It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly link up hosted by Kathryn at Book Date . Then, Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee at Unleashing Readers decided to give it a focus on kid’s literature. This is a chance for bloggers to recap their weeks of reading great books and share their plans for the next reading adventures they will take. Visit the host blogs for a list of great blogs participating and a whole bunch of titles to add to your to-read lists.
Books I Finished:
Firekeeper’s Daughter has earned a spot on my all-time favorites shelf, which is not easy to do. I love mysteries, so that helped me love this book. The writing style is beautiful and I was pulled into this story so quickly. There is heartbreak and love and human suffering but it is balanced with hope. I absolutely love how this book provided a glimpse into a modern day reservation and the challenges that this particular indigenous community was facing. It is SO GOOD! I highly recommend this book for people in their late teens and adults.
Longitude was interesting. I appreciated the more narrative style of this nonfiction book. I don’t read much nonfiction but I enjoy learning about things. This was a very fascinating book.
I have not read anything else by Fredrik Backman. I know he has other books that are very popular and if they are anything like this one, I will have to check them out. I found his writing style to be very engaging. I laughed all the way through this book. The observations about the way people think are spot on and hilarious, yet there is a serious and hopeful thread to the story as well. I definitely recommend this one, with a trigger warning that there is some talk of suicide, depression, and anxiety in the book.
This is the 3rd installment in the Charlotte Holmes series. I was angry at the end of the second book and did not know how I would like this one. I took a little break from the series because I was mad. This book did a good job of bringing me back into the story and resolving some of the feelings that I had about the way the second book turned out. I am looking forward to the fourth book.
Books I’m Reading:
The Girl Who Drank the Moon is fascinating so far. That is the best thing about resolving to read award winning books. You know you can expect a great read!
I am also plugging away at Les Miserables a few chapters at a time. It will take me a while, but I think I will get through it. I am enjoying the book so far.
What’s Next:
I have an ambitious TBR for this summer. I will probably start with A Burning by Megha Mahumdar and Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina. I then have another four or five library titles and four or five Book of the Month titles to read. I will see where the week takes me!
What are you reading this week? I would love to hear from you in the comments!
What a great set of books! You make Firekeeper’s Daughter sound really intriguing—I’m glad it is a new favorite of yours! And my family loves Fredrik Backman’s books—they’ve been telling me to read Britt-Marie Was Here and A Man Called Ove, so those might be worth taking a look at! I’m glad the Charlotte Holmes series got better. And The Girl Who Drank the Moon is brilliant—I don’t love every Newbery winner, but that one is seriously incredible! Thanks so much for the great post, and enjoy your reading this week!
I love your book posts so much. Thoughtful and informative, and definitely adding to my TBR pile! 🙂
I highly recommend A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman. Read the book, then watch the movie. I loved them both..
You’re inspiring me to blog about what I’m reading, too! (And maybe I’ll get back to actually reading again as a result!)
Loved Anxious People. Backman is really clever. The only other book by him that I’ve read is A Man Called Ove and I really liked that, too.
I like Dava Sobel’s books, including Longitude and loved The Girl Who Drank the Moon. I haven’t read that latest Bachman, too many on my list, but I have The Firekeeper’s Daughter & guess it’s going to be soon as so many of you have enjoyed it! Thanks, Andrea!
Oh my goodness, you’re having an amazing reading month. I have Anxious People on my #MustReadin2021 list and I keep walking past Firekeeper’s Daughter sitting on my shelf, just waiting for me to pick it up. I don’t know what I’m waiting for because I purchased a copy when a friend of mine (who I deeply trust) raved over it. Perhaps I’ll be taking that one book with me on our upcoming vacation. We’ll be in the car for around 20 hours both ways, so as long as I don’t get carsick, this should work out nicely. I adored The Girl Who Drank the Moon – everything from the gorgeous cover to the writing. I had wanted to read it for about 3 years before I actually did. So once I picked it up, it was hard to put down. Thanks for the shares, Andrea!
The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a very fine read.
I’m glad you enjoyed Anxious People. I finished it and went on to read A Man Called Ove. I might have enjoyed it even more. Backman makes my heart feel full.
I am looking forward to Firekeeper’s Daughter. It’s a long long wait list for it at my local library though.
Andrea, I love your book choices! I also fell in love with The Girl Who Drank The Moon – the writing, title, cover page, and all the pages inside. I’ve recommended it to students who have fallen in love with it and The Witch’s Boy by the same author. I have not read it yet. I am starting Firekeeper’s Daughter that has waited patiently for me to finish the school year.