Our book discussion group got together Monday this week to discuss “Away” by Amy Bloom. The main character, Lillian, immigrates to the United States from Russia after her family is slaughtered. Lillian goes on a quite a journey in the 240 pages. It’s wonderfully written and I would highly recommend it. The group is putting together a list of titles
I ran across this in the journal I’ve been keeping this year. Bev gave me this journal for my birthday and I’ve been using it to record my thoughts, fears, and ideas about assessment. Here’s the quote on the page the day I traveled to Pittsburgh. “Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.”
Breakfast at Tiffanys by Truman Capote: Although I didnt like the story/plot/characters I think Truman Capote certainly had a gift for writing. He is eloquent and its a pleasure to read his sentences. It’s not long, in fact, the copy I read had another short story or two printed in it. Room with a View by Forster: I hated it