What Are You Reading? (71) #IMWAYR – December 1, 2013

Thanks to Book Journey for starting this whole thing!

Thanks also to Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers for their focus on Children’s Literature of this meme!

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If you’re on Twitter, don’t forget to use the hashtag #IMWAYR when sharing your link!

This week, I posted:

–SMART Book Reviews– Check post for reviews of the following:

–Thanks and Giving (2013)– Check post for reviews of the following:

Click the picture to read Thank You Bear over at We Give Books!

–Flashback Friday: My Reading Life 2008

–Celebrate This Week– In which I celebrate being a bookseller and the awesomeness of Indies First. And I asked the question: What’s your favorite local indie bookstore?

I read a lot of Mo Willems the past couple of days because I set out to read all his books this year and I’m very close to not finish it. Again and again, I was just surprised by how simple but not simplistic his stories were. Always entertaining and great for kids. Time to Say “Please”! comes with a game board kids can play to teach them even more about manners.

The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming by Lemony Snicket, Illustrated by Lisa Brown [**]- I’m not particularly a fan of Lemony Snicket but found this story to be entertaining- lots of laughs mixed in while learning some facts about Hannukah, and just has a perfect ending. The characters and humor both just meshed together well.

Rating Scale
*= It was OK
**= Liked it
***= Recommended
****= Highly Recommended
*****= Favorite

I’m in various stages of reading the following:

Stubborn Twig by Lauren Kessler [****- My Pick of the Week]- Expect a review later this week.

The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde [**]- I was kind of underwhelmed. I did enjoy it but felt it had no point. It’s like watching a bad episode of your favorite show in which you say, “That was horrible but it’s better than most of what’s out there.”

Have a great reading week!

UPDATED 12/1: I was seeing #nerdlution a lot on my Twitter feed and was curious as to what it was. A nerdlution is basically a resolution challenge by Nerdy Book Clubbers. Since I’m all about goal-setting, I wanted to take part. I was going to write a separate post but decided to keep things simple.

My #nerdlutions are to:
Write everyday for 30 minutes
Read everyday for 30 minutes

Round One is a 50-day phase starting December 2nd until January 20th. Encouragements and updates can be tracked on Twitter using the hashtag #nerdlution.