I am taking the easy way out today. I am putting in screen shots of my Goodreads page. I am super tired, but didn't want to skip this so here is my compromise.
I had a few favorites. I had been looking forward to Bitterblue and was not disappointed. It is another great fantasy and I liked it waaaay better than Fire and almost as much as Graceling. Stick was seriously intense, but quite well done. Kepler's Dream was a surprisingly engaging family mystery. The pictures in Naamah and the Ark at Night were fabulous. Hippo & 11 Experiments got some chuckles out of me. I really enjoyed Redwoods. I learned a lot of super interesting facts. Nothing Like a Puffin was a really bright and fun book that explained puffins by showing what they are NOT like.
I also read to a group of children in Romania on Friday morning and had a blast with them. I shared some Jack Prelutsky, Sugar Snow (a Laura Ingalls Wilder picture book), the Oneida book from above and Punk Farm. Here is a video on their wiki. If you are interested in reading with them, I would highly recommend it. It was a great experience.
For the coming week, I am finishing Seriously...I'm Kidding for real. I only have 2 chapters left. My attempt at Me and Earl and the Dying Girl was stymied when I could no longer open it on my NookColor. I will finish it this week on my computer - not nearly as comfortable. I am also planning to dive back into the Newbery and Caldecott challenges. Smoky the Cowhorse is up next and I have a pile of Caldecotts. It should be fun. :)
I'm thinking about getting Hippo for my school library. I'm so excited for Bitterblue - I greatly enjoyed both Graceling and Fire.
ReplyDeleteI read Nothing Like a Puffin this afternoon and then had to go down the hall to find a teacher who is working on comparisons in the near future to share it.
I am likely getting Hippo too. I read it at the public library. I need more of those easier chapter books.
DeleteI think you will really enjoy Bitterblue. I am going to plan on reading Graceling and Bitterblue together in the near future at a more leisurely pace. I raced through.
It is really hard to express how unbelievably excited I am for Bitterblue! I was just talking about it yesterday with someone who got to read it and now I'm thinking I will need to reread Graceling and Fire in ancitipation. Just for fun. I just love the world(s) Cashore creates. I think her writing is brilliant.
ReplyDeleteI really should have read Graceling again. Fire would not have been as helpful, but a Graceling refresher is highly recommended if only, as you say, for fun. I just couldn't remember a lot except the positive gushing feelings I had about it so sometimes I felt a little out of it. Thanks for the comments!
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