Tag Archives: genres

Music Comes In Many Shapes And Sizes

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Barb Knowles

Teacher: What’s your favorite type of music? Classical? Student: I don’t have a favorite kind because music comes in all shapes and sizes. My co-teacher and I looked at each other. What wisdom. And what a perfect description and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged chorus, concerts, genres, guitar, instruments, music, orchestra, piano, TEACHING, viola | 14 Comments

Update And Nonfiction….A Twofer

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Barb Knowles

In my previous posts about books by diverse authors, List of Stories To Be Read…Part 1 and List of Stories To Be Read….Part 2, I asked for your opinions and recommendations. Your ideas are awesome. In this post I’m going to tell you about … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blogging, Born a Crime, Farewell to Manzanar, genres, Humor, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, literature, memoir, nonfiction, reading, Simon Winchester, The Professor and the Madman, Trevor Noah, writing | 28 Comments

List of Stories To Read… Part 2

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Barb Knowles

What wonderful suggestions you have all given! I won’t be publishing lists every day, but especially because we are celebrating the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the United States today, diversity in literature seems especially important. The books, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged authors, Carrie Rubin, diversity, Erica Spindler, fiction, gender, genres, Haruki Murakami, Haven Kimmel, Khalad Hosseni, Langston Hughes, Leonard Pitts Jr, literature, memoir, poems, reading, Sherman Alexie, V.S. Naipal | 11 Comments

Our Obsession With Jon Snow

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Barb Knowles

In 2015, it was reported that A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin, the fantasy novels that began with “A Game of Thrones” in 1995, had sold 60 million copies worldwide. Then came the HBO series. “Game of Thrones,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire, bastard, blogging, direwolf, duty, Eddard Stark, fantasy, Game of Thrones, genres, George RR Martin, Ghost, HBO, Jon Snow, Kit Harington, Stark, wildlings, Ygritte | 11 Comments

Hooked On The Hunger Games

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Barb Knowles

Some books grab me and I go back to them over and over again. And over again. I always find something I missed the first thousand times I read it. I’m a prolific reader and a sucker for a good … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dystopian, fiction, Gale Hawthorne, genres, Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Primrose Everdeen, reading, reading for pleasure, reading strategies, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, totalitarian governments | 23 Comments

Music or Books

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Barb Knowles

Music or books. Take your pick. You have to choose. Which would you give up? I don’t know about your family, but in mine we often had that discussion. Which is a little silly since we never had to make … Continue reading →

Posted in music, reading | Tagged A Wrinkle in Time, ancestors, blogging, books, Eric Clapton, genres, Island of the Blue Dolphins, music, opera, reading, soul, symphony, The Who | 28 Comments

Saneteachers’ Weekly Genre Feature – Fantasy

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Barb Knowles

My bias is definitely showing here, but fantasy is tied with almost every other genre for my favorite. Okay, I like almost everything. But with fantasy, action, adventure, phantasmagorical creatures, settings beyond our imagination make for a perfect reading experience. With … Continue reading →

Posted in books, reading | Tagged adventure, authors, blogging, books, eragon, fantasy, Game of Thrones, genres, reading, redwall, series, the hobbit, wheel of time, writing | 10 Comments