Temperatures and maple leaves are falling. Inflatable zombies, vampires, and witches glow on suburban lawns. And at the store, candy corn, peanut butter pumpkins, and Halloween masks are being pushed out by candy canes, marshmallow Santas, and artificial Christmas trees. It must be the end of September. And that means it’s time for Banned Book …
Tag: reading
Small Blog, Big Things
I spent a bit of time this morning taking stock of where things stand here at ethandezotelle.com. What I discovered blew my mind, and it's worth sharing. In short, this blog has turned into much more than I ever expected it would. We're quickly approaching the blog's two-year anniversary. It's less than a month away …
Shelf Life for Summer 2020, pt. 2
Books Bought/Found/GivenOcculture: The Unseen Forces that Drive Culture Forward by Carl AbrahamsonDevolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max BrooksGhost Cat by Beverly ButlerSkeleton Man by Joseph BruchacWhite Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiangeloThe Circle by Dave EggersHow to Fight/Love/Relax/Walk by Thich Nhat …
Shelf Life for Summer 2020, pt. 1
Books In ProgressHow To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. KendiHard Times by Studs TerkelTime Loops by Eric Wargo Books FinishedDevolution by Max BrooksRising Strong by Brené BrownOn Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen KingBoom-shacka-lacka by William MarquessA Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry What’s this called again? Oh yeah. Writing. Lets’s give …
For Once, Passing a Nice Milestone
It’s July 20. A Monday. (I had to double check that to make sure.) The year – I won’t say its name; it doesn’t deserve the recognition – is a little over half over. I’m sure that most of us will be happy to bid it farewell this winter. Not that it’ll matter. Time is …