It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? –From Picture Books to YA is a weekly meme hosted 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:
Alistair Grim’s Odditorium by Gregory Funaro was a fun read. It is an adventure mixed with fantasy. I loved the little bit of mystery throughout the book. I was not a big fan of the ending, but I still enjoyed the book. It is definitely one I will recommend to students.
Comics Squad: Recess is a fun little book that I know my students will love. It is a collection of short stories from a number of authors of graphic novels for kids. I will absolutely recommend this one to my students also.
I have had The Five Love Languages on my shelf for years. I didn’t really think that I wanted to read it until I started reading more self-help books and seeing some more references to the idea of love languages. It is really an interesting theory about how we communicate our love to each other. I can see a lot of applications for this knowledge. I particularly thought a lot about the incredibly needy kiddos in our classrooms. It would be a good idea to try to figure out what love language is their primary language so that you can help them feel appreciated and loved. It was definitely worth the read and sparked a lot of discussion with my husband.
Books I am currently reading:
I am still listening to Winter by Marissa Meyer. I also am reading a book about business practices and The Power of Habit. I started Bunnicula as well and will be finished with that one tonight.
What’s Next?
I have a nice stack of self-help books from the library so I will definitely get into at least one more of those. I also have The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo on my night table and will probably start that one tonight. I am not sure what else I will read, but I am likely to pick up a few more middle grade titles to catch up with #bookaday.
What are you reading this week? I would love to hear from you in the comments!
I will be interested in “Bunnicula” as I have picked it up on the library shelf and put it back down. I also am glad I read your review of the Five Languages… as I, like you, have thought I might read it but then changed my mind.
Thanks.
I’ll look at least for a review of “Love languages”, Andrea. How interesting. Bunnicula is an old favorite of my daughter’s when she was young-so cute. Enjoy your first week of summer!
I am really intrigued about The Five Love Languages. Thanks for sharing this one. I love to read books that have hung out on my shelf for a long time!