“a great reckoning” – louise penny novel – had a friend recommend the series – i can’t do series, but i can do a book – and it was good – surprisingly good – even gave me the ability to write a satire with it too – so yeah!

“star wars from a certain point of view” – great book – enjoyed the stories – what does everyone say about an anthology? that it’s too uneven – this one had chapters i did love over others – the sith of datawork was wonderful – as was the final story – but it was all pretty entertaining:)

“rabbit and robot” – creative YA – not really YA though – the review i read said it was R-rated YA – so yeah, that’s not really YA – but it was creative and i did enjoy it

“the room where it happened” – another one i started out not really liking and came around too – and it was funny – ironically so – that John Bolton so craved power that he became a Trump aide – only to see Trump endorse so many positions Bolton didn’t believe in – so the lesson here kids is that power isn’t everything:)

“out of left field” – great book from the author of green glass sea – another favorite – this was a book related to it – and in time for baseball season:)

“The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell” – wonderful book on a forgotten baseball player – amazingly, he was in the Hall of Fame 20 years before his own state of Mississippi got around to honoring him

“Becoming a Teacher” – not my book – at all – disappointed with it – could’ve been so much more

“Football’s Fearless Activists” – didn’t tell me much that I didn’t already know from Howard Bryant’s book

“Culturize” – read b/c of a friend – it’s from that “positive mindset is everything” shelf – which is a nice thought, but there are also analytical ways to attack problems

“Homesteading Space” – wonderful book on Skylab – came from Space Camp – our speaker – great, great book – David Hitt is the author

“Waiting for Fitz” – library book I won – not great

“Ickabog” – JK Rowling’s latest – cute – took a while to get into – and I needed to know it came from stories she told her own children – after that, I could get into it

“His Truth is Marching On” – great book – John Lewis – really enjoyed that book and reminded me to keep fighting

“This Book is Not Yet Rated” – great YA – enjoyed it – and just in time for Father’s Day when I read it – great book for someone who loves books:)

“The Undefeated” – great picture book – it won an award this past year, after all:) but great book

“Scary Stories for Young Foxes” – another great book – took a while to get to “great,” but it got there – and I enjoyed it – would love to add it to my sixth grade reading list

“Deacon King Kong” – Oprah liked it – so how could I not? 🙂 took a few pages, but I really enjoyed it after that – highly recommendable

“We Are Not From Here” – another great read – not for middle school, per se, but really good, gripping account

“SNES Encyclopedia” – AND if you’re a child of the ’90s, a must book recapping every game ever made for the SNES – wow, upon reflection, there were some really bad games made:)

“A Synthesizing Mind” – Howard Gardner – great book – will be my AAGC presentation this fall