This was a big week for reading. I had a little extra time and I finished several books that I had started a while ago.
I started with Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian’s Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life which sounded like a good idea and was cute but if anything it was too cute. Trying too hard to be cute.
I read Inherit the Wind for our Lit Club with the middle graders. I had heard of it but never read it. I am glad I did. It’s funny!
Nathaniel was reading Rain Reign for his Lit Club so I read it alongside him to help with his understanding and homework discussions. It is a fantastic book if you have a 3-6th grader.
I had attempted Seven Days of Us unsuccessfully before but decided to tackle it this time and I liked it. It wasn’t pithy or amazing but it was still enjoyable.
I had also attempted How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk before but hadn’t managed to finish it. I finally did. Solid ideas but nothing super-new to me. If only I could actually implement these consistently.
I wasn’t sure if I would like A Uterus Is a Feature, Not a Bug but decided to give it a try and enjoyed it enough to keep going. Worthwhile for me.
The Story of Arthur Truluv is Elizabeth Berg’s new novel and I love her. She did not disappoint. So sweet, this one.
I bought Invincible Summer on Audible months ago and hadn’t read it so I decided to finally read it. I was a sweet tale of 3 friends. It wasn’t the best book I read but it was okay.
Young Jane Young is by Gabrielle Zevin who wrote several books I’ve loved reading. So I’d bought this one on Audible too and finally read it. It was good but not great.
When I was at my YA Book Club earlier this week, my friend Angela recommended Far From the Tree which just won the National Book Award. She said she really liked it and I had just checked it out from the library so I decided to read it next. It was fabulous.
Relatively good week of reading. Two more weeks left in this year. Here’s to more reading!
Books I Read this Week 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
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