It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/11

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? –From Picture Books to YA is a weekly meme hosted by Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee at Unleashing Readers. This is a chance for bloggers to recap their week 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 in this meme and a whole bunch of titles to add to your to-read lists.

This update is actually for the last two weeks.

Books I Finished This Week:

The Magician’s Elephant was a great little fantasy story. It almost read like a fable. I love Kate DiCamillo. She is amazing and this is another fun book to recommend to my students.

Winter is a phenomenal conclusion to a series that really just continued to get better and better throughout the books. I really love what Marissa Meyer did with weaving in the elements of the fairy tale stories into a science fiction series. I highly recommend the whole series.

Being the Starfish by Neal Anderson is a book about network marketing. I am doing some personal development and thinking about how to grow a business with doTERRA and since I am a reader, this is how I learn.

I had both of these Ranger in Time books on my shelf. I love the way Kate Messner brings different historical periods to life in this series. I highly recommend getting this series for grades 3 and up.

The Power of Habit was really interesting. It made me evaluate a lot of what I do and gave me some good ideas about how to change some of my habits. I thought the ideas about organizational habits were intriguing. This is definitely a good book for personal development, especially for leaders that might be looking to change their organization’s habits and culture.

Underworlds: The Battle Begins by Tony Abbott is one I will look forward to introducing to my students. It is a good start to a series and I am interested in reading the other books now too. I like the fantasy adventure and the references to mythology in this book. It would be a good one for kids that aren’t quite ready for Percy Jackson, but are still really interested in myths.

The Seventh Wish by Kate Messner is outstanding. She manages to treat a very heavy and serious subject in a way that is appropriate for kids. These kinds of stories are so important because there are so many kids in the world who, unfortunately, do have to deal with having drug addicts in their families. I think the treatment of this subject was tastefully done and that this will be an important book for many students. I also appreciated the glimpse into the world of ice fishing and the world of Irish dancing. I highly recommend having this book in your library for grades 4 and up.

 

Books I am currently reading:

I am reading Better than Before by Gretchen Rubin and Homer and Langley by E.L. Doctorow. I am listening to Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld and GoPro.

What’s Next?

I have been really going with the flow and choosing what feels right so far this summer. I think that will apply to my book choices too. I will probably not try to start anything really involved since I want to do more writing and am participating in Teachers Write.

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

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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.

5 thoughts on “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/11”

  1. I accidentally pushed the wrong button on Amazon and ended up purchasing The Seventh Wish for my Kindle. I don’t like buying middle-grade or YA in that format because then I can’t loan the books, but I couldn’t bring myself to try to my money back either because I’m dying to read it! If I can ever wean my son of Gordon Korman, we’re going to try that one. I really liked Rubin’s Better Than Before, though I have to say that I didn’t retain much of it. I listened on audio, and that’s not the best format for me if I plan to remember something! But very interesting and engaging.

  2. I am sad to say I still haven’t read any of the books by Marissa Meyer. I’m so far behind! I enjoy those Ranger In Time books a lot, think they must be very popular with younger readers. And I still need to read The Seventh Wish, but I will. Thanks, Andrea!

  3. Magician’s Elephant is a DiCamillo book that doesn’t get a lot of hype, but it is beautiful and interesting. I have Seventh Wish waiting for me to read, but my summer is running out! Maybe I will make it the first book in my student book club 🙂

    Happy reading this week!

  4. Even my middle school students enjoy Ranger in Time as a little break from heavier reading. The Seventh Wish was really good- I don’t get the objections to it at all!

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