This blog is all about the books I’m reading.
Just Read: SEXO EN NUEVA YORK/SEX AND THE CITY by Candace Bushnell, translated by Matuca Fernandez de Villavicencio
Okay. Yo soy trying to aprender como leer en español más mejor. Yo tengo a few libros para adultos en español que yo quiero leer, pero no puedo yet. Yo comenzó con dos libros para niños: Pangato: Yo Soy, También y Sapo y Sapo Todo El Ano. Ellos son lindo y fácil mas o menos,…
Just Read: I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK by Nora Ephron
Read this book because of I’ll Have What She’s Having. I’d actually been meaning to read I Feel Bad About My Neck, but never got around to it. Then I saw Erin Carlson quote Nora Ephron from this book saying something like every young woman should put a bikini on right now and not take…
Just Read: UNFINISHED AGENDA: URBAN POLITICS IN THE ERA OF BLACK POWER by Junius Williams
I met Junius Williams a few weeks back and I didn’t even know it. When I got home and realized who he was, I ordered his book from the library right away. Williams is a local historian who I’ve heard speak about the 1967 Newark Riots/Rebellion. When I first moved back to Newark a few…
Just Read: I’LL HAVE WHAT SHE’S HAVING: HOW NORA EPHRON’S THREE ICONIC FILMS SAVED THE ROMANTIC COMEDY by Erin Carlson
I was sick for most of winter break and I spent my time watching a bunch of romantic comedies. Started with The Mindy Project and eventually moved into Nora Ephron’s movies (watched Sleepless in Seattle for the first time) and then into some Julia Robert’s movies (watched Erin Brockovich for the first time). A good…
Just Read: PEACE AND ITS DISCONTENTS: ESSAYS ON PALESTINE IN THE MIDDLE EAST PROCESS by Edward Said
Edward Said is crazy smart and a cool thinker. Peace and Its Discontents is written in the 1990’s. Growing up in that time, I always heard that phrase “peace in the Middle East.” It was practically a joke, like the cliche thing that a beauty pageant contestant would say is what she wishes for. What…
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Rachel Wagner 