It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

3/7/2016

This weekly chance to add to your reading list is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.

It's Lutheran Schools Week! I teach at a Lutheran school, and we always spend one week a year celebrating what makes Lutheran schools so awesome. We also do a lot of goofy things, like dress mismatched and play Wacky Olympics. It's essentially like Homecoming week in high school, but I think it's even more fun. We started today with the teachers making a pancake breakfast for all of the students - and we all got to wear our pajamas to school! :) Any crazy happenings for anyone else this week?

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What I Read Last Week

Cress by Marissa Meyer (Awesome!)
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Reading this book made me hungry.)
The Tale of Hill Top Farm by Susan Wittig Albert (I love escaping into this series.)

What I'm Reading Now

The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander (I'm definitely rediscovering my love of this author by rereading his Chronicles of Prydain. I may just do a whole year of rereading his books!)
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (Getting closer every day! 945 out of 1,361 pages read!)

What's Coming Up Next

The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park (This is our March read for the Reading Together book club.)

12 Comments

Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link

3/7/2016 09:28:03 am

I went to Catholic school growing up and we always had Catholic schools week, but I don't remember doing any fun stuff like that! Enjoy the week, it sounds great :) :) What grade do you teach, by the way? (If you don't mind sharing!)

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

3/13/2016 07:25:01 pm

I teach fourth grade. It's so much fun to just be silly with the kids once in awhile. :)

Lindsey Stefan link

3/7/2016 02:24:55 pm

I've been trying to get my son into the Wilder books, but he hasn't given them a try yet!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

3/13/2016 07:25:29 pm

I didn't really like them when I tried them as a kid, but I'm certainly enjoying them now!

Lois link

3/7/2016 03:48:53 pm

All of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books make me hungry but I remember Farmer Boy always was a little more upscale with everything including their cooking. :)

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

3/13/2016 07:26:02 pm

Upscale is a good word to describe it. Must be their proximity to a - gasp! - town. :)

Jane @ Raincity Librarian link

3/7/2016 07:17:23 pm

I've never encountered a Lutheran school before, I didn't realize they existed. Must have been a fun week, I don't recall getting to do anything fun for a whole week when I was in school! :)

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

3/13/2016 07:26:42 pm

The week was a lot of fun. It gives us a chance to be a little silly and celebrate all the reasons why our Lutheran schools are awesome. :)

Elizabeth link

3/8/2016 06:17:54 pm

War and Peace must take up a lot of your reading time.

I hope your week has been good.

Elizabeth
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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

3/13/2016 07:27:47 pm

I just read 15 pages of War and Peace a day, so it's really not too bad. It usually takes me 20-30 minutes, depending on whether it's dialogue or denser text. Little by little seems to be the only way I'll get this giant book read. :)