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:
I finished Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. I love Rainbow Rowell. This was such a fun read and I enjoyed the story of Simon Snow and his powerful wizardry. It is a well done story and I could not put it down as I neared the end of the book. I highly recommend this one, although I might recommend you read Fangirl first.
I listened to Queen of Shadows on Audible. I really loved the narrator and the performance of this book. I love the series and highly recommend this one to grades 7 and up. So much to love about this series. I love the twists and turns that the books take. I will be anxiously awaiting the fifth installment, which will be published in the fall of this year.
Books I am currently reading:
I am listening to Winter. This is another great young adult series. I am also reading Death Comes to Pemberly by P.D. James. I love how this author is being true to Jane Austen’s style and voice. I am loving this one so far. I also started reading Daring Greatly. This book is very thought-provoking and really fits into some of the reflections I have been doing lately.
I am also doing a unit comparing Cinderella stories from around the world. It is fun to read these stories to my students and have them work to find the similarities and differences. We are trying to answer the question, what makes these stories Cinderella stories? We are going to see the play of Ella Enchanted tomorrow and I will most likely read some of that book aloud to my class this week too.
This is not a book, but if you haven’t seen The Magicians on SyFy channel, you are really missing out. My husband and I are loving the TV series that is based on Lev Grossman’s series. I didn’t really love the first book, but now I want to get the other books to read them.
What’s Next?
I am not sure what I will pick up next to read. I might get to Kitchens of the Great Midwest this week. I will also probably read a middle grade title or two if I have the time.
What are you reading this week? I would love to hear from you in the comments!
I enjoyed Fangirl – and my 14 year old girl did too – so I got her Carry On which I have a feeling she’d also adore. 🙂
I am not familiar with Rainbow Rowell. I’ll have to check out some of her books. I recently read Daring Greatly. I am going to check out more of her work. There are some great lessons to be learned from the book.
I adore P.D.James, I read all her Adam Dalgliesh murder mysteries as a teenager, so I was delighted to discover Death Comes to Pemberly, such a departure from her other books. Always nice to discover new (to you) books from a favourite author!
I loved Fangirl, and have Carry On, but need to get to it!The other series sound good, but am not sure I’ll ever have time. I’ve put them on my list just in case, Andrea. I also know about Daring Greatly, maybe someday. Thanks for all the good words about the books, helps me to choose!
I enjoyed Fangirl and Eleanor and Park, but I haven’t enjoyed all of Rowell’s work. I am looking forward to reading Carry On. I’ve seen Death Comes To ape beryl on TV but had no idea PD James wrote it!
I looooved Death Comes to Pemberly. Felt like I was reading Jane Austen!!