Posts Categorized: I read stuff

Wednesday: What I’m Reading

On Wednesdays, I vow to inconsistently list some good books I’ve recently read.

audacity

Audacity by Melanie Crowder is a newly-released historical fiction novel in verse that completely blew me away. The writing is beautiful and smart and rich. The story is riveting. The character is tenacious and determined and so … Read More

Wednesday: What I’m Reading

On Wednesdays, I vow to inconsistently list some good books I’ve recently read.

 

blue mountain

Blue Mountain by Martine Leavitt is a delightful, heart-warming middle grade adventure. I have to confess that I’m usually not a fan of novels with animals as characters, but this story is the exception to the … Read More

Wednesday: What I’m Reading

On Wednesdays, I vow to inconsistently list some good books I’ve recently read.

deafo

My son and I both just finished El Deafo by Cece Bell. It’s a gorgeous graphic novel with amazing colors and funny, touching scenes. It’s a story that draws from the author’s own childhood, and a … Read More

Wednesday: What I’m Reading

On Wednesdays, I vow to inconsistently list some good books I’ve recently read.

Sun

Jandy Nelson has a new book out, I’ll Give You the Sun. I’d been dying to read this and I was not disappointed. It’s everything you’d expect her second book to be: writing that makes you … Read More

Wednesday: What I’m Reading

On Wednesdays, I vow to inconsistently list some good books I’ve recently read.

 

fleabrain

I love Joanne Rocklin’s books! And Fleabrain Loves Franny might be my new favorite. It’s historical fiction at its best – full of great things to learn about polio – but centered around a fantastic … Read More

Wednesday: What I’m Reading

On Wednesdays, I vow to inconsistently list some good books I’ve recently read.

 

crazy

 

Isn’t that a gorgeous cover? Crazy by Linda Vigen Phillips is a beautiful, heart-breaking novel-in-verse that released recently for teens. I had the pleasure of reading an early copy of the book and I was … Read More

Wednesday: What I’m Reading

On Wednesdays, I vow to inconsistently list some good books I’ve recently read.

band

Don Calame’s Beat the Band is a sequel to his hilarious YA novel Swim the Fly. It’s a sequel that doesn’t disappoint and a great example of connecting the reader to a somewhat unlikeable main … Read More

Wednesday: What I’m Reading

On Wednesdays, I vow to inconsistently list some good books I’ve recently read.

loki

Loki’s Wolves by K. L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr has been passed around in my house from brother to brother. Finally, after the umpteenth “Mom, you really have to read this,” I sat down with the book … Read More