May Wrap-Up
Book News/Progress:
- Poetry workshop: I did poetry workshops at a grade school, one session for each grade. Lots of work, but also really fun.
- Donation to Bernie’s Book Bank: I already mentioned that we went back to volunteer. This was the first time I donated my own book to Bernie’s, which made it extra special. (I definitely plan to donate more of them later, but this was the first!)
Other News:
Last days of work. I worked my last day at Barnes & Noble last Saturday, which was very bittersweet. I will miss many things about that job. It was a good week to be not working, though, since…
What I Read:
- First, I listened to May the Best Player Win by Kyla Zhao, a great book about the pressures some kids put on themselves to succeed.
- Next came Bye Forever, I Guess by Jodi Meadows. This book is a super cute romance with a side of fandom and friendship issues. I listened to it in one day!
- I then listened to The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon. This dystopian is incredible!
- Next up was A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga, a mystery with a touch of a ghost story.
- Splinter & Ash by Marieke Nijkamp is a gender-bending medieval fantasy.
- Kwame Crashes the Underworld by Craig Kofi Farmer combines Ghanian folklore with a powerful message about grief.
- Next I listened to A Split Second by Janae Marks, a contemporary fantasy about a girl who gets sent two months in the future and has to figure out how to fix the problems she apparently caused in her life in the meantime.
- I read Where There Be Monsters by Alby C. Williams, a cool blend of science fiction and fantasy.
- Finally, I listened to Pax and Pax, the Journey Home by Sara Pennypacker. I’ve been meaning to read Pax for a long time because I love foxes so much! I was really surprised to learn that they’re not a contemporary novel – it’s set in an imagined land with a war going on over water. I didn’t realize that, but I ended up enjoying it immensely!
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