We spent a rainy Saturday afternoon wandering around our town's harvest festival. We brought home some delicious barbecue, kettle corn, and a jar of cupcakes! (Is it still considered a selfie if you have to fit in the whole family??)
Somehow I read three books this week, which is a very rare occurrence. I'm feeling pretty accomplished but also like I'm not ready to start a new book yet. Is this a reading hangover?
Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon is this weekend and I am so excited. You are joining in the fun, right? If you haven't signed up yet, go here right now! The Readathon is fantastic and no, you don't have to read for all 24 hours.
Read This Week:
Gutenberg's Apprentice
By Alix Christie
Bittersweet
By Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
Goodnight June
By Sarah Jio
Bedtime Reading This Week:
Spot Goes to the Library for BG
The Little Prince Deluxe Pop-Up Book for D
Posts from this Past Week:
It's Monday
Reviews of Emma, The Empathy Exams, and Gutenberg's Apprentice
Reading Now:
How We Learn
By Benedict Carey
Up Next: The readathon is nigh. I'm going to try to finish How We Learn and catch up on reviews before Saturday. I will show you my readathon pile on Friday!
What are you reading this week?
What a lovely family :) Good luck with the marathon, unfortunately weekends aren't my own, but maybe one day!
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Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out
Thank you. :)
DeleteIt's tough to do a lot of reading when you have a busy weekend!
I finished How We Learn last night. Probably just me, but no big revelations here. Nothing really new since I last took an educational psychology class in 1983. Too bad.
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I'm sorry to hear that. I was hopeful it would give me some insight, especially for my kids!
DeleteI love the picture! I'm going to join the readathon for the first time. April is my busiest month so I can never do it then. I'll need to get things ready though. I have lots of teenage mouths to feed!
ReplyDeleteYay! It's so much fun. I'm going to see if my mom and sister can join in too.
DeleteWow, three books in a week!! Bittersweet is on my kindle and I've heard great things about it. Love your family selfie, too :-)
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't happen for me very often, but it's exciting when it does! Bittersweet was a really good read. I'm so interested to see what other people think.
DeleteWhat a happy smiley selfie--the children are getting so big so fast! Glad you enjoyed the harvest fair despite some rain; I used to go to them and bring home yummy munchies and nice craftwork.
ReplyDeleteBittersweet is already on my radar, but I enjoy that you choose titles that are not just the trendy ones out there; I like to learn of new to me books.
They are getting big indeed! The two of them are at such fun ages too. :)
DeleteThanks Rita. It was one of those books I didn't pick up the first or second time I heard about it. I finally read enough glowing endorsements to give it a try!
I heard the author of How We Learn on NPR, so I'm very curious what you'll end up thinking! Getting excited for Readathon :)
ReplyDeleteHow cool! I'm looking forward to reading it.
DeleteSounds like a great weekend! Love the family selfie.
ReplyDeleteI have never read The Little Prince - I really should.
Enjoy the readathon!
Sue
Book By Book
It was a fun one, Sue. :)
DeleteThe Little Prince is great. It's one of those books you love as a child and then appreciate all over again as a grownup.
Of course it's still a selfie, have you seen the Oscars selfie...that has more than a family in.
ReplyDeleteOne of these days I will take part in a read-a-thon, they always seem to be on when I have plans
That's a good point!
DeleteYou could still join in and just read for part of the time! It's pretty fun. :)
Sounds, and looks, like you had a lovely family outing - despite the rain!
ReplyDeleteA successful reading week! Hopefully the readathon is full of much the same, I look forward to seeing what you plan on reading.
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Bits & Bobs
Thanks Jade. I'm really excited!
DeleteEnjoy deciding on your read-a-thon books!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ciska!
DeleteI'll have to check into How We Learn--sounds like an interesting one. And yes, a family selfie is still absolutely a selfie. Looks like you guys had a great time but what is a jar of cupcakes?! :)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the readathon..even if I might have to start earlier just to get in a bit more reading. We'll see. Have a great week!
I've only read a chapter or two so far, but he is helping me make a lot of good connections.
DeleteA jar of cupcakes was someone's genius idea where they put two cupcakes with frosting and toppings in a mason jar, so you can enjoy cupcakes without the mess. Yum!
I did not know that there was a Little Prince pop-up! I'll have to look out for one!
ReplyDeleteMy sister got it for David for Christmas. It's a really beautiful book!
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