by Elizabeth Wilcox | Sep 24, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
Back in April, I read the American Library Association’s list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2020, and I decided that I was going to read and review all ten of those books. As I made my way through these books, I took the time to think deeply about each...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Sep 7, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
House of Salt and Sorrowsby Erin A. CraigGenre: YA, fairy-tale, fantasyFirst published 2019 There were twelve of us: the Thaumas Dozen. Now we stood in a small line, my seven sisters and I, and I couldn’t help but wonder if there was a ring of...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Sep 3, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
The Hate U Giveby Angie ThomasGenre: realistic fiction, YAFirst published 2017 Khalil drops the brush in the door and cranks up his stereo, blasting an old rap song Daddy has played a million times. I frown. “Why you always listening to that...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Aug 20, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
The Bluest Eyeby Toni MorrisonGenre: literary fictionFirst published 1970 The Breedloves did not live in a storefront because they were having temporary difficulty adjustitng to the cutbacks at the plant. They lived there because they were poor and black, and...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Aug 6, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
Of Mice and Menby John SteinbeckGenre: novella, fiction, tragedyFirst published 1937 Candy cried, “Sure they all want it. Everybody wants a little bit of land, not much. Jus’ som’thin’ that was his. Somethin’ he could live on and...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Jul 29, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
A Themed Drink for The Dimension Door Podcast, Season 1 Episode 19On the one-year anniversary of the release of The Dimension Door Episode 19: “Not a Normal Episode,” it’s only fitting that I share the full details and instructions for...
