It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

We participate in the blog trend of Monday posts about what we have read during the last week (12/14/2020-12/20/2020).

Annamarie’s Reading

Picture Books & Readers:

• The Alphabet’s Alphabet by Chris Harris
• Annie’s Plaid Shirt by Stacy B. Davids
• Attach of the Underwear Dragon by Scott Rothman
• The Color Monster Goes to School by Anna Llenas
• Construction Site Mission: Demolition by Sherri Duskey Rinker
• Duck & Cat’s Rainy Day by Carin Bramsen (reader)
• Every Color of Light: A Book About the Sky by Hioshi Osada

• Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming (nonfiction)
• I Am Love by Susan Verde
• If Dominican Were a Color by Sili Recio
• If You Come to Earth by Sophie Blackall
• Kits, Cubs, and Calves by Suzie Napayok-Short
• Let’s Dance! by Valerie Bolling
• Let’s Have a Dog Party by Mikela Prevost

• Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas by Sandra Neil Wallace (biography)
• My Tooth is LOST! by Drew Daywalt (reader)
• Numbers in Motion: Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathematics by Laurie Wallmark (biography)
• The Old Truck by Jarrett Pumphrey
• The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story by Thao Lam
• The Perfect Sofa by Fifi Kuo
• Picture Book by Dog by Michael Relth
• Play Day School Day by Toni Yuly

• Saturdays Are for Stella by Candy Wellins
• The Secret Olivia Told Me by N. Joy
• Shake My Sillies Out by Raffi (board book)
• She Was the First! The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm by Katheryn Russell-Brown (biography)
• So Big and So Small by John Coy

• What We’ll Build: Plans for Our Together Future by Oliver Jeffers
• What’s Up, Maloo? by Genevieve Godbout
• Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery by Meeg Pincus (nonfiction)
• Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane by Kirsten W. Larson (biography)
• Your Place in the Universe by Jason Chin (nonfiction)
• Zero Local: Next Stop: Kindness by Ethan and Vita Murrow

Everything Else:

• Animal at Large by Patricia Reilly Giff (first chapter)
• Earth: By the Numbers by Steve Jenkins (nonfiction)
• I Like Animals…What Jobs Are There? by Steve Martin (nonfiction)
• Professor Astro Cat’s Deep Sea Voyage by Dominic Walliman (nonfiction)
• Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao (teen)
• Science You Can Eat by Stefan Gates (nonfiction)

Rambling Thoughts: Lots of reading! I’m determined to get at least some of the stacks of books out of my house before 2021 begins. I’m looking forward to reflecting on this year, and seeing how I can apply what I’ve learned about myself and my reading habits to future years (hopefully in a less time-intensive way). I’ve read more this year than I ever have, and, while I’m not at all happy about COVID, I am glad for a few of the things that have come from it, including broadening and deepening my reading. I’m not sure when the year-in-review post will appear, especially with the upcoming holidays, but expect something in the next few weeks.

Make sure to stop by on Tuesdays for short reviews of some of these titles!

Reading by the Numbers:

• 39 Books Read This Week
  • 17 Books with Diverse Main Character (44%)
  • 14 Books by Diverse Authors (36%)
  • 9 Books by Own Voices Authors (23%) (to the best of my knowledge)

Favorites of the Week:

• The Old Truck by Jarrett Pumphrey
• Your Place in the Universe by Jason Chin (nonfiction)