Also the Books

I am joined in this episode by new West Hall High School Media Specialist, Mrs. Jordan Ragland! We talk all things Looking for Alaska by John Green!

Listener discretion is advised! Today, I return with an episode discussing The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie with none other than the Banned Book Queen herself, Mrs. Melissa Giggey! A note to listeners: the book's contents are not safe for all audiences and the discussion reflects that.

In Episode 4, I talk with West Hall HS Librarian Rachel Lawley!

We talk a good bit about forced reading and some of the good that can come of that. We get into e-reader use and these books and authors, which might make you feel feelings as a reader:

• The Last Romantics, Tara Conklin
• The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas
• Lisa Jewell, author
• Disruptive Thinking, Kylene Beers (a teacher/librarian book)
• The Girl in the Blue Coat, Monica Hesse
• The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
• As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner

In Episode 3, I talk with former student Alicia Leo (West Hall Class of 2018, SCAD Class of 2022)! 

We talk for a bit at the beginning about what she's studying at SCAD and then get into all the kinds of reading she does from fantasy to digital textbooks.

The books and authors we discussed:

• The World of Myth by David A. Leeming
• Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
• Crescent City Sarah J. Maas
• Other Sarah J. Maas books
• Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
• Marie Lu (author)
• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

On this week's episode, I'm joined by Mr. Shannon Reed, the Audio/Video teacher at West Hall High School in Oakwood, GA, to discuss books and reading!

Links to Books We Discuss:

• A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
• Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton
• The Foxfire Series
• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
• Why Dylan Matters by Richard F. Thomas
• Textbooks for IB Film (ask Mr. Reed!)
• Moby Dick by Herman Melville
  

Music by Katherine Burchfield (West Hall High School Class of 2018, Yale University Class of 2022) 

Recording Support provided by Shannon Reed of the Spartan News Network at West Hall High School

In this bonus episode, West Hall High School Librarian extraordinaire Mrs. Rachel Lawley joins me to discuss the Summer Reading together she's masterminded for Sparta!

More information can be at tinyurl.com/whsummerreading2020!

On the inaugural episode, I'm joined by Mrs. Debbie King, the Health Care Science teacher at West Hall High School in Oakwood, GA, to discuss books and reading!

Books We Discuss:

• 11/22/63 by Stephen King
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Misery by Stephen King
• It by Stephen King
• The Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• The APA Style Manual

Music by Katherine Burchfield (West Hall High School Class of 2018, Yale University Class of 2022)
Recording Support provided by Shannon Reed of the Spartan News Network at West Hall High School