1000 Words, by Jami Attenberg
9/60 | Started 01.19.25 • Finished 02.12.25 | 3 stars
Some really good pieces in here... but also a lot that sounded the same. Did make me want to get my butt in a chair a start writing, but I don't know that it was a guide to doing so in a creative, focused, and productive way.
The Chalk Box Kid, by Clyde Robert Bulla
8/60 | Started 01.29.25 • Finished 02.10.25 | 5 stars
"This book is about a boy named Gregory who likes to paint. One day he finds a burned building in his new backyard which used to be a chalk factory. Gregory cleans it up and finds some chalk. After learning about lettuce and seeds at school, Gregory uses his chalk to draw a garden on the walls of the burned building. I loved how cool Gregory’s garden looked and how Uncle Max took his posters down."
Carolyn, age 8
On Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder
7/60 | Started 02.03.25 • Finished 02.07.25 | 2 stars
I didn't read the graphic edition, this is just what my library had. I think if I had read it this way I would have been even more upset with the whole thing, because, hey, let's misuse historical photos too!
This book didn't claim to be what it is at all in my opinion. I was expecting twenty lessons on tyranny from the twentieth century... go figure. Instead, what I got was a bunch of comparisons of Trump to various tyrants of the twentieth century. Without much information given about the actual tyrant and much more given to hate against Trump.
I'm no Trump-er but this did not live up to the hype and I was sorely disappointed.