A diverse and engaging anthology, The Things We Leave Behind will resonate with a wide variety of readers. I found myself drawn in from the opening line.
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Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
At first glance, I was sure that it was a clear-cut case of some stupid rich kid, feeling invincible, overconfident, running away to a wilderness where he had no business being.
I was wrong.
Can “Write What You Know” Be Taken Too Far?
If you are a writer yourself, at some point you will have come across the advice: “Write what you know.” When we’re fledgling writers we tend to take that advice far too literally.
Ella Minnow Pea (Mark Dunn)
Like vocabulary crack for a linguistic junkie, I defy you to read this book and not learn a new word or several, not to mention the delicious challenge of trying to best Nollop’s own pangram along with the cast of characters.
Millicent’s Lebkuchen
Perhaps knowing that someone you love has made them makes a cookie taste better than one you made yourself.
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
At its core, it is a story about the power of words, and it is one that will sit heavy in my heart for a long time to come.
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