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IMWAYR: It’s Break Time!

Summer is here! Warm weather, sunny days, and reading whatever I want. (I ALWAYS read whatever I want anyway, but this week I’m changing it up.)

I finished Free Lunch by Rex Ogle — WOW! Another 5-star read — This is Rex’s own story of being a middle school student on the free lunch program. Rex tells about his mom – how she embarrassed him when they went to grocery stores and restaurants – and how he dealt with cleaning, cooking, and taking care of his brother because his mom couldn’t handle life herself. The book also covers school friends who are actually bullies, not being able to play football, and teachers with prejudices against poor kids. It’s sad, funny, heart-wrenching, and hopeful, and it will make you want to be a better person.

I’m taking a break! This week I will read Wow, No Thank You. Essays by Samantha Irby. I’m looking forward to laughing and enjoying myself a little this week while my family is home with me.

It’s Monday! What Are YOU Reading?

This meme is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date. It is a great way to recap what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and to plan out your reading and reviews for the upcoming week. It’s also a great chance to see what others are reading right now…you just might discover your next “must-read” book!

Kellee Moye, of Unleashing Readers, and Kathryn decided to give “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?” a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels, anything in the world of kidlit – join us! We love this meme and think you will, too. We encourage everyone who participates to visit at least three of the other kidlit book bloggers that link up and leave comments for them.

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IMWAYR: Slowing Down for Summer

I’m slowing down this week to enjoy some summer weather. This week I finished…

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Wow! This novel-in-verse is about two teenage girls from different places on the globe who share a father. A plane crash brings Camino (from the Dominican Republic) and Yahaira (from New York City) and their families together in a way neither of them expect, or want. Now each family has to deal with Papi/Father’s death and all the fallout that comes from knowing the biggest secret he never told. Elizabeth Acevedo has a way with words — I don’t know how else to explain the beautiful language that reveals such a sad, yet hopeful story. A Five-Star summer read!

Up next…

Free Lunch by Rex Ogle

I’ve had this book for a while, and I kept choosing other titles from my TBR list, but now it’s time for Rex’s story of poverty in America. I’m ready for the heartbreak, I think. I do love true-story titles.

It’s Monday! What Are YOU Reading?

This meme is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date. It is a great way to recap what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and to plan out your reading and reviews for the upcoming week. It’s also a great chance to see what others are reading right now…you just might discover your next “must-read” book!

Kellee Moye, of Unleashing Readers, and Kathryn decided to give “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?” a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels, anything in the world of kidlit – join us! We love this meme and think you will, too. We encourage everyone who participates to visit at least three of the other kidlit book bloggers that link up and leave comments for them.