Here's what I read this week:
17. The Mysterious Howling: The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book 1 by Maryrose Wood (finished 1/22) Fun read, but not my favorite.
18. Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones (finished 1/25) Better than I thought it would be. Story turned out to be very different from what I expected.
19. Dreamland Social Club by Tara Altebrando (finished 1/28) Love, love, love. Read this one!
Only three books this week, but I'm okay with that, especially since it was the end of the grading period, and I had grades due this week. In addition to that, I had the meeting of the state book award committee I'm on. We had to narrow our list of 50 finalists down to the list of 20 that would go out to schools and libraries for the kids of Illinois to vote on. It was an interesting process, and I think we came up with a great list with some super reads for the older kids as well as the younger ones.
I also started The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler. I think I'll probably finish this one tonight or tomorrow. It's a fun read, and there have been places where I have laughed out loud at some of the mid-nineties slang terms.
This week I plan to:
finish The Future of Us
read The Implosion of Aggie Winchester and Brother/Sister. Perhaps I'll get a fourth one squeezed in there somehow!
Have a great reading week!
I think it'll be fun to read Future of Us and think back to the 90's. Do you think it'll be good for kids? I'm curious how it's written if kids reading it now will get all the 90's references and jokes, but I haven't read it so I don't know how it's all laid out. Thanks! Don't forget to link up!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI loved The Implosion of Aggie Winchester! I definitely want to read The Future of Us.
ReplyDeleteLove checking out what you are reading. And loved seeing the RC list this morning - some great books are on it!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're liking the Future of Us. I have it sitting on my shelf, but I just haven't gotten around to it. Totally forgot it was set in the 90s! Sounds really fun to read.
ReplyDeleteI have been finding some real gems lately (Sorta Like a Rock Star by Matthew Quick and The Boyfriend List by E. Lockheart to name a few). I will definitely add Dreamland Social Club to the list. I remember ordering it and see it when it came in, but I never read it. I really enjoyed The Future of Us. Here is my list http://wp.me/pzUn5-Ox
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear Blink & Caution is enjoyable and is different than it seems- I've heard great things, but never felt like I wanted to read it.
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