It's Monday! What are you reading?

It's Monday! What are you reading? is a meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journeys. Jen Vincent over at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee Moye from Unleashing Readers decided to put a children's and YA spin on it and they invite anyone with an interest to join in. You can participate by creating your post then visit one of their sites to add your site. Finally, visit at least three participant blogs and comment to spread the love.

If you want to know more about what I am reading, visit me at my Goodreads shelf. Images via Goodreads unless otherwise noted.  

The Past Week:

It was fun to read We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves because I lived in Davis, CA for a few years and have family there so we still visit. The author lived there and some of the book happens in Davis. 

Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier was not what I thought it would be. I was not expecting a fantasy element. I guess I hadn't read the summary. I enjoyed it though. It's great middle grade historical fiction. I especially appreciated the photographs.

Compost Stew will be another picture book that I think our gardening coordinator will appreciate. It is a rhyming alphabet book that lists many things that go into the making of compost.

Blue Shoe was my least favorite of the week. I didn't hate it, but I just found it okay. I think some of the writing is memorable, but not a lot happened and it seemed that the main character didn't change much either. I love Anne Lamott's nonfiction, but this was the first time I had read any of her fiction. I will have to try another.

The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher was a charmer. The characters are fun and get into all sorts of sticky situations. I did get a little tired of the word "sick" (used as a synonym for cool or awesome), but I have students who use other words like that repeatedly, so I guess it's true to life. This will be a fun middle grade book to hand to my students.

Blue Lily, Lily Blue continues The Raven Cycle. I love this series and am sad that I will have to wait again for more. 

Cody and the Fountain of Happiness I read this as a digital ARC from Netgalley and will review it on Goodreads soon. It's an entertaining early chapter book about a girl, her family and friendship.

Overall, it was a great week of reading. 

Currently Reading:

Up Next:

I'll be reading and reviewing X by Ilyasah Shabazz with Kekla Magoon. I may start listening to M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman if I finish The Joy Luck Club. I will also be reading a few other books for review. It should be a good week. What are you reading?