#readgreatbooks that Jennifer The Librarian Recommends
- Faith E
- Apr 17, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Apr 20, 2020
Weekly book recommendations from Jennifer, our friendly librarian at Greenwood Library.
Want a strange, mysterious, fantastical read? Try Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. This is the first book in a series.
March, is the excellent and gripping true story of Congressman John Lewis and how he spent his youth fighting for justice during the civil rights movement.
A sweet, tear-jerker, story of friendships, cancer, and how to survive grief. Me, earl, and the Dying Girl.
I really appreciated the perspective in this piece, especially the point about how reading "great books" isn't about checking titles off a snobbish intellectual list, but rather about engaging with ideas that have actually stood the test of time. It made me realize how often I get caught up in the cycle of reading whatever is currently trending on social media, which usually feels pretty disposable after a week. There is something grounding about the idea of a "Great Conversation" spanning centuries. I sometimes struggle with the denser language in older classics, and while I’ve looked into services like new assignment help service in Australia for some of my academic structured reading, I’ve found that just slowing down and sitting…