Author Archives: ccharle2

Silver Linings Playbook

Look for the signs Every year, my sister and I go to the movies on Christmas Day. We’ve gotten all of our Christmas-y activities done by Noon of that day and we rarely go to the movies the rest of the year. This year the pickings were slim for Christmas blockbusters. We weren’t interested inContinue reading “Silver Linings Playbook”

Young Adult

“Young Adult – that’s industry-speak” Young Adult was refreshing. Mavis is a complicated, self-centered, realistic character. Prom queen-turned-divorced young adult novelist, Mavis is already emotionally unstable and receiving the birth announcement for her high school boyfriend’s sends her reeling – all the way back to her small hometown. She makes quick work of her high schoolContinue reading “Young Adult”

Ingredients: the local food movement takes root

“Sometimes I like to learn” I told my co-worker when I checked Ingredients out from work. I thought it was an insightful and beautifully documented film about the positive impacts of thinking about where your food comes from. The most interesting part was the history of food-producing agriculture. The historical traditions of immigrants was aContinue reading “Ingredients: the local food movement takes root”

Super 8

Normally I don’t review movies, and I am not sure why. They are library material in the same way that books and graphic novels are. They circulate. They can be found in a book drop. Why not? Well, I am going to start smaller reviews of them. Actually, I probably feel compelled because of SuperContinue reading “Super 8”

Found : The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items From Around The World

Inspired by listening to the Too Beautiful To Live podcast featuring Davy Rothbart and reading his other book My Heart is an Idiot, I picked up Found at the library. Found: The Best, Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items From Around The World is exactly what the title says it is. The book contains the notes, birthdayContinue reading “Found : The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items From Around The World”

And like that, my first semester of grad school is complete

I submitted my last term project of the semester on Friday and it was graded by Monday. Just like that, my first semester of graduate school is complete. I am relieved to get to read again, but anxious to get back to work. One semester down, two more to go.