first thing that the story went wrong was in the writing style. Very true! We need to find you some awesome books, girl. XD, Get in!!! XD, Aww what a kind and lenient client we (could) have!! But yes! We got yo backk!! Her name is Sarah. Dominick Birdsey, a forty-year-old housepainter living in Three Rivers, Connecticut, finds his subdued life greatly disturbed when his identical twin brother Thomas, a paranoid schizophrenic, commits a shocking act of self-mutilation I'm talking about the William Blake exchange). Yes indeed. I only read a few chapters in, but I’m dead serious when I tell you this is how the story progressed: Snow White was not pleased. This had a lot of potential and I was excited to read this because it revolved around Wuthering Heights. I will say it is like loving Tom Waits. , Ahahahaha. Mary has an amazing ability to lift even the most mundane details of life, like a young mother in a Laundromat with her child, and turn it into something sublime. XD Definitely a shame. It seems Miss Sweeney is in New York City—and she’s in trouble. Start by marking âDear Readerâ as Want to Read: Error rating book. If you like Book Princess Reviews, please consider supporting the work Mandy and I put into the blog by donating to our ko-fi. Poignant, thoughtful, and engrossing, the parallel stories of two young women longing for more, it was absolutely encapsulating and I could not put it down. Y'all this was hella weird!! Found insideA national indie bestseller! Meet Anna K: every happy teenage girl is the same, while every unhappy teenage girl is miserable in her own special way. May 9th 2017 I SO wanted to fall in love with this modern retelling of WUTHERING HEIGHTS, but I simply could not fall into this novel. XD Thanks so much, Raven! At that point from consultation of my friend and her friend that was randomly there, they gave me wise advice: STOP. Caitlin's chapters detail her relationship with her high school sweetheart, who romantically but stupidly followed her to Columbia, where he hung out watching Netflix and drinking beer in her dorm room, instead of pursuing a football scholarship at a community college in Kansas or, you know, getting a job any job in New York City. XD Not curious like the last one, no need to fill me in on how it ends on this one if you ever decide to hunt it down. Itâs a beautiful story how books are a refuge in a world that doesnât always appreciate sensitive and thoughtful young women. It’s a shame though – it always is when we find a book that doesn’t suit us (rare as it is – it still happens)! Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ✌, We sent a message and don’t know if it sent – but we just kinda said “you go make this book, achieve your dreams and we’ll be there to help ya if need be ”. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. And this, my friends, is why I am opposed to studying creative writing: because it often results in writing exercises masquerading as novels. D: True true! She's a senior at a private all-girls Catholic school in Connecticut and she's headed to Columbia in the fall. There’s no time to waste with stupid books. DO NOT COLLECT GO. We’d be great editors really!! XD But you were so right – those suggestions would have far improved the story. by Flatiron Books. XD I take it was a sign that I was smart to stop. XD That’s what I expected this book to be, but what I got was…weirdness. For readers of Marieke Nijkamp's This Is Where It Ends, a powerful and timely contemporary classic about the aftermath of a school shooting. Found insideSet over the course of one unforgettable summer, Jenny Lee's Anna K Away is full of the risk, joy, heartbreak, and adventure that mark the three months between the end of one school year and the beginning of the next. So there was that. JK JK , Ahahahahaha. 185 reviews. See this metaphor I can make? It's really not quite a YA book nor is it really an adult book. I did not like this book. A vibrant new voice . . . a modern classic. Learn how your comment data is processed. (This is also why I don't enjoy reading literary fiction. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Um….Lol this book sounded good (the blurb kinda did) but your summary suggests otherwise. 2) The vocabulary. I can honestly say I haven't read anything like it. Yes, yes!! Interwoven with original documents, this poignant, illuminating novel gives a personal face to a remarkable moment in history. Dear Reader by Mary O'Connell. DO NOT PASS. You either get it and you connect with it or you don't but I am so happy this book was written. ( Log Out / Ahahahahaha. Damn, the summary almost sounds like it could have been good, but your summary scares me far, far away. But it was super strange, and I’m shocked I managed to skim as well. Flannery starts reading it but alas, it’s not Bronte’s words on the pages but it’s about Miss Sweeney who has run off to New York with possibly talking about a guy is who dead? ), after which he writes an angry email to Caitlin saying that it'll be her fault if he dies. Found insideLike much classic literature and like growing up, reading this immersive novel is all about the experience.” —The Horn Book An IndieNext Pick! Flannery sits in her teacher’s classroom and starts to worry about her teacher because she’s not there on time, Flannery discusses how she loves this teacher because she gives her really harsh advice on her papers, Flannery sits quietly and awkwardly for the whole class period while the mean girls do mean girl stuff, Finally, a teacher comes around and finds out the teacher is missing and then the princi-PAL shows up and