Happy Tuesday!! This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic asks us to share books that we would give new titles to. I’ve decided to give this a little classic twist, so I’ll be renaming classic titles. This sounds like a lot of fun, so let’s jump right in! What do you think of these new titles? … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Classics I Would Give New Titles To
Tag: The Catcher in the Rye
5 Classics for September
It's time for another monthly recommendation! (Miss my August post?) In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. Because I've been a student my entire life (wooo law school!) I always automatically associate September with the start of a shiny new school year. Everything … Continue reading 5 Classics for September
A Classic Couple: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE and PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT
What’s this?! A Classic Couple post?! After SO MANY MOONS OF ABSENCE?!?! I’m so excited to be back with this feature because it’s one of my absolute favorites. I have such a soft spot for classic lit and even though there are certainly some problematic beans out there (I’m looking at you, male-dominated white western … Continue reading A Classic Couple: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE and PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT
A Classic Couple: The Catcher in the Rye and The Perks of Being a Wallflower
When I realized recently that I have never made a Classic Couple pairing of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye (1951) and Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999), I vowed to remedy that situation immediately. This classic/contemporary duo always reminds me of the start of the school year, which makes this the … Continue reading A Classic Couple: The Catcher in the Rye and The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Pair with Classics
Happy Tuesday!! August is coming to a close, which means it's time to start thinking about going back to school. This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic is back-to-school themed, which means I've decided to focus on classic literature. Classics definitely get a bad reputation from required reading lists in classrooms; however, I think looking at … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Pair with Classics
QUOTE: J.D. Salinger
"What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it." ~ page 18 of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger As much as … Continue reading QUOTE: J.D. Salinger
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