Monthly Reflections: June 2010
1. Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs ( my review)
2. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K LeGuin ( my review)
3. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer ( my review)
4. The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines ( my review)
5. The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K LeGuin ( my review)
6. The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. LeGuin ( my review)
Shortest book: 180 pages
Longest book: 206 pages
Average number of pages: 393.6
Total pages: 1240
Rereads: 0
New books: 6
Most popular rating: four stars (four times)
Average rating: 4.16
Favorite book: The Stepsister Scheme
Biggest Disappointment: None really
Phew. In may I Read 3936 pages. In June I barely managed to read 1240 (and one I technically didn't "read" it was an audiobook. Silver Borne was mostly read in May). The reason why? Summer semester is killing me! I'm taking a reading interests of children course that is taking up most of my time. Now I have read many, MANY books for that class but I'm not reviewing them here. Why? The sheer number of books that I am reviewing would totally clog your friends page. Not only that, but the review format is a little different that what I usually do here. Thirdly, I don't know if my friends are all that interested in reading about children's book. Still, they are books I've read and I will count them towards my total books read at the end of the year, I just don't plan on adding them in until then.
For a list of the books I've read for Reading Interests of children this month, as well as a book I've read for community relations and three YA books I had to review for a state wide board (more on those two later), check under the cut.
For Reading Interests of Children
Required Books (the rest are free choice. These were chosen by the Professor)
Peter Pan by JM Barrie
Witness by Karen Hesse
Bat 6 by Virginia Euwer Wolf
Folk Tales and Myths
The Hidden Folk: Stories of Fairies, Dwarves, Selkies and Other Secret Beings by Lise Lunge-Larsen
The Arabian Nights by Neil Philip
A Gift from Zeus: Sixteen Favorite Myths by Jeanne Steig
The Friends of Abu Ali: Three More Tales of the Middle East by Dorothy O. Van Woerkom
Story Picture Books
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
Picnic by Emily Arnold McCully
Off We Go! by Jane Yolen
Concept Books or Wordless Picture Books
Alphabet City by Stephen T Johnson
The Red Book by Barbara Lehman
Sector 7 by David Weisner
Tuesday by David Weisner
Collections of Poetry, Music, or Plays
Knock a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry by Dorothy M Kennedy and XJ Kennedy
One Leaf Rides the Wind by Celeste Davidson Mannis
Chapter books for emerging readers (aka easy readers)
Emma's Magic Winter by Jean Little
The Bookstore Ghost by Barbara Maitland
Good Hunting, Blue Sky by Peggy Parish
Get Well, Good Knight by Shelly Moore Thomas
Fiction Books for Fluent Readers
The Graveyard book by Neil Gaiman
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (audiobook)
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (audiobook)
The Locket: Surviving the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire by Suzanne Lieurance
I also read the book Creating the Customer Driven Library by Jeannette Woodward for my Community Relations class. Had to write a three page review on that one. Don't worry. I'm not going to shove that one down your throats.
And finally. I reviewed three YA books to a Maine state review board for children and YA fiction. I suspect they have first publishing rights (you know, if they decide to publish them), so reviews are not going up here. But I'll let you know my general opinion.
The Chronicles of Arthur: Sword of Fire and Ice by John Matthews (doesn't break any new ground on the Camelot myth, but still a satisfying graphic novel story of Arthur's adolescence).
Dragon by Jeff Stone (kinda confusing, as I hadn't read any previous books in the series, but a fun action packed book that will appeal to fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender)
The Seven Rays by Jessica Bendinger (easily the worst book I've read this year. This book is purely banking in on the YA paranormal craze right now)
2. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K LeGuin ( my review)
3. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer ( my review)
4. The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines ( my review)
5. The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K LeGuin ( my review)
6. The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. LeGuin ( my review)
Shortest book: 180 pages
Longest book: 206 pages
Average number of pages: 393.6
Total pages: 1240
Rereads: 0
New books: 6
Most popular rating: four stars (four times)
Average rating: 4.16
Favorite book: The Stepsister Scheme
Biggest Disappointment: None really
Phew. In may I Read 3936 pages. In June I barely managed to read 1240 (and one I technically didn't "read" it was an audiobook. Silver Borne was mostly read in May). The reason why? Summer semester is killing me! I'm taking a reading interests of children course that is taking up most of my time. Now I have read many, MANY books for that class but I'm not reviewing them here. Why? The sheer number of books that I am reviewing would totally clog your friends page. Not only that, but the review format is a little different that what I usually do here. Thirdly, I don't know if my friends are all that interested in reading about children's book. Still, they are books I've read and I will count them towards my total books read at the end of the year, I just don't plan on adding them in until then.
For a list of the books I've read for Reading Interests of children this month, as well as a book I've read for community relations and three YA books I had to review for a state wide board (more on those two later), check under the cut.
For Reading Interests of Children
Required Books (the rest are free choice. These were chosen by the Professor)
Peter Pan by JM Barrie
Witness by Karen Hesse
Bat 6 by Virginia Euwer Wolf
Folk Tales and Myths
The Hidden Folk: Stories of Fairies, Dwarves, Selkies and Other Secret Beings by Lise Lunge-Larsen
The Arabian Nights by Neil Philip
A Gift from Zeus: Sixteen Favorite Myths by Jeanne Steig
The Friends of Abu Ali: Three More Tales of the Middle East by Dorothy O. Van Woerkom
Story Picture Books
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
Picnic by Emily Arnold McCully
Off We Go! by Jane Yolen
Concept Books or Wordless Picture Books
Alphabet City by Stephen T Johnson
The Red Book by Barbara Lehman
Sector 7 by David Weisner
Tuesday by David Weisner
Collections of Poetry, Music, or Plays
Knock a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry by Dorothy M Kennedy and XJ Kennedy
One Leaf Rides the Wind by Celeste Davidson Mannis
Chapter books for emerging readers (aka easy readers)
Emma's Magic Winter by Jean Little
The Bookstore Ghost by Barbara Maitland
Good Hunting, Blue Sky by Peggy Parish
Get Well, Good Knight by Shelly Moore Thomas
Fiction Books for Fluent Readers
The Graveyard book by Neil Gaiman
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (audiobook)
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (audiobook)
The Locket: Surviving the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire by Suzanne Lieurance
I also read the book Creating the Customer Driven Library by Jeannette Woodward for my Community Relations class. Had to write a three page review on that one. Don't worry. I'm not going to shove that one down your throats.
And finally. I reviewed three YA books to a Maine state review board for children and YA fiction. I suspect they have first publishing rights (you know, if they decide to publish them), so reviews are not going up here. But I'll let you know my general opinion.
The Chronicles of Arthur: Sword of Fire and Ice by John Matthews (doesn't break any new ground on the Camelot myth, but still a satisfying graphic novel story of Arthur's adolescence).
Dragon by Jeff Stone (kinda confusing, as I hadn't read any previous books in the series, but a fun action packed book that will appeal to fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender)
The Seven Rays by Jessica Bendinger (easily the worst book I've read this year. This book is purely banking in on the YA paranormal craze right now)