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Audiobooks

News of the World by Paulette Jiles

March 26, 2019 by Amy Leave a Comment

Wouldn’t you know it? What is surely destined to be on of my Best Books of 2019, and I can’t share a single quote from it because I listened to the audio version! From the beginning of News of the World by Paulette Jiles, I was completely mesmerized. I used to be a great reader … [Read more…]

Posted in: Adult Fiction, Books Tagged: Audiobooks, Best Books, Best Books of 2019

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

March 17, 2019 by Amy 1 Comment

Talk about the right book at the right time. Two or three times a year I’ll read a book that I feel compelled to talk about with anyone who will listen: my husband before one of us starts snoring for the night, my children while they try to hide from me in their own virtual … [Read more…]

Posted in: Adult Nonfiction, Books Tagged: Audiobooks, Best Books of 2019

Read Aloud Roundup–April 2017

April 27, 2017 by Amy 2 Comments

I’m here!  I’m here!  🙂  This week has been all about SAT testing and soccer, so I haven’t had much of a chance to get on the computer.  But I’m here now!  🙂  Blogging has had to take a backseat to LIFE lately, but keeping up with what I read aloud to my children is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Audiobooks, circle time, Math, read aloud roundup, shakespeare

The Cay by Theodore Taylor

January 28, 2017 by Amy 1 Comment

The Cay by Theodore Taylor was the January selection for the book club/class that I’m leading at our co-op.  I chose this book because I still remember reading it myself when I was a kid, roughly the same age as the students in my class.  (The class is for sixth through eighth graders, with a few fifth … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Audiobooks, Award Book, Juvenile Fiction, Old School Kidlit Reading Challenge

Monthly Reading Report: August and September 2016

October 12, 2016 by Amy Leave a Comment

These past two months have flown by, and during them I’ve managed to do a good bit of reading.  Here’s what I’ve enjoyed:  How We Love by Milan and Kay Yerkovich.  Steady Eddie heard an interview with the authors of this book and decided he needed to read it.  He read it and recommended it … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Adult Nonfiction, Audiobooks, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Monthly Reading Report, Read Aloud Thursday, Young Adult Fiction
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
News of the World
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer


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