tries to be their friend, Class ends, and somehow Flannery knows that Miss Sweeney’s purse is in her desk and steals it, Flannery takes stolen purse into restroom to dig through it, Flannery finds Miss Sweeney’s beloved copy of Wuthering Heights. It’s the September tit, Have you heard of the Gabb watch? The book however was for me and there are others like me. In stylish, uncluttered prose, Naoise Dolan dissects the personal and financial transactions that make up a life—and announces herself as a singular new voice. I don’t even like the names of the characters. I promise. Welcome back. It's really not quite a YA book nor is it really an adult book. Intricate plotting, resonant characters and incisive prose make Winter House O'Connell's most powerful - and most astonishing - novel to date. Mary OâConnellâs writing transports the readerâto a sun-baked rock in the Flint Hills of Kansas at sunset, to a bathroom stall in a Catholic girlsâ school in Connecticut, to the back of a cab zooming through upper Manhattan, as if you are sitting beside Flannery Fields all along as she searches for her missing English teacher with the help of her strange diary that appears on the pages of an old copy of Wuthering Heights. Found insideAcclaimed Irish novelist Nuala O’Connor’s bold reimagining of the life of James Joyce’s wife, muse, and the model for Molly Bloom in Ulysses is a “lively and loving paean to the indomitable Nora Barnacle” (Edna O’Brien). Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Check out this great listen on Audible.com. And that is my point. I super want to read this but I'm mostly confused why this apparent take on Wuthering Heights has a Jane Eyre reference for a title. What an evil fellow. Found insideSmart, funny, and true in all the best ways, this book made me ache with recognition." -- Cheryl Strayed XD But I agree. There's actually a name: Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome. THIS IS NOT COOL! This weird and wonderful book doesnât come out for months (sorry!) Refresh and try again. Yes, yes, I took one for the greater good of the Wuthering Heights team. Wow. This whole book is about your favorite teacher and then you abandon her for people you met 15 minutes ago?? You either get it and you connect with it or you don't but I am so happy this book was written. I’m sorry I got you excited about it, but at least I saved you because I definitely don’t think it would have be the greatness we were thinking. THIS IS WEIRDNESS.I concurred with them, and I stopped the madness. XD. I was okay. What do you think? And then see how I can criticize it for being a metaphor? (I could see using it in a AP class in an all girls' school as a vocabulary exercise. Hang in there, Mandy, and don’t despair! Don't miss Barbara O'Connor's other middle-grade work—like Wonderland; How to Steal a Dog; Greetings from Nowhere; Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia; The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester; and more! She is the author of the short story collection Living With Saints (Grove/Atlantic) and her debut novel, The Sharp Time, was published by Delacorte in November. At first I liked this book but then it got really, really weird. XD. Like I don't even know how to properly describe what the heck even happened in this book. Yes! I felt is if the author either had an SAT vocabulary list in front of her and tried to use every word on the list in. Well, it was breathtaking. XD, Now this is how we sort out problems through communication! But when Miss Sweeney doesn't show up to teach Flannery's favorite book . Get it! This doesn’t sound right. And then…just awkwardness happened. Debut author Caitriona Lally offers readers an exhilaratingly fresh take on the Irish love for lyricism, humor, and inventive wordplay in a book that is, in itself, deeply charming, and deeply moving. There was something that kept me listening though. A tale set in the abstract Land of Ooo features characters who ask for reader assistance with riddles, puzzles and codes that allow the reader to alter the characters' paths and enable multiple adventures. Mary OâConnellâs writing transports the readerâto a sun-baked rock in the Flint Hills of Kansas at sunset, to a bathroom stall in a Catholic girlsâ school in Connecticut, to the back of a cab zooming through upper Manhattan, as if you are sitting beside Flannery Fields all along as she searches for her missing English teacher with the help of her strange diary that appears on the pages of a. She's not exactly popular at her school, mainly because she definitely errs on the nerdy side, but her AP English teacher, Miss Sweeney, assures . Gilmore Girls meets Wuthering Heights in Mary O'Connell's Dear Reader, a whip-smart, poignant, modern-day take on Emily Brontë's classic novel. I loved that it was weird and quirky and smart. I recommend this book only to those, who have read and enjoyed Wuthering heights! But yes! Oh wait. Did I make the right choice to run away? Let's list the reasons: [And yet, at the end of the novel, when Miss Sweeney is dead, Flannery is just like "whatever, I found friends, I'm not gonna answer the phone or even check to see if she's really dead." This is a story for anyone who believes in the power books have to help you figure out your life and remind you to go out and live it. So Flannery does something very unFlannery-like: she skips school and sets out for Manhattan, with the book as her guide. I try not to dnf books, but even 25% in, it didnât catch my interest. That in and of itself is grandilof**nquent. ) A “creepy, satisfying thriller” from the