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!
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Kellee
It’s my week off! You can always learn more about any of the books I’ve been reading by checking out my read bookshelf on Goodreads.
Ricki
Picture Book
I was so intrigued by the cover of this book and the title, that I dove right in. I instantly knew that I wanted my 1st grader to read it. That night, we read it together, and he loved it. He’s read it several times now. Highly recommend Ellie Has a Secret by Amelia Bothe.
Middle Grade
I actually haven’t read this one yet, but I am including it here because I wanted others to know about it. (I will read it this weekend!) My 11-year-old son read and LOVED Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb by Kai Bird & Martin J Sherwin and Adapted by Eric Singer. He wrote a positive review on GoodReads, and Eric Singer reached out to offer other recommendations for him. I love authors who are this generous. If your kid loves history, science, war, or nonfiction, I highly recommend this one.
Adult
A friend recommended Culpability by Bruce Holsinger. This book made me extremely reflective about the world, and I’ve been recommending it frequently.
One of my book clubs selected this book, Things We Never Say by Caitlin Weaver. I enjoyed reading it, but I will say that my book club members absolutely adored it. So it was a crowd pleaser.
This book is beautiful. Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall is gut-wrenching. I have also been recommending it to many other folks. I am really excited to talk about it in my other book club this weekend!
Adult Romance
I enjoyed Christina Lauren’s The Soulmate Equation. Admittedly, I felt it was a bit slower than their books typically are—but I still really enjoyed reading it.
I devoured Lucy Score’s Things We Never Got Over, Things We Hide from the Light, and Things We Left Behind. I found it difficult to join the world because I was so hooked on this series. I especially enjoyed the third book! If you like contemporary romance, I highly recommend this series.
I liked Elle Kennedy’s The Graham Effect and have been told the third book in this series is great, so I will likely keep going and reading more of these books.
My friend kept recommending Christina Lauren’s The Paradise Problem, so I grabbed a copy. It was really charming.
Ricki
Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley
Thursday: Sofia’s YA Book Nook: The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh
Sunday: Author Guest Post: “Something New” by S. Isabelle, Author of The Great Misfortune of Stella Sedgwick
Link up below and go check out what everyone else is reading. Please support other bloggers by viewing and commenting on at least 3 other blogs. If you tweet about your Monday post, tag the tweet with #IMWAYR!
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