I just found out that James Franco might direct a movie based on Blood Meridian. Is this news to anyone else?

I love James Franco. I love Cormac McCarthy. So, man. If this rumor is true, I am EXCITED. Maybe I can even finagle a way to see it with my homegirl? And then we can both get married to James Franco and read books to each other over our fabulous vegan dinner table and have lots of cute babies together. #dreams

p.s. totally kidding. I’d miss my sweet husband too much. but I am most definitely not kidding about seeing my bess fran. that’s serious business.

so, I finished Blood Meridian. I know, right? It’s taken me forever to read it. and yes, I know this is a book club and I need to get my act together. it’ll happen. sometime. :)

Anyway, I can’t wait to write/talk about it as soon as I wrap my head around some of the core themes. (and detox off of all that gore. geez.)

In the meantime,

Sarah

International Children’s Library. Have you heard of it? It houses digital versions of hundreds of gorgeously illustrated, age-appropriate children’s books. My favorite part of it is the library’s mission to provide representation for every culture and language.

I’ve already spent hours devouring books in Arabic, Korean, Italian, et al (for which the ICL provides quality English translations). Now I’m scheming of ways to expose my library classes to these rich texts…. 

Love.

xo,

Sarah

we’re all just getting started reading Blood Meridian. I’m about halfway through it. I’ve found it’s pretty intense (blood! scalping! emotional distance!) so I did take a break from reading it while my mother-in-law was visiting. I’m ready to get it in gear, though, and finish it by this Friday. (I’ve also been reading many potty training + child development books for my job as a nanny, so it’s tricky to balance reading for pleasure with reading for professional development. y’know?)

Anyway, I hope you all are reading some great books out there! Let us know if you’d like to sign on as a participant on this blog. We’d love to get more contributing book reviews.

xo,

Sarah

pretty pretty.

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- The Book Thief

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yeah… this is pretty much exactly what I look like while reading, too. *WINK*

xo

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ah, YES. the exchange of ideas, of words, of emotions, is the most magical part of reading. 

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YES.

75% of Philly kids are reading below grade level. Studies show, time and time again, that kids who are successful readers by third grade are more likely to finish high school. Yet, in Philadelphia at least, funding for librarians has been cut. Which leaves libraries closed and unkempt. Does anyone see a problem here?!

Kids are being set up for failure and illiteracy by the school administration’s poor choice to fund their own inflated salaries over school librarians’. (also music teachers’ but that’s another story.)

The library I’ve helped reopen is not bad…. but its collection only allows for kids to check out 1 book per week, and it has to be during their allotted library time. (no popping in outside of class time.)

So, yeah. I think the answer is simple. Giving kids books. Letting them enjoy them. Is that so very hard?

xo

Sarah

For all those parents who wonder, how do I get my kids to read? — here’s a simple, earthshaking notion: give them a book. For gosh sakes, give them a couple books. — James Patterson

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