In my quest to read just about every Little Women adaptation/retelling I can get my hands on, I couldn't resist requesting an advanced copy of Belittled Women, a meta Little Women retelling by Amanda Sellet that comes out this November. I received an eARC from Netgalley and quickly got to reading. Unfortunately, it didn't quite … Continue reading Little (Meta) Women: yet another Little Women retelling
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are back in another Little Women retelling, this time during World War II. Meg is still in Massachusetts working as a teacher at Concord High School, Jo is working in an airplane factory in Connecticut, and Amy has lied her way into the Red Cross where she's working in Londona … Continue reading Great or Nothing: A Great Little Women Retelling
I attended ALA Lib Learn X in January and had a great time at the virtual sessions I was able to attend. I learned about mindfulness-based storytimes, passive library programming, international games week, and much more. I also took some time to look around at the virtual exhibitor booths and signed up for a few … Continue reading First Impressions: Simon and Schuster Spring Books
I'm back with another installment of "Macy reads every Little Women adaptation or related commodity that she can find." In case you've missed previous installments I've written about Little Witches, a few modern day Little Women graphic novels, Jo & Laurie, and my last trip to Orchard House in January of 2020. That probably makes … Continue reading So Many Little Women, So Many Beginnings
This past weekend, Jake and I went with his grandparents to western Massachusetts to see the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform at Tanglewood (featuring Yo-Yo Ma as a soloist). We had beautiful weather, I managed to avoid getting sunburnt (a true feat if you know me), and I got to experience my first professional orchestra concert … Continue reading Three on a Theme: Music
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