When I was in grade 8, we took about six weeks to exclusively study the Holocaust in English. We read many novels, we watched movies like "Schindler's List," and we did lots of practical exercises to dramatize the Jewish experience during that dark period of history. At the end of it, we even had the … Continue reading Book #54. “The Hiding Place”
Educated is a memoir written by Tara Westover about her own life growing up in the mountains of Idaho in a Mormon family headed by a survivalist father who rejected modern medicine and banned public school for his children. Tara grew up completely isolated, working in her father's junk yard and helping her mother, a … Continue reading Book #56. “Educated”
100 Books sounds like a lot of books. It is a lot of books. When I first went to college after high school, I pursued a degree in English Literature (which I never finished). I love books & reading and I love the English language. During that time, I accumulated lots of books and I started … Continue reading 100 Books: The List