author of You Owe Me a Murder and One Lie Too Many (Entertainment Weekly, “8 Seriously Scary Summer Reads”). I know! I am just not so sure they all worked together at all times. o.o It just didn’t work for me, and I felt like I couldn’t connect to it. XD But yes, it was such a shame overall. That she does this and is largely unaware can and in fact probably would alienate her from peers in adolescence. It felt like it was too forced? Bestselling author Astrid Scholte, returns with a thrilling adventure in which the dead can be revived...for a price. XD, IK! I'm not sure I loved either narrative voice but this was still compulsively readable and poignantly written. I know her. [So. Calypso Kelly has finally joined the in-crowd at her exclusive English boarding school. Found insideBased on true events in nineteenth century Ireland, Hannah Kent's startling new novel tells the story of three women, drawn together to rescue a child from a superstitious community. What some thought of as too cerebral, I thought of as delightful. ( Log Out / I’m definitely going to get my book scales equaled out. , Ahahahaha, no, Birdie, since I literally used to seek out bad reviews just for this reason. Flash forward eight years, and Caitlin receives an email: Brandon is dead. I would tell you that the imagery, the references, and the notion that the smart outsider girl, the literary girl, the writer girl, this teenage girl that loved the old poets and writers was what I appreciated the most. Though we have to say you may get a bit (a lot) of grammar errors if you hire us… we’ll just supervise…, Ahahahahaha. Lol, yeah, the names were a bit much. XD, Oh, no, I think I got them all, Birdie! And we too would hire you – très obvious since you’re royalty!! I marked passages and phrases that I wanted to revisit and obscure words that I had to say out loud...kind of like trying on shoes. This sounds like an absolutely boring book! I know! I just really wanted to know where Heathcliff came in. Hower, the different and parallel stories and points of view, not to mention the inner monologues were just irritating. I think this alone would make it a hard sell to most young adult readers. Found inside – Page 5EDITOR'S GREETING by Linda Lengyel , Editor Dear Readers : The end of another year ! ... Specialization in the United States Mary Frances Edwards began her presentation by offering an overview of specialization in the US . I would definitely hire you twins as my editors because you clearly see the obvious things. It was very strange. First in the Magic Trilogy. This book just sounds super cute and I am so excited about the fact that it is a Wuthering Heights retelling. Reading about teacher sex/puke is not my idea of a good novel either. Lovely. Set in the Bay Area in the '70s, An Egg on Three Sticks is Jackie Moyer Fischer's emotional, funny, and extraordinarily heartfelt novel about Abby's struggle to hold her family together, find love from a mother who has little to give, and ... Chill, girl. Nobody writes with more wit, intelligence and humanity than Mary OâConnell. What a shame because it sounds like such a good premise. It is not a strict retelling of Wuthering Heights but there are references to classics embedded as guides, and poems that are points of connection ( Yup. D: I felt is if the author either had an SAT vocabulary list in front of her and tried to use every word on the list in the book or that the author was trying to impress the reader with her erudite vocabulary. I definitely don't think it's for everyone. DEAR READER proved to be hard to finish. I'd like to receive the free email course. I wanted to like it more than I did. She could have at least made it interesting by developing the character abit (like backstory) rather leaving her a blank sheet with words explaining what’s happening in the surroundings (unless she’s creating a new world then its necessary – also necessary in all books but don’t make it chore)…so this was just extremely awkward… . Found insideAn imaginative and unconventional YA novel that “crackles with wit, humor, and enormous love” (Booklist, starred review). Like, it wanted . With inimitable wit and heart, Mary O'Connell has crafted a love letter to reading, to the books that make us who we are. Let’s discuss in the comments below! but I just canât wait to talk about it. XD I always think what you said, but then I just stop and ditch. I did read that some perceived the book as "overly brainy." But when Miss Sweeney doesn’t show up to teach Flannery’s favorite book, Wuthering Heights, leaving behind her purse, Flannery knows something is wrong. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in several literary magazines, and she is the recipient of a James Michener Fellowship and a Chicago Tribune Nelson Algren Award. (Or maybe I saw it and was drawn in by the Gilmore Girls mention? XD But I agree. My main issues are 1) I'm not sure who the audience would be--maybe new adult? To see what your friends thought of this book, This weird and wonderful book doesnât come out for months (sorry!) With inimitable wit and heart, Mary O’Connell has crafted a love letter to reading, to the books that make us who we are. Applaud my pretentious work of literary art!"  A stirring literary accomplishment, Lauren Belfer's first novel marks the debut of a fresh voice for the new millennium and heralds a major publishing event. What ’ s your favorite season teacher and then see how I can criticize for. Brilliance with which Mr. Shute brings it off a Goodreads giveaway – trust me, and street-corner.! 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