IMWAYR

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!

 

Wednesday: What Kellee’s Students Read in September

Sunday: Author Guest Post: “Beyond ‘What’s Wrong?’: How the Stories in Our Classrooms Can Heal Fading Dreams, by Andrei Goanta, Author of The Library of Lost Dreams

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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

I’m sorry I can’t post today; I should be back on my next turn.

No posts this week–use this time to check out some of our other posts or posts by our IMWAYR blogs that link below.

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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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!

Sunday: Author Guest Post: “Asking ‘What If’ About Our Real-Life Experiences” by Kevin Garone, Author of Night of the Living Toilet Paper

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Kellee

• You Only Live Once, David Bravo by Mark Oshiro: David Bravo is not liking middle school so far but then a magical creature shows up telling him that he can go fix a mistake in his past to fix his life–will it be that easy?! Obviously not, and what happens is a humorous and heartfelt look at our lives and how we make the decisions we do. This book, like Mark Oshiro’s other middle grade books, dealt with identity, but this time it was surrounded more by the unknown history of his adoption.
• Love Craves Cardamom by Aashna Auachat: I loved this second book in the Love in Translation series! The first one was great, too–I can’t wait for the third! I can’t tell you my favorite part about the book because it spoils the ending, but I can say that the book deals with more than what a normal rom-com does and looks at love in all forms: self, family, friend, romantic, passions, etc. And the inclusion of history and art in the book just put it over the top for me!

And you can always learn more about any of the books I’ve been reading by checking out my read bookshelf on Goodreads.

Ricki

This is my week off; I will update you next week!

Kellee

I just finished Love Craves Cardamom and the discussion guide I was writing for it, so I am not sure what I am going to read next! I may continue the Trials of Apollo series or I may find something else!

 

Wednesday: What Kellee’s Students Read in September

Sunday: Author Guest Post: “Beyond ‘What’s Wrong?’: How the Stories in Our Classrooms Can Heal Fading Dreams, by Andrei Goanta, Author of The Library of Lost Dreams

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!

  and

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!

Wednesday: Educators’ Guide for Ferris by Kate DiCamillo

Sunday: Author’s Guest Post: “Inspiring Young Writers Wound Up Inspiring Me!” by Julia Krebs Patterson, Author of Charlie and the Crystal Cave

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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

I am not able to post this week, but I hope you all have a great reading adventure!

Sunday: Author Guest Post: “Asking ‘What If’ About Our Real-Life Experiences” by Kevin Garone, Author of Night of the Living Toilet Paper

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!

  and

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!

Thursday: Sofia’s YA Book Nook: Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson

Sunday: Author Guest Post: “How Literature Saved My Life” by Vivian Jewell, Author of Dani Argyle Takes on the Universe

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Kellee

Read

• The Trials of Apollo: The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan: So much happens in this book! I can’t share too much because it is smack dab in the middle of the series, but I can share that I still really love this series and that this one gave me all the feels.
  • I can’t wait to read more of the series and hopefully get to Nico’s series, but I have some guides I need to write first, so we’ll see!
• If We Were a Movie by Zakiya N. Jamal: It is almost senior year and Rochelle knows she needs a job to help her college resume, but the job she finally gets is with her mortal enemy–how is she going to survive? Well, survive she does. Rochelle is one of those protagonists that I liked from the beginning, but I truly did not like some of her choices. It was great to read this and watch her grow as a person and show the reader that life is more than just academics.

Listened

Mark Oshiro is coming to my school in November, and although I have read Anger is a Gift, I wanted to read their middle grade books.

• The Insiders by Mark Oshiro: I think we’ve all felt alone before. In The Insiders, Hector has never felt more alone AND he is being targeted by a bully. But then he finds the perfect place to hide: the janitor’s closet. But the closet is more than just a regular room, it is his key to working through this situation. And although I disagree heavily with some choices Hector made and Ms. Heath made me SO mad, I truly adored the characters in this book and watching them come together to overcome.
• Jasmine is Haunted by Mark Oshiro: Jasmine knows she is haunted–it has kept her from making friends and her and her mom have to keep moving. But then at her new school she finds two friends who believe her and want to help her. This is the beginning of a ghost story that is more than it seems.

And you can always learn more about any of the books I’ve been reading by checking out my read bookshelf on Goodreads.

Ricki

This is my week off; see you next week!

Kellee

• Reading: Love Craves Cardamom by Aashna Auachat
• Listening: You Only Live Once, David Bravo by Mark Oshiro

Wednesday: Educators’ Guide for Ferris by Kate DiCamillo

Sunday: Author’s Guest Post: “Inspiring Young Writers Wound Up Inspiring Me!” by Julia Krebs Patterson, Author of Charlie and the Crystal Cave

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!

  and

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!

Tuesday: Student Voices: Insights into Kellee’s Middle School from Makenna A., Amber D., Valiya T., and Edie M.
(The last summer Student Voices blogs of this year 😭–I love featuring their words each summer!)

Sunday: Author Guest Post: “Increasing Cultural Intelligence Through Travel and Books” by Kellie McIntyre, Author of The Passport Project

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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

I had a busy week, so I am unable to post today, but I hope you all are reading great books!

Thursday: Sofia’s YA Book Nook: Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson

Sunday: Author Guest Post: “How Literature Saved My Life” by Vivian Jewell, Author of Dani Argyle Takes on the Universe

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!

  and

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!

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

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Kellee

• Royal Academy Rebels series by Jen Calonita: I love fairy tale twisted tales and Jen Calonita is one of the best at them. I am so glad I finally read this series because being on this adventure with Devin, a minor royal who does not fit the “norms” that the fairy godmother has set for what a royal should be, was so much fun! I loved that Jen was pushing what it meant to be a royal in so many ways throughout the series, and help or evil was never where you expected! Such fun reads and loved the crossover with her Fairy Tale Reform series, too!
• Trials of Apollo #1 & #2 by Rick Riordan: I took a break of Rick Riordan’s series after trying to read the Heroes of Olympus series because I REALLY struggled with it. The number of points of view made it so I felt like I didn’t really know any of the characters, except Percy and Annabeth who I already knew. Because of this, I was hesitant to start Trials of Apollo, but I AM SO GLAD I DID! Apollo is hilarious and my love for Riordan’s protagonist is back! And, in regular Rick Riordan style, the adventure is on point, so now I am loving the point of view and the plot–yay! (My one gripe is I wish that it would be easier for readers to read the Percy Jackson sequels/spin offs without reading the series before it. There are just so many books, and I hate the idea of readers not getting to one series, like Apollo, just because they didn’t read another series.)

And you can always learn more about any of the books I’ve been reading by checking out my read bookshelf on Goodreads.

Ricki

It is my week off–see you next week!

Kellee

• Reading: Trials of Apollo #3: The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan
• Listening: The Insiders by Mark Oshiro (who is coming to my school in November!!!)

Tuesday: Student Voices: Insights into Kellee’s Middle School from Makenna A., Amber D., Valiya T., and Edie M.
(The last summer Student Voices blogs of this year–I love featuring their words each summer!)

Sunday: Author Guest Post: “Increasing Cultural Intelligence Through Travel and Books” by Kellie McIntyre, Author of The Passport Project

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!

  and

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!

Wednesday: Student Voices: Reflective Opinions About Books vs. Movies, BookTok, and Becoming a Reader from Raegen B., Luiza N., and Ernesto G.

Sunday: Author Guest Post: “Co-Authoring a Novel” by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner, Author of Lady’s Knight

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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!

  and