Son by Lois Lowry

And with this, I have completed The Giver quartet.  I was very nervous going in to this experience.  The Giver was such an important part of my life as a reader.  I was scared that I would be disappointed... but I should've had more faith in Lois Lowr...

Messenger by Lois Lowry

Continuing on The Giver Quartet binge I have going lately, I just read the third book in the series, Messenger.  I love how Lowry turned to the young boy from Gathering Blue, Matty, to continue telling her tale about the various communities a...

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

Most of you are well acquainted with my pure and beautiful love of The Giver by Lois Lowry.  It was the book that showed me how reading could change your life.  I sat in a 7th grade classroom as my teacher's assistant read to us Jonas'...

The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry

There is something so intriguing and hopeful in how Lois Lowry writes children as intelligent, sentient beings.  She gives them credit for understanding the subtleties and difficulties of life, whereas to many authors tend to shield ch...

So, last night I chose to break out of my book hermit ways and attended a discussion at a beautiful independent book store local to me (Byrd's Books in Bethel, CT if you want to make a trip).  They were holding a conversation on The Giver in anticipation of the re...

Reflecting on 20 Years of The Giver

The very last line in Lois Lowry's article on Huffington Post about the movie adaptation of her beloved bookThe Giver sums up the way we need to think about this latest phenomenon.  The Giver changed how I thought about reading...

As I've mentioned before, The Giver by Lois Lowry is one of my favorite books.  A distinction that is hard-won seeing as I feel it's like picking your favorite child.

Because of that, I am so excited about this!

I'm published!!!

Okay, not really because we all know Bear Allen ain't no writer.

But go here to check out my thoughts on my favorite book!

http://thisbookisreserved.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/the-giver-by-lois-lowry.html?m=1

Louise is a Philosophy and English Literat...

If you know me, you know that books about dystopian societies are totally my jam.  It began with a grade school reading of The Giver and continued on to The Handmaid's Tale, 1984,  Brave New World (from which my precious Aldeux was given his name) and more recently The...