What My Kids Are Reading
What I Finished Reading
- Fatal Frost by Karen MacInerney
I had a hard time getting into this book at the beginning, but things really picked up after a few chapters and it ended up being a really compelling mystery. I was wondering at first whether I'd stick with the series, but I've decided I definitely will. - The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope
This was really good in a creepy sort of way. I think I prefer The Sherwood Ring, just because it's more like my usual type of book, but this was very good. I will probably have a review up in about a month. - Dead Letter by Betsy Byars
This series is growing on me. Herculeah is certainly a unique heroine. - Your Old Pal, Al by Constance C. Greene
I liked this third book of the series a lot. I'd been hoping for a book devoted to the tension that other associations introduce into the Al//unnamed narrator friendship, and this was it!
What I'm Currently Reading
- All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
I read a bit in this one this week. I'll be out of town over the weekend and into the early part of next week, so I may not finish it right away, but probably by the time I post another RAHM Report in two weeks, it will be done. - The Advice Column Murders by Leslie Nagel
I've started this ARC a couple of times, but I keep getting distracted. Hopefully I'll be able to sit down and really focus on it before we leave for our trip.
Challenge Progress
- Fatal Frost counts for Cloak and Dagger and Craving for Cozies.
- The Perilous Gard and Your Old Pal, Al count for Old School Kidlit.
- Dead Letter counts for the Author Love challenge.
- I also published reviews of the following titles for the Writing Reviews challenge: Southern Discomfort by Caroline Fardig; Fit to Die by Ellery Adams; Happy Little Family by Rebecca Caudill; and A Girl Called Al by Constance C. Greene.
I'll be linking up today with Unleashing Readers/Teach Mentor Texts and Book Date for It's Monday! What Are You Reading?
Nice variety of books. I liked The Sherwood Ring better too. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI'm really interested in reading The Perilous Gard. It's part of my Newbery challenge, so I will eventually get to it. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful reading week!
ReplyDeleteI like the Advice Column Murder book-that looks good! Also Fatal Frost -sounds like something we live through in the winter-LOL. I see you're doing the Alphabet Soup Challenge also!! Have a great day!!
ReplyDeleteYour Old Pal, Al looks really familiar. I may have read that as a kid. I really enjoyed Cleary's audio collection. I think there may be a Ramona one also. I'll have to look it up. I'm glad I got to "read" books of Cleary I never read before. Thanks for poppin' in.
ReplyDeleteBetsy Byars is an author that I haven't thought about in a while! I loved her!
ReplyDeleteHappy reading to you and your kids this week :)
The Perilous Gard caught my eye - looks very interesting! And, wow, five stars!
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