Monday, February 23, 2015

It's Monday! What Are YOU Reading? February 23, 2015

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey.

Be sure to also visit Jen at Teach.Mentor.Text  and Kellee at Unleashing Readers for links to all of the blogs participating in the Picture Book to YA addition of It's Monday! What Are You Reading!


February Vacation afforded me time with family, staying up late, sleeping in, and of course time for reading. One of the highlights of my week was traveling to Blue Bunny Books & Toys in Dedham, MA for my friend, Lynda Mullaly Hunt's Fish in a Tree Book Signing. This was my first visit to this fabulous independent book store, owned by twin brothers Peter & Paul Reynolds. Yes, THE Peter and Paul Reynolds! Book friends, if you are ever in the Boston area, you really must make an effort to visit their store. I felt like I had "come home"! And the place was PACKED with readers eager to meet Lynda and hear more about her newest middle grade novel; which will be featured in a upcoming post here with a giveaway, so stay tuned!  I've heard her speak about writing multiple times, and yet every.single.time. she brings me to tears. Lynda is such a champion for children and for teachers. 

Some great reads this week from picture books to another adult title!




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So there you have it....another week of reading is in the books!
Have a great week among the pages! 

Monday, February 16, 2015

It's Monday! What are YOU Reading? February 16, 2015

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey.

Be sure to also visit Jen at Teach.Mentor.Text  and Kellee at Unleashing Readers for links to all of the blogs participating in the Picture Book to YA addition of It's Monday! What Are You Reading!


Two weeks ago I got to enjoy (not so much) the nasty flu that's been going around. I was so sick I couldn't even read for three days that week! Now book friends, that is SICK!  So in today's post I'm catching up on the three books I read that week and what I got through this past week. I enjoyed both a (clearly) YA novel and adult novel on audio as well as getting caught up on a few of the Youth Media Award Winners and Honors I missed last year.  We have Winter Break here in Maine this week so I'm really looking forward to some extra reading time over the next few days!








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So there you have it....another two weeks of reading are in the books!
Have a great week among the pages!


Monday, February 2, 2015

It's Monday! What are YOU Reading? February 2, 2015


It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey.

Be sure to also visit Jen at Teach.Mentor.Text  and Kellee at Unleashing Readers for links to all of the blogs participating in the Picture Book to YA addition of It's Monday! What Are You Reading!


Winter weather was slow to arrive here in southern Maine, but is certainly making up for lost time! With a blizzard dropping 26" of snow last Tuesday, we added another 6" on Friday and are now bracing for another 10-15" today! What's keeping me sane through all of this is knowing that each day brings me closer to this....


While I much prefer surfside/poolside reading to fireside reading, I did read some fantastic books in the past week. Here's a look at what I enjoyed. 






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So, I'll be snuggled on the couch today, watching the Youth Media Awards and reading, thankful that I'm not the now who has to be outside doing this...


What can I say...we don't mess around with snow removal  at my house. ;-) 

So there you have it...another week of reading is in the books!
Have a fantastic week among the pages!