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 go to my Goodreads account, you can see what I have read recently & click on the books to learn more.
Last week in reading:
Buried Indians: Digging Up the Past in a Midwestern Town is a memoir about a town I have spent a lot of time in over the years. It's really about the stories we tell ourselves and how people and place interact. The woman telling the story is white and grew up in a small predominantly white town. She shares how her knowledge and thoughts about the Indigenous people there changed over time. As I have been learning about place based teaching, this was a helpful text.
The middle grade novel From the Desk of Zoe Washington digs a bit into the criminal justice system as Zoe learns more about her father. He has been in prison for her whole life, but she didn't know much about him. She begins to exchange letters with him and wonders if he may actually be innocent. I loved the story and especially liked the baking experimentation and the music playlist. I will absolutely have to try the cupcake recipe.
Forest of Souls is a cool YA fantasy. The author is Hmong and has included some of her culture within the story. It has a lot of twists. This one was on my #MustReadin2020 list.
Becoming Better Grownups: Rediscovering What Matters and Remembering How to Fly is a book being read by a teacher book club so I grabbed it. The author is the man who created the Kid President videos with his nephew. It's often humorous and is also inspirational.
Dating Makes Perfect was an ARC I got this week and it is a super fun YA romcom. It was the perfect way to relax by the waterfalls this past week. I will review it at Rich in Color next week or later this summer.
The Henna Wars was another fun YA romcom. I was really wanting to have some books to make my heart lighter and this was another good one for that. It was on my #MustReadin2020 list.
The Coming Week:
I am not really certain what I will be reading, but I did just download the audio of A Song Below Water and Cinderella is Dead just shipped so it may be here soon. I think I have some ARCs I need to get to, but I can't remember what's waiting. Happy reading!
Reading Challenge Updates:
Goodreads Challenge 2019 - 289/500
These books sound great! I'm particularly intrigued by The Henna Wars and From the Desk of Zoe Washington. Thanks for the great post!
ReplyDeleteFrom the Desk of Zoe Washington is one of my #mustreadin2020 and I loved it on so many levels.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how I haven't heard of Forest of Souls, but this one is definitely going on my wish list to hunt down after our move. Thanks, Crystal!
ReplyDeleteLots of interesting books this week! I had to look up place based teaching. Once I found out what it was, I realized I knew it, but never heard it called that. I fear that as I am now retired, I might be missing important things.
ReplyDeleteI've added From the Desk of Zoe Washington to my list so thanks for that.