Patricia Forg
English Teacher
Book Log
This page will be regularly updated with the books I've read. It is important as an educator to, as it is said, "practice what we preach" – and just as I ask my students to keep a log of the books they read, so too shall I.
The Magicians Trilogy
Lev Grossman
Fairy Tale
Stephen King
Fire & Blood
George R. R. Martin
The Sorcerer of Pyongyang
Marcel Theroux
Grading for Equity
Joe Feldman
Fantasy
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“Never risking anything meant never having or doing or being anything either. Life is risk, it turned out.”
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★★★★☆
Fantasy
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“I think there’s always a reason for love, but sometimes hate just is. A kind of free-floating evil.”
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★★★★★
Fantasy
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“I fed my last husband to my dragon. If you make me take another, I may eat him myself.”
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★★★★★
Fiction
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"Against the black of the lightless city, the bus looked like a tank of fish, lit from within, as it receded into the night."
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★★★☆☆
Non-Fiction; Education
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“In the real world, retakes are often available; you just might have to ask for them and put in some additional work.”
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★★★★★
The Magicians Trilogy
Lev Grossman
Fantasy
“Never risking anything meant never having or doing or being anything either. Life is risk, it turned out.”
★★★★☆
Fairy Tale
Stephen King
Fantasy
“I think there’s always a reason for love, but sometimes hate just is. A kind of free-floating evil.”
★★★★★
Fire & Blood
George R. R. Martin
Fantasy
“I fed my last husband to my dragon. If you make me take another, I may eat him myself.”
★★★★★
The Sorcerer of Pyongyang
Marcel Theroux
Fiction
"Against the black of the lightless city, the bus looked like a tank of fish, lit from within, as it receded into the night."
★★★☆☆
Grading for Equity
Joe Feldman
Non-Fiction; Education
“In the real world, retakes are often available; you just might have to ask for them and put in some additional work.”
★★★★★
Half Bad Trilogy
Sally Green
Young Adult; Fantasy
“I’m tired of your revenge, your anger, your hate. The war is killing you.”
★★★★★
A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin
Fantasy​
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
★★★★★
A Clash of Kings
George R. R. Martin
Fantasy​
“I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid."
★★★★★
A Storm of Swords
George R. R. Martin
Fantasy​
“Woman?” She chuckled. “Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man."
★★★★★
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
Young Adult; Dystopia​
“What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.”
★★★★★
