Monday, September 11
Nine, Ten by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Tuesday, September 12
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
Wednesday, September 13
I meant to talk about Booked, but when I learned most kids hadn’t read Kwame Alexander’s Crossover, I booktalked both.
Thursday, September 14
Lucy and Andy Neanderthal by Jeffrey Brown
Friday, September 15
Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle, provided a little humor for the end of the week.
I started Monday with the book I missed last week:
This week, I worked my first five-day week since the middle of November! Here are the other books I talked about:
Monday, I did a two-fer:
Wednesday was rough, so I went for some humor:
Thursday, I finished Me & Marvin Gardens and was excited to share it.
Nonfiction Friday rounded out the week and we talked a little bit about introverts and extroverts.
In spite of all this, I actually managed two HUB Challenge books. I have finally read Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle. It was OK. I didn;t really love it, but I can see why many people did. It’s sequel, Five, Six, Seven, Nate, on my pile of Spring Break Books.
I also read Rust V.2: Secrets of the Cell by Royden Lepp.
This is a graphic novel that I enjoyed, but I really wish i’d read the first volume. Secrets of the Cell follows the story of a young-looking mechanical soldier powered by a fuel cell. The soldier runs away from his place of service and attempts to hide as a semi-normal boy living with a family and helping out. A young man discovers his secret and their previously cordial relationship devolves with the young man not trusting the mechanical soldier. The mechanical soldier later has a choice to make – save the young man or escape and maintain his freedom and ability to function.The artwork is excellent and helped me fill in bits I probably would have known had I read the first book.
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