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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

8/3/2015

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It's August now. How did that happen? I welcomed August with a visit to Toronto with my mom. We visited lots of bookstores (this will be a future post) and saw the Newsies musical. I love the Newsies movie, but it is even so much more amazingly better as a live show. I highly recommend it! It's on tour - see if it's coming to a city near you! :)

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba (I wish I could teach myself things as well as William did!)
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (I really enjoyed getting to know Bud - and I learned a lot about life during the Depression, too!)
The Bookman's Tale by Charlie Lovett (I devoured this book.)
The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley (Even though mysteries are not usually my thing, I am quickly getting hooked on this series.)
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris (Cross between a memoir and a grammar guide, with a bit of snarky humor thrown in.)

What I'm Reading Now

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The Priest by Francine Rivers (The story of Aaron, Moses' brother)
Emma by Jane Austen (It's hard not to read ahead when you're reading for a readalong!)

What's Coming Up Next

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My Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff (This is the last book off my library stack. Now I just need to finish it by Tuesday, so I can turn it in. . .)
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Erin @ Quixotic Magpie link
8/3/2015 04:09:01 am

Wow The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind sounds amazing. People really are remarkable, aren't they?

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
8/3/2015 08:42:29 am

I know! I can't believe he taught himself all of that. I had trouble understanding it just reading this book about it, let alone trying to build something like that! :)

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Kate @ Mom's Radius link
8/3/2015 04:37:36 am

My sister, my mom, and I saw Newsies in Orlando in January. It was probably the same tour. I did enjoy the energy of the live performance, but I was a little disappointed with some of the changes to the lyrics and the plot.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
8/3/2015 08:43:51 am

The plot changes didn't bother me too much, but I think that's partly because I had already bought the Broadway soundtrack, so I knew the changes were coming. If I wasn't pre-warned, I probably would have been a little upset! :) Even so, I loved the character of Katherine. She was a good addition!

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