It’s Monday! What Are You Reading, is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week. It is a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list.
Other Than Reading...
This was a quiet week at work as we began our final quarter of this school year. The elementary is a little chaotic as the parking lot doesn't fit all the teacher's cars anymore and lessons are frequently being disrupted by the sound of jackhammers. The weather was also awful this week with lots of wind, cold rain, and some big puffy snowflakes on Friday. The weather thwarted my plans to park at the high school and walk to the elementary. The schools are in sight of one another, separated only by athletic fields and playgrounds, and have a nice paved path connecting them. It is just a nice walk in good weather. Maybe next week will have some good weather.
I forgot to fill in one blank on my retirement application so it got sent back to me this week. I mailed it again on Friday. My resignation is on the School Board Agenda for the meeting Monday night. Things are progressing nicely. There are all sorts of potential plans in place to change the schedules for elementary special area teachers and potential changes for the high school schedule too that could impact when I teach sixth graders. I'm hoping that they decide to leave both schedules alone as every possibility I've seen creates many more problems than it solves.
Read Last Week
Making Pretty by Cory Ann Haydu is for older young adults. It tells the story of a young woman who is trying to find something of her own in a changing life. Her much-married plastic surgeon father has targeted her new friend as his next wife. It was intense and I really sympathized with the heroine but some of her decisions make this more appropriate for older teens. My review will be posted on May 14.
I finally finished reading The Reading Zone by Nancie Atwell. I have been reading this one at work when I had a few minutes since October. It is filled with interesting ideas for helping kids become voracious and critical readers. I don't have the right situation to implement many of the ideas but I'm glad to know that they exist. I won't be doing a review for this one.
Blood on the Bayou by D. J. Donaldson is the second of the Andy Broussard/Kit Franklyn mysteries. These are being reissued by Astor + Blue from whom I received my review copy. I really liked the vividly drawn setting of this story and stayed up way past my bedtime to find out what happened next. My review will be posted on April 29.
Currently
Next Week
The next two young adult books on my stack are review books that will be releasing in May.
- A Sense of the Infinite by Hilary T. Smith
- Kissing in America by Margo Rabb
- Skandal by Lindsay Smith
- Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier
- The Pretty App by Katie Sise
- The Glass Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
- Lion's Share by Rachel Vincent
I spent a good part of Sunday morning at Edelweiss downloading a bunch of review books that will all be released in September. These are all young adult books. My calendar for reviewing young adult books is already full for September. Good thing I like knowing what is coming in my reading life!
What was your week like? Leave a link and I'll come visit.
Ana & Zak sounds like fun. I'm looking forward to Kissing in America and Prudence. Happy reading!
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Nice! I liked Dark Debt! Hope you enjoyed it too! And oooh Prudence! I soooo want to read that one!! Need to finish my review books and then I will definitely be in a pickle because there are SO many TBR books I want to read first! LOL! Happy Reading!
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Rather difficult teaching with jackhammers around, have experienced that and its not pretty. Ha, I read The Reading Zone too and enjoyed it, although no longer need it. Will look forward to your review of Rock Hard, will probably read it eventually.
ReplyDeleteI hope your weather improves this week so you can walk. :-)
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed The Trouble with Magic too.
So many good reads and now I have to add some to my review list like Blood on The Bayou. The Fog Driver looks good. I have been eyeing the second Gail Carriger series. Ah-- so many lovely books. Happy Reading!