It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/26/2021
What I Read
I read so much this past week! Partially because verse novels are much faster to read and I also wasn’t feeling great this week which meant a lot of down time trying to rest and relax. Thankfully, I’m on the mend, and I got to read a lot of great books this week.
I’m actually caught up on my TBR review pile, through May right now! It’s a miracle! I read two graphic novels this week – Just Pretend by Tori Sharp and Shark Summer by Ira Marcks, both were really great and I can’t wait to see the finished product. Most galley copies of graphic novels aren’t printed in full color, so it’s always exciting to see the end result.
I also read two novels in verse this week (a perfect way to finish up Poetry Month) – Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca and We Belong by Cookie Hiponia Everman. I really enjoy novels in verse because there has to be such a focus on exactly what words to use because there are often so fewer words.
Finally, I also read another middle grade novel – Soul Lanterns by Shaw Kuzki set in Hiroshima a generation after the atomic bomb fell. This one was not an easy read, but a powerful one. And then I read a quick, historical romance adult book just for the fun of it – To Love and to Loathe by Martha Waters!
What I’m Planning to Read
I’m not quite sure what I want to read this week! I’ve got a couple of things lying around the house that I’ll probably finish up. The one is Deborah Hopkinson’s new book – We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance. Deborah always does an amazing job bringing history to life. I also have Wild Survival: Crocodile Rescue! by Melissa Cristina Márquez from Scholastic. I just found them on my review shelf!
If I’ve got any extra time, I’ll probably check out the new shelf at work and grab a few middle grade titles! What’s your reading plan this week?
Join Jen from Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee and Ricki from Unleashing Readers and share all of the reading you have done over the week from picture books to young adult novels. Check out the hashtag #IMWAYR for reading suggestions from readers across the globe.
