It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? From Picture Books to YA!
It’s Monday! What are you Reading? is a meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journeys. It is a great way to recap what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and to plan out your reading and reviews for the upcoming week. It’s also a great chance to see what others are reading right now…you just might discover the next “must-read” book!
Jen Vincent, of Teach Mentor Texts, and Kellee decided to give It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels, anything in the world of kidlit – join us! We love this meme and think you will, too.
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CONGRATULATIONS
Jill the Owl
for winning a copy of Ghostlight by Sonia Gensler!
Last Week’s Posts
Thursday: Review and Giveaway!: Sloth Slept On by Frann Preston-Gannon
Giveaway open until Wednesday!
Friday: Review, Author Guest Post, and Giveaway!: The Trouble with Ants by Claudia Mills
Sunday: Author Guest Post! “Teaching Kids Empathy Through Story” by Natasha Sinel, Author of The Fix
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Last Week’s Journeys
Kellee: I am writing this on Friday because my mom is in town, and I am not sure if I will have time to blog Sunday evening. Please excuse me this week from IMWAYR, and I will update next week with my reading. I also apologize for not commenting on blogs this week, but happy reading to you all this week!
Ricki: This week, I read Like Water on Stone by Dana Walrath. It is a beautiful book in verse that is set in the Ottoman Empire during the 1910s. The point of view alternates with each poem, so I came to understand many perspectives of the family depicted in the text. I learned a lot about this horrific genocide and think this book would be excellent in literature circles.
This Week’s Expeditions
Ricki: I am all over the place with the types of texts I am reading. Like most of you (I suspect), I never discriminate based on the age level of the text. For PD, I have been enjoying Zaretta Hammond’s Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain. I am learning a lot from this text. For younger readers, I plan to read Last-But-Not-Least Lola and the Cupcake Queens by Christine Pakkala this week. And lastly, within YAL, I am almost finished with A.S. King’s Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future.
Upcoming Week’s Posts
Tuesday: YA Text Recommendations for Bestselling Adult Texts
Wednesday: Review and Author Interview!: Ebola: Fears and Facts by Patricia Newman
Friday: Review and Giveaway!: Zack Delacruz: Me and My Big Mouth by Jeff Anderson
So, what are you reading?
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Enjoy the time with your mom, Kellee! I’m sure she’s having a blast with little T!
I feel like I’ve been a bit all over with my reading, too. Had some time to finally read for an extended time yesterday morning. How quickly that went by!
Michele, I am totally with you! I have been feeling the same way!
Take the time you need, Kellee! And Ricki, I just read the latest A.S. King, but need to real Glory O’Brien too. Hope both of you have a very good week.
I haven’t gotten a copy of her latest, but I am excited to read it. Everyone is raving about it on social media!
Hope you enjoy your mom’s visit, Kellee!
Ricki, I can’t wait to hear what you think of Glory O’Brien – that one has been on my TBR ever since it came out.
Lots of reading lately but not so much reviewing – maybe I can finally start to catch up a bit this week. I finished listening to Looking for Alaska by John Green last week on audio, and it blew my mind – soooo good! My fave of his so far.
Enjoy your books this week –
Sue
Book By Book
So far, I absolutely love it! It is so weird and awesome. I love A.S. King. I adore Looking for Alaska. I have that on my Methods syllabus!
Kellee, enjoy the visit with your mom!
Ricki, Like Water on Stone sounds good, and it is a part of history I know little about.
Same here, Kay. That is one of the reasons I enjoyed reading it. I almost wished there was even more history in it. It inspired me to go hunting, which is always a good thing.
It’s always good to read a wide range of books for all ages. Have a great reading week.
Agreed! You, too, Earl!
Kellee – I hope you had a great visit with your mother.
Ricki – Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain sounds very intriguing to me as our district has been trying to move towards more culturally responsive practices. I hope you share a bit about this one later.
Your wish is my command. I will do a review. 🙂
Happy visiting Kellee and happy reading to you both!
I am interested to know what you think of AS King’s novels – I’ve been coming across wildly mixed reviews. 🙂