Category: reading
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What Are You Reading Now?: Slice of Life #sol19
I look forward to Tuesday mornings all week. Not only is Tuesday slicing day, so I know I have some wonderful blog posts to read and comment on, it’s also the day the new episode of my favorite podcast, What Should I Read Next, releases. In today’s episode, Anne Bogel talks to Will Schwalbe, author…
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Say Yes to the Book: Slice of Life #sol19 18/31
I was heading down the stairs as the boy and his mother were heading up. He carried one video game. I lugged a tote bag piled high with books, far more books than the bag was technically designed to carry. The straps were straining, but they held. “You can get one book,” I heard his…
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By the Book: Slice of Life #sol19 17/31
The New York Times has a regular interview feature with writers called By the Book. (Here’s a great recent one with Laurie Halse Anderson). I borrowed this idea for a slice from The Hyphenated Life but read a few By the Book columns to gather a collection of interview questions that I liked. What books…
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2018 End of the Year Book Survey
Inspired by Akilah’s End of Year Book Survey, I’m joining The Perpetual Pageturner’s annual event and looking back at my own year of reading. Number of books read: 401 (including picture books)Genre you read the most from: Picture Books and Graphic Novels Best Book You Read in 2018? I intentionally didn’t rank my 18 favorites…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr 11/26/18
I’ve been reading graphic novels like mad for Round 1 of Cybils judging. There are around 120 titles nominated for Graphic Novels Round 1, and I am trying to read them all! I do allow myself to abandon after 30 pages if it’s clearly not a serious contender for a finalist, and I’ll be honest:…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr 11/12/19
On the blog: A slice in praise of the slow, contemplative vacation In reading: Sheets has been making the rounds in my Theory & Practice of Teaching Reading class, and I was glad to get my turn to see what the fuss was all about. It’s a good pick for middle school and high school…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr 10/22/18
On the blog: A slice about my ever-growing TBR list In reading: I enjoyed The Art of Stillness, though I will say that there’s not a tremendous amount of content here. If you watch the TED Talk and listen to his (excellent) interview on Oprah’s Super Soul Conversations podcast, you’ve probably heard the key stories…
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The Exploding TBR List: Slice of Life #sol18
I have 78 books checked out right now from one of the three libraries I use. I only have 12 checked out from another one, but those twelve are all seven-day loans with no renewals. From my campus library, I have 17 books checked out, and those have a wonderfully long loan time (six months!!)…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr 8/6/18
On the blog: A slice about a confusing breakfast request: Butt Cake In reading: I love #cyberPD but didn’t participate very fully this summer. I only posted once, in fact. I did read Being the Change and took detailed notes and thought about how I might adapt some of the lessons for my college students.…
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The Art of the Readalike: Slice of Life #sol18
“I just finished this book and I need another one just like it!” These are some of my favorite words to hear from students, and I take the art of the readalike very seriously. Another book by the same author is a reasonable place to start. If you like one Gordon Korman novel, chances are,…
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