Monday, March 16, 2015

It's Monday! What are you reading? 3-16-15

Originally hosted by Sheila at Book Journey, Jen over at Teach Mentor Texts along with Kellee and Ricki at Unleashing Readers also host a kidlit version of It's Monday! What are You Reading?

My Monday posts are generally just a highlight of what I've been reading during the week so if you'd like to see all that I've been reading, follow my Goodreads page.


Last week I finished reading:

Read Between the Lines by Jo Knowles
Still processing this one. With its ten different narrators and different story threads, this is definitely a book that will appeal to people who love to re-read books. Even though I usually don't re-read books, this is one that I know I would greatly benefit from a more careful re-read.  


Reviews scheduled this week: 

Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story by David Levithan 
Naptime with Theo and Beau by Jessica Shyba


Currently reading:

Life from Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness by Sasha Martin


Currently (still) reading with my ears: 

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson 
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
As I mentioned last week, I keep getting distracted in the car and having to replay tracks multiple times so these two books have been slow going. I have finally come to a place in I'll Give You the Sun where I can say I am really enjoying it but for some reason I just can't listen to it in the car. It has to be while I'm making dinner or doing laundry or getting ready for work in the morning. Once I get in the car my mind immediately begins wandering and I've lost what the heck is going on.

6 comments:

  1. Thanks for the heads up about Read Between the Lines. It's on my list of books to read, so I'll make sure I have time to just get into it before I start. I just finished I'll Give You the Sun. I read it with my eyes. I might have to go and reread it eventually since I had a houseful of guests and didn't really have much of a chance to get into it fully. I've brought All the Bright Places along with me on vacation, but don't know if I will get to it.

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  2. We love Jo Knowles books and can't wait to read this one. Perhaps April break is the best time to read it when we have a bit more time. Thanks for the advice

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  3. Hi Beth, I'll give you the Sun and All the Bright Paces are two I really want to read.

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  4. I saw your Tweets with Jo about her book and it made me really want to read this book! I'm really intrigued... and want to discuss when I'm done!

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  5. Jo Knowles is an absolute favourite author for me. I really look forward to reading this book. I purchased a copy of All the Bright Places and hope to read it soon!

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  6. I have a feeling that both All the Bright Places and I'll give you the sun would be perfect for our current reading theme. A good friend gave me a copy of All the Bright Places - I hope I'd get to it before our theme ends.

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