Monday, March 1, 2021

It's Monday! What are you reading?

#IMWAYR It's Monday! What are you reading? Sharing picture books, early readers, middle grade books, and young adult books for readers of all ages. Hosted by www.unleashingreaders.com and www.teachmentortexts.com. This text is centered over a background of bookshelves.
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 go to my Storygraph account, you can see what I have read recently & click on the books to learn more.

Last Week On the Blog:


Blogger Spotlight - Charvi from Not Just Fiction (Rich in Color)

Last Week in Books:
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Fauja Singh Keeps Going is about the oldest person to complete a marathon. Mexique: A Refugee Story from the Spanish Civil War was interesting as I didn't realize children had been sent away during that war. The Blunders: A Counting Catastrophe is a humorous counting story by Christina Soontornvadt. She's been writing up a storm. She also published Simon at the Art Museum. Just Like a Mama is a sweet story about found or chosen family. 

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JoJo Makoons is a humorous early chapter book by an Ojibwe author. I read the ARC and will write up a review soon. Jo: An Adaptation of Little Women (sort of) is a great middle grade graphic novel. Ikenga is an upper middle grade fantasy that is absolutely fantastic and is set in small town Nigeria. I read it with my ears and loved it. 
Book cover of As Far as You'll Take Me

As Far As You'll Take Me is a contemporary realistic story about a gay young man who has left his family. They had not been supportive when he told them he was gay. He travels to England to stay with his cousin for the summer. It deals with mental health, friendship, romantic relationships, and music. I listened to it and the voice actor was very good.  

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When I have a stressful time happening, romantic comedies are what I gravitate to for escapism. The first four books here, Simmer Down, Island Affair, The Boy Toy, Pretending and Make Up Break Up are all adult rom-coms. The one that I had really looked forward to was Make Up Break Up by Lily Menon. That is the first adult romance that Sandhya Menon has published. I had a stressful week so actually read four of these between Friday and Saturday. Weird But Normal is a collection of amusing essays by a Filipino American woman who was raised here in WI. I could really relate to many aspects of the book, but especially the things related to living in the Midwest.

The Coming Week: 
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I started listening to Chlorine Sky and I am reading the four books above Straight from the Horse's Mouth, Sisters of the Neversea, The Collected Works of Audre Lorde, and Cultivating Genius.  Have a great week!

5 comments:

  1. I noted a few, Crystal, especially those middle grade ones. Sorry for the stressful time, hope March brings better days! Thanks for all the recommendations!

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  2. Thanks for the heads up about these books Crystal. I've added Dawn Quigley's book to my list.
    Hope your stress levels abate. I usually do the cosy mystery route when I am there, although these days Pratchett's Discworld series is what I listen to to keep sane.

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  3. I think I borrowed Ikenga but I can't remember from where or if it was a physical book, ebook or audiobook.

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  4. I also really liked Ikenga. I have noted a lot of your early reader books here. Thanks for all the nice shares!

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  5. I'm glad you had four rom-coms to cope with the stress of this week! I think pretty much everyone was having a bad time last week. The rest of these books also sound great, especially As Far As You'll Take Me! Thanks for the great post!

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