The One With All the Middle Grade Novels...
Back again to share my reading from the year so far. To be honest... I'm pretty shocked as to how much I was able to read in the past few months as I completed my Teacher-Librarian Specialist, packed up our house to move next week and dealt with all of the end of the school year craziness.
Back again to share my reading from the year so far. To be honest... I'm pretty shocked as to how much I was able to read in the past few months as I completed my Teacher-Librarian Specialist, packed up our house to move next week and dealt with all of the end of the school year craziness.
Perhaps, as always, reading was my escape from the realities of every day life.
I did choose to read a number of middle grade novels that were new to the library before putting them out on the shelves so that might have skewed my numbers a bit as middle grade novels are shorter than my usual book choices.
Books 22- 37 of 2019
22. The Moscow Club by Joseph Finder
23. Ghost by Jason Reynolds*
24. A Drop of Hope by Keith Calabrese*
25. Homes: A Refuge Story by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah
26. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
27. Gracefully Grayson by Amy Polonsky*
28. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling*
29. Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson*
30. Root Beer Candy and Other Miracles by Shari Green*
31. You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! by Alex Gino*
32. The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
33. The Unteachables by Gordon Korman*
34. Ungifted by Gordon Korman*
35. Supergifted by Gordon Korman*
36. The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns
37. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Something I have always found interesting in the ebb and flow of reading patterns. Obviously as I was doing my AQ course and reading/ viewing all sorts of different PD texts I wasn't drawn to add in any PD books to my personal reading. This entire list is narratives.
There's also a large portion of middle grade novels because as I said before they are shorter than my usual reading material but also, I think, chosen as a way to escape the grind of relentless PD reading that occurs during an AQ course. I suspect (well, I know since I can see my to be read pile) that this summer's list will contain a lot more PD focused books.
(I have marked all the middle grade novels with an *)
Must Reads....
If you are an educator, parent, have children in your life please get your hands on Gracefully Grayson, Locomotion, A Drop of Hope, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P, and The Unteachables.
These are the types of books that make me wish I was still in a classroom so I could share them with my students through the magic of read alouds. I will be creating a display with these as recommended reads in the library once we start back at school. Can't wait to hear what the kids think.
If I had to pick one book to pass on...
I can never pick just one book but I'll try for two.
I'd say that Homes: A Refugee Story is an important read for our time.
We need to see each other more.
We need to try to understand each other more.
We need to share in our humanness more.
For the second book, probably The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton. Her books never disappoint and always keep me on my toes wondering how the narrative will play out.
Biggest Surprises...
So The Moscow Club was passed on to me by my mother-in-law and I picked up The Woman in the White Kimono from a sale table at a bookstore. Both were riveting and very enjoyable. Highly recommend.
Here's the summer and lots of time to read!
Can't wait to get started.
Looking for my other posts:
What the Librarian Read: Part 1
What the Librarian Read: Part 2
22. The Moscow Club by Joseph Finder
23. Ghost by Jason Reynolds*
24. A Drop of Hope by Keith Calabrese*
25. Homes: A Refuge Story by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah
26. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
27. Gracefully Grayson by Amy Polonsky*
28. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling*
29. Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson*
30. Root Beer Candy and Other Miracles by Shari Green*
31. You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! by Alex Gino*
32. The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
33. The Unteachables by Gordon Korman*
34. Ungifted by Gordon Korman*
35. Supergifted by Gordon Korman*
36. The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns
37. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Something I have always found interesting in the ebb and flow of reading patterns. Obviously as I was doing my AQ course and reading/ viewing all sorts of different PD texts I wasn't drawn to add in any PD books to my personal reading. This entire list is narratives.
There's also a large portion of middle grade novels because as I said before they are shorter than my usual reading material but also, I think, chosen as a way to escape the grind of relentless PD reading that occurs during an AQ course. I suspect (well, I know since I can see my to be read pile) that this summer's list will contain a lot more PD focused books.
(I have marked all the middle grade novels with an *)
Must Reads....
If you are an educator, parent, have children in your life please get your hands on Gracefully Grayson, Locomotion, A Drop of Hope, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P, and The Unteachables.
These are the types of books that make me wish I was still in a classroom so I could share them with my students through the magic of read alouds. I will be creating a display with these as recommended reads in the library once we start back at school. Can't wait to hear what the kids think.
If I had to pick one book to pass on...
I can never pick just one book but I'll try for two.
I'd say that Homes: A Refugee Story is an important read for our time.
We need to see each other more.
We need to try to understand each other more.
We need to share in our humanness more.
For the second book, probably The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton. Her books never disappoint and always keep me on my toes wondering how the narrative will play out.
Biggest Surprises...
So The Moscow Club was passed on to me by my mother-in-law and I picked up The Woman in the White Kimono from a sale table at a bookstore. Both were riveting and very enjoyable. Highly recommend.
Here's the summer and lots of time to read!
Can't wait to get started.
Looking for my other posts:
What the Librarian Read: Part 1
What the Librarian Read: Part 2
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