books i’ve read in the past couple of weeks…

“teaching with your mouth shut” – i know, you should complain that i haven’t done this too well yet:) actually, i really agreed with the book – something i’d found through Christianity Today – it’s just very true that we tend to overtalk things – this book was designed more for college

“secret sheriff of sixth grade” – okay, thanks to Ms. Beth for lending it to me:)

“simon biles” – definitely a good read – and in our library – so recommendable

“humanizing the education machine” – the guy doesn’t like public education – bad experience with his kids – beyond that, the book was okay – he just proposes that “the machine” become something new – and i get that – but giving transportation to Uber isn’t going to solve everything – in other words, privatizing things doesn’t always make them better

“silence” – great book – sad book – made into a movie last year – about the silence of God – so what happens – or how do you make sense – of when bad things are happening and it seems like God is asleep at the wheel – you have to read all the way through to enjoy it

wait, what?” – asking the right questions – i tried to do a bit of that friday with some of you – good insight and a very readable book

“you can do anything” – the importance of a liberal arts degree – not that i have one:) but it made the case – albeit, again and again beating the same theme home – could’ve been much shorter

j

not the summer weather – i wish…

“the war that saved my life” – great book – sad book – but great book about empowerment – and WWI history – might include it as a sixth or seventh grade summer book next year

“spurrier” – biography on florida’s famous coach – and the gamecocks – not so much the redskins:) there were elements of his life that were faith based – which i never knew

“showdown at rickwood” – love downtown b’ham trivia – this book was rife with that – but controversial – race and class were completely ignored in the book – that’s tragic and hard to look past – so the book disappointed me

“in search of stardust” – did you know your gutter contains micrometeorites? it’s true – sort of awesome – i just wish there had been clear directions as to how to find the stardust – would be good gifts:)

didn’t read the last one there over the summer so subtract that from your list

j

just a few days left now…

“vietnam war” – documentary to be released this fall on PBS – this book accompanies it – very descriptive and thorough – very sad too – probably one of the best books I read this summer

“the rose and the dagger” – second in a duology – i think that’s the word – a series of two – i missed the first one – it was over the top romantic – in other words, eighth grade girls around the world will love it

“teammate” – more my style – book on former cubs catcher – who should’ve won DWTS – pretty good recount of his last season

“4th and Goal Every Day” – must reading for every Alabama fan – Phil Savage – Eli’s commentator – he describes how Saban’s system has worked so well at Alabama – enjoyable book

“Quarterback Whisperer” – continuing the Alabama thread, the offensive coordinator when i was there – now head coach of the Arizona Cardinals – book on coaching QBs – it was entertaining

“The Inexplicable Logic of My Life” – great book – geared for high school, but very poetic in its prose – good examination of some tough questions

“refugee” – great new book that connected several refugee events from history – no kissing though so i doubt it will make it high on a YA list

“seriously, norman” – was desperate for something at the pelham library – meh…

j