Diary of an Autodidact

Source of book: Borrowed from the library
Just a note: this book is by Daniel Mallory Ortberg, but is under the name of Mallory Ortberg. (See below for more about the author.)
The Merry Spinster is a collection of modern takes on classic fairy tales and other stories. That is probably the easiest way to describe it. The stories aren’t straight up retellings, though, as they are often mashups of different tales. For example...

Source of book: My eldest child’s English textbook
For this post to make sense, here is the background. My wife and I were homeschooled through high school. I did video courses for the last three years - and I greatly benefited. We have homeschooled our own kids, but knew that it was unlikely that we...

Source of book: I own this.
After waiting for our library system to get this book - they never did - I went ahead and bought it. I probably shouldn’t complain, because our library system (which includes several counties) is pretty extensive. (Although, our own county is one of...

I read quite a few Roald Dahl books when I was a kid. However, for some reason, I never did read Matilda. My memory of 35 years ago isn’t terribly detailed, but I am guessing that this was probably the result of a few factors. First, my mom wasn’t fond...