Sunday, March 16, 2014

Hope's Coming Down #IMWAYR March 17, 2014


It's Monday! What are you Reading is a meme began by Sheila at Book Journeys as a way to share what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and what is in store for the upcoming week. It's also a great chance to see what others are reading. I first learned about it from Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee and Ricki of Unleashing Readers and have become a regular linked up blog. Thanks #PLN

 Happy St. Patrick's Day and may the luck of the Irish be with you!
Here is a four leaf clover I picked just for you. 

Want to get in the spirit of the day? Check out this lovely little book about Curious George and St. Patrick's Day. 

Loved it, but got started slowly with A Snicker of Magic. Obviously I am not a "word catcher" and struggled with visualizing how this worked but I loved the Pickle and Harness families. All the family members were so likable in their own quirky way. Cleo was my favorite tough old broad. The friendship with Jonah was also terrific. What a great kid. I wanted to hang out with him too. It was sad to me though that Roger Pickle did not come back into their lives. I held onto hope. I just adore the catch phrase from this book. "Hope's coming down."


I am currently reading Seven Stories Up and will be chatting about it with my #virtualbookclub friends on Monday night at 9 p.m. EST.

Take a look at our #virtualbookclub Pinterest webpage


I thought I would not be able to participate because I couldn't locate a copy anywhere. I put a library hold on it weeks ago and yet the status was always "book in transit." They must have strapped it to a turtle because it took over six weeks. Actually, it was lost. 
I had gone in and begged them to track it and the next day I received a happy phone call that it had been located. Someone had "misplaced it" sure, they were probably reading it. Who could blame them? It is a very interesting book. I just received it Saturday but taxes and merchandising work have kept me from reading much of it. I do love a challenge so it is marathon reading time! I might be up all night. 



I am still plugging away listening to Fire, boy it's long and I don't have to drive too far each day. In fact, I had to swap the audiobook out for a replacement due to a badly scratched CD.  

I can hardly wait to tap into these next reads on deck. I bought The Testing through my recent book fair. It is on the Texas Lone Star list. I have been wanting to read it for a long time. I know I will enjoy The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. That Holly Black is a gifted writer. 
















I hope you are having a lovely reading week and if you are not, just remember...
Hope's coming down!

14 comments:

  1. Ha, I enjoy all your visuals. I'm glad you enjoyed Snicker (even though not as much as me.) Good luck with your all-nighter. I hope the book is worth it! Have a great reading week! -Earl!

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  2. Thanks Earl, I stayed up as late as my eyes would let me but somewhere whole reading Seven Stories Up, my reading world and dream world blurred together leaving me to wonder which was which.

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  3. I have Seven Stories up, but still haven't read it. Thanks for those final two titles-haven't heard of them & will look for them. Certainly want to read A Snicker of Magic-much talk everywhere about it!

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    1. A Snicker of Magic and Seven Stories Up are both easy reads and you can polish them both off in a weekend. both very sweet and likable books.

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  4. I always get excited when I see someone has read so many similar books as me! I loved Snicker, but it took me a bit to get into it too. But the next thing I knew, it completely took hold of my heart. So many phrases I just needed to stop and ponder. Another hope phrase that I LOVED was "Hope holds steady." I just finished Seven Stories Up last night in preparation for tonight! I'm all set! I met the author of The Testing a few weeks ago, she was a lovely person! It's one of the trilogies that are on my list to read. Happy reading!

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    1. I know what you mean Michele. It my daily school life, it's only kids who read the same books as I do. This is why I love our #virtualbookclub and others like it. It is fun to talk to grown ups who love kid lit and aren't afraid to chat about it. I am always shocked to hear a school librarian tell me that they don't read a lot of kid books. I consider that a way to enrich my knowledge base so that I can perform better at my job. Hope holds steady. That sums me up perfectly.

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  5. :) Enjoy finishing Seven Stories Up... Can't wait to read Coldest Girl in Coldtown, I have a reserve on the audiobook... shall see how long it takes!

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    1. Audiobook-wow, I wish my local public library was that cool. Everytime I go in to pick up a new audiobook, I hear myself groaning aloud. There is never anything new and the audiobooks you can download always have a long wait list. Someday if I am ever rich, I am going to pour money into libraries.

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  6. Great titles this week. I am so eager to read Snicker - can't believe the buzz it is getting! Seven Stories Up is also on my TBR list!

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    1. They were both super sweet novels. I think though it is time for me to move on to something a little more sinister and dangerous.

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  7. I have read both Snicker and Seven Stories Up. I loved them both! I have not participated in #virtualbookclub chat....I might have to lurk tonight Hope you were able to finish the book!

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  8. I didn't know that there was a Curious George St. Patrick's Day book! I need to find it! I am so excited to read Snicker of Magic. I am just waiting for it to get into our local library, even though I know I will probably want to read it in the end. Thanks for sharing your reviews.

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  9. I absolutely love FIRE. I have the same problem with audiobooks. I often wonder if I should just take road trips because I enjoy listening to them so much.
    Thank you for your honest opinion about A SNICKER OF MAGIC. I am glad to know it might have a slow start for me. I appreciate your candor!

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  10. I love the idea of pulling an all-nighter just reading. I think my tired old body won't be able to take that though any longer as I just dread what things would be like the morning after. I hope Seven Stories Up is well worth it! :) I am excited to read Snicker of Magic, I hope I get to that soon.

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