This is a two week catch up post. I went on two wild and woolie road trips. The first with a couple of carloads of librarian friends to Houston to attend the Scholastic Reading Conference which was wonderful, fun, and delicious. The second was a birthday trip for my mom and that we called the Momma Jan Road Trip 2014 to Salado, Texas to visit my sister.
My mom is a devotee of the reality show Junk Gypsy so we took a side trip to Round Top, Texas where she met a couple of the Junk Gypsy ladies. My mom is so awesome.
Last week I read one YA Fic book-Graduation Day by Joelle Charbonneau finishing off The Testing trilogy. I really enjoyed the series and loved how Charbonneau ended the story in such a meaningful way. This week, I was cataloging a lot of new books to prep for the new school year so I took some time to read as many as I could. Have you read any of these?
My library hold for The Fault in Our Stars finally came available. I received the E book version which is very hard on my poor old weak eyes but I read until it felt like my eyes were bleeding. That is the sign of a great book. In fact, I looked away from my Ipad for a minute and could only see see black lines across the wall for a long time. Excellent storyline.
I also read 123 versus ABC that I received from author/illustrator Mike Bolt. Even the package it came in was illustrated as well as the end papers.
Now my grand-kids think all our books should have these cute little drawings.
I
am currently reading Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith which I got for
a bargain at Half-Price books- $4.98 with a coupon and teacher
discount. Wow, I have been blushing a lot reading it but it really
captures the teenage boy mentality well. I can so visualize this as it
becomes a movie in the next year or so. It's been a wonderful week for reading. Now I wonder what I will read next. Offer me some suggestions and thanks for stopping by, it's been fun.
