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:
Crimson Shore is the 15th book in the Pendergast series. This book brought in an element of fantasy again. I am determined to finish this series, because I am fascinated by the characters, but it is hard to suspend my disbelief at this point.
Luster: a novel was a book I read for a book club. I would not have picked this book on my own. I did not like this book. It is very hard for me to like a book when I don’t like the characters. The plot of this book was weird and the characters reacted in very surprising and many times unbelievable ways.
Books I’m Reading:
The Art of Coaching is a book that I am reading for professional growth. I have another book study meeting this Friday and have another chapter to finish before then. This book is really helping me frame my job and the work I should be doing.
I just started reading Personality isn’t Permanent. It came highly recommended to me, and I am excited to dig in.
What’s Next:
Last Spring, I started to read this book with one of my students, who was from a refugee family. Then, covid happened and she returned the book to the library right before the building closed and I left my copy at school and didn’t get back to the classroom for three months. I really liked the beginning and I am sure I will love this book, although I don’t expect it to be easy on the emotions.
I also have the next Pendergast novel on my ebook library shelf as well as a bunch of middle grade titles on hold that I hope will come in soon. To get started with examining my biases, I will pick up one of the books on my must read list, probably starting with White Fragility.
What are you reading this week? I would love to hear from you in the comments!
Hmmm. Sad that the coaching book wasn’t about SPORTS coaching! And Personality isn’t Permanent seems interesting because having watched my daughters from infancy… it certainly seems permanent! I’m working on titles being published in April, including Cece Rios.
All of Gratz’ books are amazing & I loved Refugee, though it is heartbreaking. Don’t miss any of his others if you can, Andrea.
I really hope you love Refugee. I know I did! Gratz is such an amazing historical fiction author. And you’ve grabbed my attention with Personality isn’t Permanent. I’m going to see if we have a local copy. Thanks for sharing, Andrea!
What a great set of books! Thanks so much for spotlighting them!