Monday, November 11, 2013

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/11


It's Monday! What Are You Reading? --From Picture Books to YA is a weekly meme started by Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee at Unleashing Readers. This is a chance for bloggers to recap their week of reading and share their plans for the next reading adventures they will take. Visit the host blogs for a list of great blogs participating in this meme and a whole bunch of titles to add to your to-read lists.

This week I finished some amazing books.  I didn't read much because I am trying to write more for NaNoWriMo.  I also am trying to get caught up at work which means reading a lot of student writing.  


Books I Finished This Week:

Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris is a science fiction thriller.  It really grabbed my attention from the beginning and I read it quickly.  However, somewhere towards the middle of the book, I lost the ability to suspend my disbelief.  The ending of the book was disappointing for me.  I will still recommend this one to my science fiction loving students.  


I finished listening to Eleanor and Park this weekend.  I pretty much stopped what I was doing so that I could listen to the last 45 minutes of the book on Saturday.  This was an amazing book.  I am glad I listened to the audio.  It is really well done.  I highly recommend this book to teens and adults.  


This was a really great ending to the Legend trilogy.  I can't wait to share it with my students who have been eagerly awaiting it.  I don't want to say much because I don't want to ruin it for people. I highly recommend this one as well. 



Books I am Currently Reading:

I just started The 5th Wave and am very intrigued by the story so far.  

What's Next?

I will be starting a new audiobook this week.  I have a few to choose from between my downloads from Audible and the free downloads this summer from Sync. I am not sure what else I will pick up.  I have not really been following plans lately with my book picks.  I might pick up one of the Printz books I have.  We shall see. 

What are you reading this week?  Do you have any great recommendations for me?  I would love to hear from you in the comments below.  


4 comments:

  1. I'm still working my way through the free audio books from this summer, too! I'm currently listening to The Peculiars and loving it!

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  2. I just started Fangirl on audio and I am loving it! I can't wait to read Champion. My students beat me to the holds list. I am glad to hear it was a great ending! Have great week. ~Megan
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  3. Two of the GatheringBooks ladies have already finished reading Eleanor & Park and found it beautiful. I think I must be the last person to join the party. Haven't tried audiobooks yet, but we do have a few of those in our libraries. Have a great reading week, Andrea!

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  4. Loved reading Eleanor & Park and in a different mood, The Fifth Wave-both good. I still haven't tackled the Legend series, perhaps someday. Thank you Andrea!

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