The RAHM Report for 8/27/18

What I Finished Reading

• (George) by E.L. Konigsburg ⭐⭐⭐⭐
  The only way I can describe this book is as A Beautiful Mind for tweens. I liked it a lot, but it messed with my head. I'm planning to post a review on the blog in September. 
• 51 Sycamore Lane by Marjorie Sharmat ⭐⭐⭐
  This one was a little weird. I liked the voice of the main character - it's very similar to the author's Nate the Great - but the story felt somewhat thin and disorganized. 
• A Long Line of Cakes: An Aurora County Novel (ARC) by Deborah Wiles ⭐⭐⭐
  This book was pretty par for the course for this series. I definitely don't think it would make sense if I hadn't read the first three books, so I probably wouldn't recommend treating it like a standalone. 
• Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  I started listening to the audiobook of this, which is read by the author, and it was wonderful, but I was so into the book I wanted to read faster so I wound up switching to the book after about 100 pages. I know this book has been recommended to me before - I don't know why it took me so long to finally read it! 

What I'm Currently Reading

• Read and Gone (ARC) by Allison Brook 60%
  This is a quick read that I had hoped to finish over the weekend, but I didn't quite make it. I will most likely finish it today. 
• Ignore It!: How Selectively Looking the Other Way Can Decrease Behavioral Problems and Increase Parenting Satisfaction by Catherine Pearlman, audiobook read by Christine Williams 21%
  I heard about this book from @everydayreading on Instagram. I normally would prefer to read the print version, but my library only seems to have the audio. I'm not sure yet that I will finish it just because audio is not my preferred format for parenting books.
• Reading in the Wild by Donalyn Miller with Susan Kelley 15%
  I didn't get to spend much time on this book this past week, but I'm getting back into it now. Though it's about getting kids to develop the habits of lifelong readers, it's giving me a lot of food for thought and potential ideas for future blog posts about my own "wild reading."
• Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny, audiobook read by Ralph Cosham 14%
  This is one of only two Louise Penny books I do not own, so I decided to take the opportunity to listen to one from this series on audio. Ralph Cosham is great, and this book, though very different from the first few Gamache books, is intriguing and well-written. 
• Montana Sky by Nora Roberts 0%
  One of the challenges I am trying to complete this year has a Nora Roberts category. I decided to go with an older book that I have been wanting to read for a while. I have only read the first two pages, but I'll dig in a bit more after I finish a couple of these other books.

I'll be linking up today with Unleashing Readers/Teach Mentor Texts and Book Date for It's Monday! What Are You Reading?