It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
For readers of all ages
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly blog hop we host which focuses on sharing what we’re reading. This Kid Lit version of IMWAYR focuses primarily on books marketed for kids and teens, but books for readers of all ages are shared. We love this community and how it offers opportunities to share and recommend books with each other.
The original IMWAYR, with an adult literature focus, was started by Sheila at Book Journeys and is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. The Kid Lit IMWAYR was co-created by Kellee & Jen at Teach Mentor Texts.
We encourage you to write your own post sharing what you’re reading, link up below, leave a comment, and support other IMWAYR bloggers by visiting and commenting on at least three of the other linked blogs.
Happy reading!
There were no posts last week because I (Ricki) had COVID! 🙂
Kellee
Today is my day off from IMWAYR, but you can learn more about any of the books I’ve been reading by checking out my read bookshelf on Goodreads.
Ricki
Picture Book
This picture book is absolutely gorgeous. I haven’t been doing full reviews lately, but I will absolutely be reviewing this book in full—it blew me away. And They Walk On by Kevin Maillard.
Middle Grade
Kyle Lukoff does a phenomenal job capturing the characters’ hearts in A World Worth Saving. I appreciated the Jewish representation, and the main character is trans. His parents are doing conversion therapy for him, but then some very unexpected events occur, starting with his good friend going missing.
Young Adult
I am trying to read all of the Walden Award finalists because they are always really good, and Grief in the Fourth Dimension by Jennifer Yu did not disappoint. It’s a book about two kids who recently died and are sitting in a sort of purgatory room—watching over their loved ones. I cried a lot while reading this book.
I had never read Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas, so I decided to try it out. It was very enjoyable.
Tall Water by SJ Sindu and Dion MBD is a graphic novel about a girl who visits Sri Lanka to meet her mother for the first time in 16 years. This story has so much heart.
Angeline Boulley’s Sisters in the Wind is a phenomenal book that I can’t share much about because there would be so many spoilers. I found the story riveting—and the main character exists in the world of the previous two books!
I convinced my book club to read a YA book, and we read Heir by Sabaa Tahir. Every time I read one of her books, I am just floored by her talent. This book follows three characters’ stories, and I felt like I fell into the world she created.
Adult
Max Barry’s Lexicon was a book club book that I didn’t choose but enjoyed. What I liked a lot about this book was that it explored the ethics of persuasion. I found this to be very interesting.
So many friends in Colorado have recommended Go As a River by Shelley Read, so I went for it. I appreciated the historical nature of this text and how place-based it was. It reminded me a lot of Broken Country.
My incredible coworker Sarah Perry wrote Sweet Nothings, a creative nonfiction text that explores many, many different types of candies. This is a book about much more than candy, though. Perry masterfully weaves in stories from her life and others—I loved it (and I swear I am not just saying that because I know her). This book made me want to journal, which I think is the sign of a really great book.!
Adult Romance
My sister-in-law loves Elle Kennedy, so I had to keep up with her by reading The Dixon Rule and The Charlie Method. These are some pretty spicy romances.
Thursday: Sofia’s YA Book Nook: Sequels and Prequels Worth Reading
Sunday: Author Guest Post: “My Hope” by Frank W. Baker, Author of Risk, Resilience, and Redemption: A Miraculous Holocaust Survival Story
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