Beach reads roll inland...

One of the fun things about teaching English is getting to dissect new novels every now and then. A couple of weeks ago we finished Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, which is near abouts the most depressing book I've ever read.

Yes, it's OK for an English teacher not to love the book. Sometimes you just have a suck it up and read it. It's a little like taking icky medicine... tastes like hooey, but it's good for you.

To cleanse the literary palate before delving into the next masterpiece of World Lit, we're reading the novel equivalent of sherbert.

It's a fun, quick read. I read it one afternoon at the beach last summer. The pages still smell like sunscreen, which makes teaching it all the more fun.

So if you're looking for something light and fun and quick to read... give this one a try: