It's Monday! What are you Reading? is a meme hosted by Kathryn at Book Date. It's a great way to recap what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and to plan out your reading and reviews for the upcoming week. It's also a great chance to see what others are reading right now...you just might discover your next “must-read” book!
Kellee Moye, of Unleashing Readers, and Jen Vincent, of Teach Mentor Texts decided to give It's Monday! What Are You Reading? a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children's literature - picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels, anything in the world of kidlit - join us! We love this meme and think you will, too. We encourage everyone who participates to visit at least three of the other kidlit book bloggers that link up and leave comments for them.
If you want to know more about what I've been reading, visit my Goodreads shelf.
Last Week on the Blog:
Last Week in Books:
I don't generally watch much television. This summer I caught up on Dr.
Who since they announced the next doctor, but that is about all I had
seen until this past week. After reading Maureen Goo's I Believe in a Thing Called Love I just had to watch a Korean drama. At the end of the book, Goo
provides some suggested titles. Since I wanted something fun and I
enjoy music, I chose You're Beautiful.
It was really silly at times and had me laughing out loud. It also had
me crying once in a while. There are many moments which had me
rolling my eyes over the melodrama, but it was wonderful except that I
was a little obsessed and watched 16 episodes in 6 days. That kept me too busy for much reading or blogging. It was actually nice to switch
it up for a bit right before school started. I'm listening to some of
the music as I type.
Bulldozer Helps Out is super cute. I would never have thought of mixing big machinery and the particular animals that show up in this book, but it works really well. Trudy's Big Swim is a fascinating look at Gertrude Ederle's amazing swim across the English Channel. Scapegoats: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies and Threatens Our Freedoms is obviously not for children. Iftikhar shares his experiences as a Muslim American and the trends he has seen in the ways Muslims are being treated here. I am thankful he continues to share his experiences through his writing and in the news even though it has to get tiring explaining over and over to people who don't seem to listen. The Dinner That Cooked Itself is a sweet fairytale from China. We Are Shining is a lovely poem of affirmation by Gwendolyn Brooks that honors her 100th birthday.
The Coming Week:
I'll be reading You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins. I'm really looking forward to it. I am also hoping to get Adam Silvera's new book They Both Die at the End. I will also likely read quite a few picture books. How about you?
Bulldozer Helps Out is super cute. I would never have thought of mixing big machinery and the particular animals that show up in this book, but it works really well. Trudy's Big Swim is a fascinating look at Gertrude Ederle's amazing swim across the English Channel. Scapegoats: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies and Threatens Our Freedoms is obviously not for children. Iftikhar shares his experiences as a Muslim American and the trends he has seen in the ways Muslims are being treated here. I am thankful he continues to share his experiences through his writing and in the news even though it has to get tiring explaining over and over to people who don't seem to listen. The Dinner That Cooked Itself is a sweet fairytale from China. We Are Shining is a lovely poem of affirmation by Gwendolyn Brooks that honors her 100th birthday.
The Coming Week:
I'll be reading You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins. I'm really looking forward to it. I am also hoping to get Adam Silvera's new book They Both Die at the End. I will also likely read quite a few picture books. How about you?
Reading Challenge Updates:
Goodreads Challenge 2017 - 454/550
Diversity on the Shelf 2017 - 196/225 (goal = 50% of my books by and/or about POC)
LGBTQIA Challenge - 17/30
#OwnVoices Challenge - 111/125
#MustReadin2017 - 21/24
Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge - 80/100
I had a bit of a slow reading week also. I hope to get to I Believe in a Thing Called Love soon. I will have to share it with my Korean daughter in law to see what she thinks.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you get CBC TV where you are, (It's our public broadcaster her in Canada) but they have a delightful series called Kim's Convenience, the second season starts near the end of September.
I'll check into Kim's Convenience. I just looked it up on Wikipedia & would likely enjoy it especially since I'd get to see some of Toronto. I love that city.
DeleteI enjoyed hearing about your TV watching. I rarely watch, so perhaps this is something new to check out, Crystal. I will definitely look for Scapegoats. Thanks for that title. And I liked Trudy's Big Swim, amazing story. Have a lovely week starting!
ReplyDeleteKorean dramas are...something. My daughter was obsessed with them for a while, so I gathered some things by osmosis. Glad you had fun watching yours.
ReplyDeleteYup. Korean dramas are very distinctive. My youngest also watched them years ago so I had a bit of an idea of them, but I'm glad I have experienced at least one now.
DeleteI really liked Trudy's Big Swim. It went along with a book the kids had read in our intervention series, I loved having another book to connect it with!
ReplyDeleteI like having another book that focuses on swimming. Football, soccer and other sports get a lot more attention.
DeleteI loved Trudy's Big Swim, too! I've been looking at the history of women's running at the same time period, and society pretty much shut down women interested in running. So it's fascinating to me that swimming survived as a women's sport, somehow looked on as more feminine. I love that this title showed what an incredible athletic feat her swim was.
DeleteOh, I want to read Scapegoats. Thanks for sharing it. I do a lot of research with Islamophobia, so I am grateful to see this title. You are always in the know!
ReplyDeleteOoh! A Korean Drama - love it! My husband and I also get obsessed with our TV series and watch three episodes in one night if we are really into it. :)
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