second time – and I probably would’ve titled the blog about it the same way 20 years ago:)

“Fabulous Monsters” – book on fascinating characters throughout Literature – there was a summer book shout out (Treasure Island) – so that was cool

“Furious Hours” – great book – all about Harper Lee’s tie to Alex City – really recommendable

“Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Other Voices, Other Rooms” – Truman Capote’s work – I had never read anything of his – although, Tiffany’s felt familiar at times – enjoyed read it – he was a wonderful writer

“Wink, Poppy, Midnight” – this is what happens when it’s the start of a weekend and you need a book and you spend forever staring at the YA titles in the library and you finally go with the cover you like – you pay a steep, steep price:)

“Let Your Mind Run” – book by ’04 marathon medalist, Deena Kastor – loved the book

“Fifth Avenue: 5 am” – book about how Breakfast at Tiffany’s became a movie – it’s a classic movie – that I still have yet to see – but I found the backstory amazing – starting with the fact that the movie is nothing like the book:)

“Fairy Tales for Fearless Girls” – trying to keep in shape for our fairy tales this year

“No Ivy League” – YA graphic novel that’s non-fiction – based on the author’s summer work 10 years ago

“Between Heaven and the Real World” – SCC book – second time to read it – enjoyed it – and learned a bit something new the second go-round

“One Person, No Vote” – YA adaptation – lots in there about Alabama – although, I doubt anyone would be proud of it:)

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“First” – right after RBG – a book on O’Connor – the first female supreme – enjoyed this book as well as RBG – fun footnote – I started looking up all the times our state has lost Supreme Court decisions – rather depressing:)

“Chasing Grace” – will be on our bookshelf this fall – from Ms. Blount – enjoyed the book – very compelling story – and sad

“Born to Run” – Springsteen’s biography – great book – I’m not the fan that others are – but it has made me want to listen to his music more:)

“Running with Sherman” – great book from Born to Run author – really loved the book – and you don’t have to run to enjoy it – really, any animal lover would love the book

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so I started off my reading furiously – but then, I decided to make it a “big book” summer – we’ll see if i follow through:)

“roll of thunder, hear my cry” – classic YA – had just never read it – would be an excellent book to teach from – very recommendable

“into the blizzard” – excellent new YA non-fiction – looked up the story after i read this one – was also great b/c it was immediately available as I wanted to get checked out the last day of school:)

“my shot” – delle donne biography – very recommendable – liked it for many reasons – and it’ll be on our shelf this year for you to read:)

“love your enemies” – great book about my relationship with sixth grade parents – kidding – great book about conservatives and liberals learning to love each other – instead of “other”izing each other and holding each other in contempt

“cold mountain” – high school summer reading book – at least, it was – maybe not anymore – but i had a copy from a former student – so it was a nice gift in that aspect

“ruth bader ginsburg” – really enjoyed this book – just needed the time to get through all 540 pages of it – so it was a good summer choice in that i had time to enjoy it