It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? –From Picture Books to YA is a weekly meme started by Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee at Unleashing Readers. This is a chance for bloggers to recap their week of reading and share their plans for the next reading adventures they will take. Visit the host blogs for a list of great blogs participating in this meme and a whole bunch of titles to add to your to-read lists.
Books I Finished This Week:
The Doll Graveyard by Lois Ruby was the perfect amount of creepy. Students who love ghost stories and creepy mysteries will love this book. I appreciate the way the book does not go over the top with the scary stuff. Kids will be able to identify with the main character who is angry about her parents divorce and her new stepmother. I would recommend this one to grades 4 and up.
Maggie Malone and the Mostly Magical Boots was a really fun read. Maggie is confused when her beloved aunt sends her a pair of beat up boots for her birthday. The gift arrives after a hard first day at a new school. Then, she discovers that the boots are magical and will transport her into the life of anyone she wishes to be for one day. She spends a day as her favorite rock star and starts to realize that maybe that person does not have as glamorous a life as she once thought. This was a really cute book and I have already thought of which students will love it. I highly recommend it for grades 3 and up.
Books I Am Currently Reading:
This week I spent most my reading time still trying to make my way through 1Q84. I do still like the storyline and I am curious about what will happen, but I am not used to reading such a long book. I am ready to be done with this one. According to my Kindle, I am about 80% of the way through the book, which means there are about 200 pages left. I should be able to get through that amount of reading this week. Wish me luck!
I am also listening to Queen of Shadows. I am really loving the way the plot is developing in this fourth book of the series. It is fun to listen to the book and I really love the narrator of this one.
What’s Next?
The last two weeks I just grabbed a couple middle grade titles off my shelves to read over the weekend. It was nice to be able to get in a couple quick reads. I will probably continue to do this so I can get through some of my book shelves. I also really want to get to Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. I hope that I will finish 1Q84 so that I can focus on other books later this week.
What are you reading this week? I would love to hear from you in the comments!
The Maggie Malone books sounds cute. Talk about walking a mile (or a day) in someone else’s shoes! Good luck finishing 1Q84. I felt that way when I tackled Les Miserables. It took me two years of reading off and on to finish it, but I’m glad I stuck with it.
Maggie Malone sounds like a book my third graders could use. They need some literal “walking in another’s shoes.” Will definitely check it out, thanks!
Thanks for telling us about The Doll Graveyard – We are not big fans of “scary books” but so many students love them. It is great to have another title to share with these readers.
I love pulling middle grade books off the shelves at random, you can discover all sorts of quick and fun reads that way. I can’t imagine reading anything as big as IQ84, the sheer size is too intimidating for me!
Just the idea of The Doll Graveyard gives me goosebumps! It looks like it is a good one. Thank you for sharing it with us, Andrea! 🙂
I am always looking for good middle grade creepy books! Thank you for sharing this one 🙂
Happy reading this week!