One of the great things about leaving the country is that you also sort of leave all of your stress behind. Meaning--I thought little about work. I was so far removed from it all that I could really de-stress. I read LOTS of books, many that have been on my "to read" list for years. A few new ones too. Here's what I read in July:
Picture Books
Sadako by Eleanor Coerr (Anyone ever seen this movie? I'd like to hear about it)
** We have missed being near a library. I read a bunch of Little Golden Books to my daughter that my parent had in their collection, but other than that, we have been picture book deprived. I'm heading to the library today to get some more books for her.
Middle Grade
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford (my review here)
Night of the Twisters by Ivy Rickman
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr (I actually read this book first, then read the picture book. Much of the text is the same. I expected the picture book to be a very abbreviated version. It was abbreviated, but not so much that the reader loses the feel of the story. And of course, the picture book has Ed Young's beautiful paintings as illustrations.)
Young Adult
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (I didn't think I would like a vampire book, but I loved this one. I just bought book number 2 and 3 in this series. Can't wait to read them. Thanks to Madeline at Buried in the Slush Pile for the recommendation.)
The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult (I'm becoming a Jodi Picoult addict, I just ordered more of her books from the library. I WILL make my way through all of them. She's going to be my new favorite adult/YA author. I still love Patricia Cornwell--the only other adult author I read religiously. Oh and by the way, My Sister's Keeper is going to be a movie!)
The Counterfeit Son by Elaine Marie Alphin
Open Your Eyes: Extraordinary Experiences in Faraway Places edited by Jill Davis (a collection of stories by YA authors)
Kampung Boy by Lat (my review here)
The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book 1 by Rick Riordan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (Okay, I'm ashamed that I hadn't ever read this book. I read it this summer so I would be ready when the movie comes out. Better late than never, right?)
Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid by Lemony Snicket (weird, didn't love it)
Poetry
Boris by Cynthia Ryant
Something about America by Maria Testa
Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow illustrated by Monica Vaschula
Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing up Latino in the United States edited by Lori M. Carlson
A Maze Me: Poems for Girls by Naomi Shihab Nye
Canto Familiar by Gary Soto
What is Goodbye? by Nikki Grimes (my review here)
Worlds Apart: Traveling with Fernie and Me by Gary Soto
Words Under the Words by Naomi Shihab Nye
Reaching for the Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer (my review here)
Nonfiction
Escape: The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleischman (If you are looking for an entertaining biography, this is a great one. Boys will love this book about this interesting magician.)
Reflections: Ralph Fletcher, Author at Work by Ralph Fletcher (my review here)
Adult
Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin' by Paula Deen and Sherry Suib Cohen
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