It’s Monday! What are you Reading? 3/8/2021

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly link up hosted by Kathryn at Book Date . Then, Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee at Unleashing Readers decided to give it a focus on kid’s literature. This is a chance for bloggers to recap their weeks of reading and share their plans for the next reading adventures they will take. Visit the host blogs for a list of great blogs participating and a whole bunch of titles to add to your to-read lists.

Books I Finished:

Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander was really well done. I enjoyed reading about Cassius Clay as a kid, and loved how when Cassius was narrating, it was in verse. This story is told from two points of view, Cassius and his best friend take turns telling about his childhood and teenage years. This was a great book about a legend that told a story about who he was before the fame.

Books I’m Reading:

Dear Justyce is fascinating so far. I love how the author, Nic Stone, shares in a note that she wrote this one because she heard from readers. I think it was awesome of her to hear that critique of her character and to understand that she had more story to write. This time she is focusing the book on Quan. I am again hardly able to put the book down.

We watched and enjoyed the series The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix. I did not really like Beth’s character that much and I am curious how this story unfolds in the novel. So far, it is almost exactly the same. I am actually not sure that I will finish this one. I am annoyed by the writing, but I am not quite ready to give up yet.

I read about The Agency series on a Slice of Life post. I don’t exactly know why I hadn’t heard of this series before. I am excited to read it. So far, I am hooked.

The Obsidian Chamber is number 15 in the Pendergast series. As with all the books, it started out full of intense action and now I am hooked and need to find out what happens. However, it may take me a while to get through this one with all the other books I am reading as well.

What’s Next:

I will be finishing the books I am currently reading and focusing on writing for the Slice of Life Challenge.

What are you reading this week? I would love to hear from you in the comments!

Author: Andrea

I am an instructional technology coach in a middle school in Milwaukee, WI. I have been teaching for over 20 years in many grade levels ranging from first through eighth grade. I am a lifelong book nerd.

4 thoughts on “It’s Monday! What are you Reading? 3/8/2021”

  1. I loved Becoming Muhammad Ali & Dear Justyce, both telling us more about the lives of African Americans but in different ways. I’ve never heard of the Agency series, will check it out, Andrea. Have fun with SOLC. I gave it up a few years ago but certainly enjoyed it when I did it.

  2. My partner and I adored The Queen’s Gambit. She is a bit of an oddball, but I think lots of gifted people are.
    Dear Justyce broke my heart a bit. I agree that Nic Stones comments make the story even more profound. I had never heard of The Agency either. It does sound interesting.

  3. These books sound great! I’m hoping to have a review of Dear Martin posted soon-ish, and I’ll keep Dear Justyce in mind to read next! Thanks for the great post!

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