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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 Kathryn

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organise yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at The Book Date.

Jen Vincent, Teach Mentor Texts, and Kellee of Unleashing Readers decided to give It’s Monday! a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels or anything in those genres – join them.

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Welcome to another week of reading. For me it is beginning to feel like Autumn and I know so many of you are ready to go right into Spring!

What I read last week:

I throughly enjoyed Just Like That and Picnic in Someday Valley. Light Over London was good but a little slow moving.

What I am reading now:

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Up next:

Last Week’s Posts

Picking Through NetGalley

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#IMWAYR

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 Kathryn

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Hope you are all doing well and reading happily. I know some of you are looking forward to Spring and I am thinking of planting some bulbs for Spring later on!

What I read last week:

What I am reading now:

Middle grade book because I am a Schmidt reading fan.

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Up next:

Last Week’s Posts

A Home Like Ours. Fiona Lowe

Middle Grade March

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Book Connections

Middle Grade March

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Kathryn

I found out it’s considered Middle Grade March! I am not a big middle grade reader but I did read some while teaching that age group. It’s how I fell in love with one book Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt. Okay for Now was a book push on the Currently Reading podcast this past week, which made me think of it.

So my Friday Connection today is for five books by Gary D. Schmidt. I haven’t read all of them but I do own four of them.

I have linked the books to Goodreads in case you want to find out more as I haven’t given the blurbs of the books.

book cover I’ve read Okay for Now a couple of times – once aloud to a class. It has Doug as its main protagonist along with Lil. They form a wonderful friendship. Doug has just arrived in a new town and has a hard life at home. Eventually he finds some very good relationships, but… let’s just say tissues were needed.

I really need to reread this one as its now a good eight years since I read it last. I have a copy!

book cover The Wednesday Wars has a wonderful character called Holling Hoodhood, a seventh grader. He too has things to deal with. I loved how he grew in this book. It was another winner for me.

book cover Just Like That is the latest one published in January 2021. It’s one I am about to read. I’ve heard we say good bye to a character I love in this one so feeling a little cautious. This time it’s about a girl who goes off to boarding school and Matt who is in ownership of a pillowcase full of money.

book cover Pay Attention Carter Jones is about someone called Carter who has a burden of grief and anger and has to deal with a butler who turns up on his doorstep. I need to read it, its awaiting me.

book cover And another one awaiting me. The blurb says it’s a tender heart breaking book. I have it but might be the last one I read. Orbiting Jupiter.