It's Monday! What are you reading? From Picture Books to YA

Week 22 of It's Monday! What are you reading?

WHAT I READ LAST WEEK:

What to Do If an Elephant Stands on Your Foot by Michelle Robinson

The Tooth Mouse by Susan Hood

The Sandwich Swap by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah with Kelly DiPucchio

Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devin Scillian 

We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems 

Magritte's Marvelous Hat by D.B. Johnson

Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero by Marissa Moss

The Monster at the End of This Book: Starring Lovable, Furry Old Grover by Jon Stone

WHAT I'M READING NOW:

The Books of Beginning #2: The Fire Chronicle by John Stephens

WHAT I PLAN TO READ THIS WEEK:

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It's Monday! What are you reading? From Picture Books to YA

Week 21 of It's Monday! What are you reading?

WHAT I READ LAST WEEK:

Bat Loves the Night: Read and Wonder by Nicola Davies

Bats at the Library by Brian Lies

Big Mean Mike by Michelle Knudsen

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce

The Rook by Daniel O'Malley

WHAT I'M READING NOW:

The Books of Beginning #2: The Fire Chronicle by John Stephens

WHAT I PLAN TO READ THIS WEEK:

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It's Monday! What are you reading? From Picture Books to YA

Week 20 of It's Monday! What are you reading?

WHAT I READ LAST WEEK:

Nubs: The Tue Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle by Major Brian Dennis, Kirby Larson, and Mary Nethery

The Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco

Don't Spill the Beans! by Ian Schoenherr

The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Our National Parks by Barb Rosenstock

 Jim Henson: The Guy Who Played With Puppets by Kathleen Krull

Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale by Steven Kellogg

California, Here We Come! and Our California by Pam Munoz Ryan

The Shape Game by Anthony Browne

The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum by Kate Bernheimer

LMNO Peas by Keith Baker

Mr. Pak Buys a Story by Carol Farley

ABC Letters in the Library by Bonnie Farmer

Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind by Judy Finchler & Kevin O'Malley

Museum Trip by Barbara Lehman

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why Commas Really Do Make a Difference! by Lynne Truss

Alfie the Apostrophe by Moira Rose Donohue

The Punctuation Station by Brian P. Cleary

Seen Art? by Jon Scieszka

Saving the Liberty Bell by Megan McDonald

A Birthday for Bear by Bonny Becker

When the Chickens Went on Strike: A Rosh Hashanah Tale by Erica Silverman

Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi

The World's Greatest Elephant by Ralph Helfer

I Spy Shapes in Art by Lucy Micklethwait

What Elephant? by Geneviève Côté

Capture the Flag by Kate Messner

WHAT I'M READING NOW:

WHAT I PLAN TO READ THIS WEEK:

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It's Monday! What are you reading? From Picture Books to YA

Week 18 of It's Monday! What are you reading? was a pathetic reading week. Uh, can I just say it was because it was the first week of school for both of my kids? That's an acceptable excuse, right? Besides not getting to read many picture books, I didn't finish The Unwanteds ... in the end I didn't even get to choose not to read it; it was due back at the library and I couldn't renew it. I think that's going to end up being a book I'll never finish but I'll get for my library anyway.

Al righty then, let's just move on, shall we? I'm going to focus on Week 19 and pretend like Week 18 didn't happen.

WHAT I READ LAST WEEK:

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin


 Good News, Bad News by Jeff Mack


Read It, Don't Eat It! by Ian Schoenherr

WHAT I'M READING NOW:

The Assassin and the Pirate Lord (Throne of Glass #0.1) by Sarah J. Maas

WHAT I PLAN TO READ THIS WEEK:

Albert Einstein and Relativity for Kids by Jerome Pohlen (digital ARC from NetGalley)

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It's Monday! What are you reading? From Picture Books to YA

Week 17 of It's Monday! What are you reading? was a transition week of sorts. It was the first week back at work for me -- I only saw kindergarteners -- but it was a week that's sandwiched between two three-day weekends. Work week = reading for class visits. Three-day weekends = reading for fun. Sadly, not enough of the former actually took place, probably because I only had to see one grade level.

I'm also still struggling through The Unwanteds for some reason. It came highly recommended by an employee of Mrs. Nelson's and my son plowed through it quickly. And it's not that it's a bad book: the premise is great (kind of a cross between Harry Potter and The Giver), the world building is interesting, and the writing is fine. I can't seem to pinpoint what it is that's holding me back from finishing it. I have a sneaking suspicion that it's the characters I'm not fond of, but I'm not 100% sure about that yet. Anyway, I feel like I should finish it because it's the kind of book that I think the kids at my school would enjoy (we're big on fantasy/magic), but I'm not clamoring to get back to it. Dear reader, what do you do in a case like this?

And if I can't decide whether to finish reading The Unwanteds it's no surprise that I can't decide what else I plan to read this coming week. I'm wavering between finishing the CYRM Intermediate nominees, ARCs I picked up at ALA, graphic novel digital ARCs from NetGalley, and new books I bought over the summer for my library. Too many choices! Help?

WHAT I READ LAST WEEK:

Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray

Throne of the Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard


Relish by Lucy Knisley
(digital ARC from NetGalley; publication date April 2, 2013)

WHAT I'M (STILL) READING NOW ... AND MAY NEVER FINISH:

The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann

Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference by Joanne Oppenheim

WHAT I PLAN TO READ THIS WEEK:

Can you help me decide? Please leave a comment if you'd recommend any of the following. Thanks!

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It's Monday! What are you reading? From Picture Books to YA

I must admit that Week 16 of It's Monday! What are you reading? was greatly disrupted by evil, evil cable television. As I mentioned last week, I was on vacation and I could not resist the call of cable, bed, and air conditioning. Normally, I don't have cable or air conditioning, which leaves me with a bed, the perfect place to read in a quiet environment. But the addition of the two other elements totally threw me off and I pretty much read nothing except magazines. What you see below are the results of my paltry reading after getting home on Friday evening.

I'd like to say that I'll do better this week but, wouldn't ya know, work starts up tomorrow. I can't help but be a bit pessimistic about my reading prospects from here on out. I imagine I'll continue to read picture books at a decent pace for work reasons, but I probably won't be completing chapter books as quickly as I did at the beginning of the summer.

But I can't get too discouraged ... my goal this year is to read 365 books and I've already read 315 books (according to Goodreads I'm 21% ahead of schedule). As long as I keep chugging along I'll accomplish my goal of reading a book a day.

WHAT I READ LAST WEEK:

Pepi Sings a New Song by Laura Ljungkvist

How Did That Get In My Lunchbox? The Story of Food by Chris Butterworth


When Harriet Met Sojourner by Catherine Clinton

The Templeton Twins Have an Idea by Ellis Weiner

WHAT I'M READING NOW:

The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann

Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference by Joanne Oppenheim

WHAT I PLAN TO READ THIS WEEK:

The Ogre of Oglefort by Eva Ibbotson

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