What do Young Adult readers want? A teen’s open letter to YA writers.
Dear YA Author, Firstly, thank you for enriching my world and filling it with such wonder. I’ll start with a short introduction. I am 15 years old, and I study […]
Why Fiction matters – a teenager tells us.
A 15 year old girl talks about her relationship with reading, especially fiction. Her passion shines through this very articulate piece.
EDUCATED: A memoir that sears the soul
EDUCATED by Tara Westover Random House, Feb 2018 A review by Kamalini Natesan How does one review a book of this nature- a memoir? Memoirs have the undue advantage of […]
When Breath Becomes Air : A lesson in Memoir
The biggest challenge in such a book is that the reader knows the end. It’s on the blurb, and in every single book review. With that critical piece gone, how do you still engage the reader? Paul does so by taking us along on his difficult journey. We live his life, share his love, joy & pain. We experience utter despair in his book – I wept more than once. His skill as a storyteller makes us his fellow traveler.