It's (almost) 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… who knows, you might discover that next “must read” book!Our Kid Lit to YA version is hosted by Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers.
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I read like crazy this week. I doubt much of it could be called careful reading. I'm working on slowing down but there are just so many books in the world I want to read!
Mix of oldies and new ones, picture books, middle grade, YA, and "grown up." That's what #summerreading #bookaday is all about! Most of the "grown up" ones were actually disappointing. Like authors that I've really enjoyed in the past? So so now. The odd one out was the Creativity one. I never read stuff like that but found it pretty fascinating, especially as most of it could be viewed from an education perspective. Anyway, you can click on the pics to go to my "read" shelf for a little more info. And the best ones I will repost/review more in depth here as release dates get closer. Like Piper Green. You'll hear about her again because she is a must get for early chapter book readers. And Stick and Stone is a good one for talking about building a positive classroom community.
And starting Tuesday a revival of what is still a very popular pinned series ... Apps for Teacher Librarians. Finally!
Happy Father's Day. I have the best Dad. He is the one that gave me my love of books. Due to an eye disease it's really hard for him to read but he still does. He's a great fan of audiobooks!
Great assortment of books. I'll be looking for your thoughts on the Piper Green ones. That is an area I'm always building in my elementary Media Center. Come see my YA week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteWill do! And yes. I thought they were fun. I get a little ... annoyed by Junie B (SHHH!) so I like to find alternatives.
DeleteWow! That's a lot of books with a lot of variety. I enjoyed Compound--at it was very popular with my middle schoolers, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm not always that nuts. First week out of school and all. Have ebook #2 checked out already but haven't started it yet.
DeleteOh, my word - i am astonished by the volume and range of your reading! Codename Zero sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteIt's not usually that crazy. It was my first week free of school committments and I realized ... I didn't know quite what else to do with myself! I have a better list now. Still #bookaday but not two or three. ;)
DeleteWow! You have really been reading a lot! I'm interested in reading what you thought of Codename Zero also. I have it on my summer to read list.
ReplyDeleteWow, lots of reading, whoo hoo! I look forward to hearing your thoughts about Piper Green. Was Orangutanka not the cutest books ever?
ReplyDeleteWas intrigued by the creativity title - I am an academic who does research on this particular area and I think of myself as a disciple of Csikszentmihalyi - you might want to read his book on Flow - very accessible and engaging.
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