3.30.2015

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? From Picture Books to YA


My reading skewed older this week, but perhaps it was because I needed a dose of something different: Monstrous Affections reminded me yet again that I should be reading more short stories; I'm continuing to enjoy the storyline in Wandering Son as friendships change and romantic feelings are revealed; the diversity of the main characters in Under a Painted Sky is refreshing; and I'm going full steam ahead on Vango. Pretty good stuff this week!

[To rehash the concept :: post what you read last week, what you're reading now, and what you plan to read this week. If you have a review of the book(s), great! If you have a picture of the book(s), wonderful! If you have a book giveaway, fantastic! If you just list the title(s) of the book(s), not a problem! Make it as simple or as complex as you need it to be. At least, that's the message I got. This version of the meme is hosted by Jen and Kellee of Teach Mentor Text, which, in turn, was inspired by Sheila over at Book Journey, who hosts the original It's Monday! What Are You Reading?]

WHAT I READ LAST WEEK:



Manifest Destiny, Volume 2: Amphibia & Insecta written by Chris Dingess, illustrated by Matthew Roberts, colored by Owen Gieni

Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant

Olympians #4, Hades: Lord of the Dead by George O'Connor

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

 
Wandering Son: Volume Six and Seven by Shimura Takako (志村 貴子), translated by Matt Thorn

You Can't Have Too Many Friends by Mordicai Gerstein

WHAT I'M READING NOW:


Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee

Vango: Between Sky and Earth by Timothée de Fombelle

WHAT'S ON HOLD RIGHT NOW:


Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks (aka Heather Rose and Danielle Wood)

3.23.2015

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? From Picture Books to YA



[To rehash the concept :: post what you read last week, what you're reading now, and what you plan to read this week. If you have a review of the book(s), great! If you have a picture of the book(s), wonderful! If you have a book giveaway, fantastic! If you just list the title(s) of the book(s), not a problem! Make it as simple or as complex as you need it to be. At least, that's the message I got. This version of the meme is hosted by Jen and Kellee of Teach Mentor Text, which, in turn, was inspired by Sheila over at Book Journey, who hosts the original It's Monday! What Are You Reading?]

WHAT I READ LAST WEEK:



The Boy & the Book by David Michael Slater, illustrated by Bob Kolar 

The Bus Ride by Marianne Dubuc

Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson, illustrated by Sean Qualls

Fin M'Coul retold and illustrated by Tomie dePaola

The First Drawing by Mordicai Gerstein

If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson

I'm Not Reading! by Jonathan Allen

It's Only Stanley by Jon Agee

The New Small Person by Lauren Child

Octopus Alone by Divya Srinivasan

Ol' Mama Squirrel by David Ezra Stein

The Rainbow and You by E. C. Krupp, illustrated by Robin Rector Krupp

Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael Hall

Robot Kitties by Jim Benton

Special Delivery by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Matthew Cordell

Tea Rex by Molly Idle


That's What Leprechauns Do by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully

Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Zachariah OHora

You Nest Here With Me by Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple, illusrtated by Melissa Sweet

WHAT I'M READING NOW:



Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant

WHAT'S ON HOLD RIGHT NOW:


Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks (aka Heather Rose and Danielle Wood)

3.17.2015

Steven Weinberg @ Politics and Prose :: March 17, 2015

Steven Weinberg, author/illustrator of Rex Finds and Egg! Egg! Egg! (published February 2015).






Fun fact: Steven illustrated To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One Story, a memoir (about their life post-college) written by Casey Scieszka, his then-girlfriend, now-wife, which makes him Jon Scieszka's son-in-law! And it's a great book, by the way!

3.16.2015

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? From Picture Books to YA



[To rehash the concept :: post what you read last week, what you're reading now, and what you plan to read this week. If you have a review of the book(s), great! If you have a picture of the book(s), wonderful! If you have a book giveaway, fantastic! If you just list the title(s) of the book(s), not a problem! Make it as simple or as complex as you need it to be. At least, that's the message I got. This version of the meme is hosted by Jen and Kellee of Teach Mentor Text, which, in turn, was inspired by Sheila over at Book Journey, who hosts the original It's Monday! What Are You Reading?]

WHAT I READ LAST WEEK:



Catch That Cookie! by Hallie Durand, illustrated by David Small

Digging a Hole to Heaven: Coal Miner Boys by S. D. Nelson


Greenglass House by Kate Milford

 
 
Wandering Son: Volume Two, Three, Four, and Five by Shimura Takako (志村 貴子), translated by Matt Thorn

WHAT I'M READING NOW:


Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant

WHAT'S ON HOLD RIGHT NOW:


Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks (aka Heather Rose and Danielle Wood)

3.09.2015

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? From Picture Books to YA



[To rehash the concept :: post what you read last week, what you're reading now, and what you plan to read this week. If you have a review of the book(s), great! If you have a picture of the book(s), wonderful! If you have a book giveaway, fantastic! If you just list the title(s) of the book(s), not a problem! Make it as simple or as complex as you need it to be. At least, that's the message I got. This version of the meme is hosted by Jen and Kellee of Teach Mentor Text, which, in turn, was inspired by Sheila over at Book Journey, who hosts the original It's Monday! What Are You Reading?]

WHAT I READ LAST WEEK:



Home by Carson Ellis

Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise by Sean Taylor, illustrated by Jean Jullien

New Shoes by Susan Lynn Meyer, illustrated by Eric Velasquez

The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

Please, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony

Rodeo Red by Maripat Perkins, illustrated by Molly Idle

Seqouyah and His Talking Leaves: A Play About the Cherokee Syllabary by Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin, illustrated by Siri Weber Feeney


SnoozeFest by Samantha Berger, illustrated by Kristyna Litten

Snow White and the 77 Dwarfs by Davide Cali, illustrated by Raphaelle Barbanegre

This is Sadie by Sara O'Leary, illustrated by Julie Morstad

Yeti and the Bird by Nadia Shireen

WHAT I'M READING NOW:

Greenglass House by Kate Milford

WHAT'S ON HOLD RIGHT NOW:


Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks (aka Heather Rose and Danielle Wood)