It’s Monday! What are you reading? Is a meme sponsored by Sheila at Book Journey.  Kellee at Unleashing Readers and Jen at Teach Mentor Texts gave the meme a kidlit twist.  It’s a great way to reflect on what you’ve read and reviewed the last week and plan what you want to read next.  Join up with us and discover what good books other people  are reading.

It has been a busy week with our county fair. My daughter was 4H Queen. She served as an ambassador for the 4H program at the fair (which meanth watching a lot of livestock shows and passing out ribbons. My husband and I ended up there every night of the fair with some group or another–passing out Smokey Bear stickers and bookmarks (my husband) or volunteering in the food stand (me). In addition, I had the pleasure of babysitting in my daughter’s place while she was at the fair. We had lots of fun with all kinds of activities.

Blogs I posted this week…

•  Landline by Rainbow Rowell

I finished…

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Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein,narrated by Sasha Pick – I LOVE this book Now that I have finished listening to it, I want to go back and read a print copy as well, especially for Rose’s poetry. There are so many things I love about this book, but Rose herself tops the list. I also like the fact that it continues past her escape from Ravensbruck and gives a glimpse of her life as she tries to pick up the pieces and move on.

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Twelfth Grade Kills by Heather Brewer – I thought this was a satisfying ending to the series–though the possibility remains for more adventures to come. There were several surprises at the end–some pleasant, some not so much. I had started the companion series that focuses on Joss and the Slayer Society. I would like to continue wiith it to see how Joss changes from dedicated vampire killer to Vlad’s friend. Together Vlad and Joss have to outwit both the vampires and slayers.

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  Froggy Gets a Doggy by Jonathan London, illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz – The library bag was filled with Froggy books this week (another favorite series from my daughter’s childhood). I still enjoy Froggy’s antics and enthusiasm as he does everything from getting dressed to hopping across the room. Nothing can contain his excitement at the pet store where he wants a dog (not a rabbit, alligator, or mouse). Both my neighbor and I agreed that getting an alligator for a pet might pose some problems for a family of frogs.

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What Have You Lost edited by Naomi Shihab Nye – I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t read many poems this week either. I’m looking forward to dipping back into the poems this week.

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Beastly by Alex Flinn – We didn’t read much this week due to too many late nights at the fair. Instead, I got to read aloud a few chapters of Matilda to our neighbor since I provided back up for babysitting while my girl served at the fair all week.

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The Mission Song by John Le Carre – I haven’t read anything by Le Carre since I read The Spy Who Came in from the Cold in college. Someone donated this one to my Little Free Library (I get to read them, too!). I’ve just barely started, so I don’t know what I think yet, but I am intrigued by the main character so far.

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Running with Scissors by Augusten Borroughs – I picked this up (another donation) to read while waiting for my daughter to get home from the fair. I think I’m going to put it aside for later or pass it on. It was described as funny, but I found it more horrifying than humorous.

Coming up…

Today at church I passed on my copy of The Wright Brothers by David McCullough and someone else gave me Belong to Me by Maria de los Santos. It looks good. Now I need to decide if I want to start it now or save it for vacation. Don’t worry, I have plenty of books stacked up to read at home. I also need to choose a new audiobook to listen to. Thanks to Sync YA, I have plenty of good ones to choose from.

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