A good series sometimes is just what you need. A friend told me about the Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny. Once I started reading, I couldn’t put them down. I debated about posting anything with all that is going on in the world right now, but then I thought, why not? It’s the perfect time to stay in, pick up a good book, and just escape for a little while. Book titles: Still Life, A Fatal Grace, The Cruelest Month, A Rule Against Murder Currently Reading: The Brutal Telling Author: Louise Penny Date Read: January – Now Type of Book: Fiction Publication Dates: 2007,…
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Young Adult Fiction – January
I decided to read a young adult fiction book for my first read of 2020. When I post about books, I am not really giving a review of the books (that is much more involved). I am just sharing my reading experience with you and my overall thoughts on the book. Book title: We Were Liars Author: E. Lockhart Date Read: January 2-6, 2020 Type of Book: Young Adult Fiction Publication Date: May 2014 Publisher: Dell Publishing Awards (as noted on Goodreads): Georgia Peach Book Award (2015), Pennsylvania Young Readers’ Choice Award Nominee for Young Adults (2016), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2016), Milwaukee…
Guest Review – Fiction Recommendation
We have a guest review of the book this month. I read the book in October 2018, but the reviewer read it more recently. Enjoy! Book Title: Where’d You Go, Bernadette Author: Maria Semple Publication Date: 2012 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company My interest in this book: The book was not on my radar until I received a copy in the mail a few years ago. It sat on my shelf for awhile. Guest review: My friend and former colleague, Katie Stueart, wrote the following book review. She agreed to let me include the review as part of this blog post. Thank you, Katie!!…
Fiction Recommendation – August
I am a fan of both fiction and nonfiction. Maybe I was a little ambitious last month, however, in thinking I could completely read and post about two books (one fiction and one nonfiction) each month. Part of my problem is that I tend to read more than one book at a time (why do I do that? I’ll save that for another post) and then not get any one of them finished within a good time frame. As you can see in the sidebar under my “Goodreads” feed, I have two good ones going right now (and finished Beartown just before leaving for vacation…
The Nonfiction Book I Finished This Month
I plan to share my monthly reads via this blog, starting this month. My hope is to share my nonfiction choice the last week of the month (and my fiction choice sometime during each month). I love to read, but I have not been as committed of late. I miss sharing about books with my students, so I hope you will share your thoughts on a book I mention or share about what you are reading. Having kept a hand written book log/journal for years, I just started keeping it on Google drive for quicker reference and for making my notes for upcoming months. I…