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May in Review: Back to the Grindstone

June 1, 2014 by Rebecca Reid

readingjournalJust after my daughter was born in 2012, a friend told me in all honesty that it takes a full two years to feel like yourself again after a baby joins your family. Well, it’s been just over two years, and I feel that is true: I’m finally starting to feel like myself again, in many ways.

One way is, of course, reading. I feel like doing it again! It is hard to find time, but I finally feel the draw back to books at the end of a long day. I have watched a lot of television in the past months. It’s easier. But I am grateful that I finally feel like reading again.

Here is what I read in May. If I have reviewed it, I have included a link. Many books will be reviewed at a later time. I am excited to get back in to a regular schedule of reviewing.

Books other than picture books

  • Comprehension Connections by Tanny MacGregor (adult nonfiction)
  • Genre Connections by Tanny MacGregor (adult nonfiction)
  • All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor (children’s chapter book)
  • The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty (modernist fiction)
  • Daisy’s Big Night by Sandra Feder (children’s chapter book)
  • The Railway Children by E. Nesbit (classic children’s chapter book)
  • The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (classic turn-of-the-century science fiction)
  • Poetry Matters by Ralph Fletcher (children’s nonfiction)
  • The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (children’s chapter book)
  • Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse (children’s chapter book)
  • The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells (classic turn-of-the-century science fiction)
  • Before the World Was Ready by Claire Eamer (children’s nonfiction)
  • Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse by Torben Kuhlmann (children’s longer picture book)
  • Along Came a Dog by Meinert DeJong (children’s chapter book) June review to come
  • 50 Body Questions by Tanya Lloyd Kyi (children’s nonfiction) June review to come
  • The Beast Within by Serena Valentino (children’s chapter book) July review to come
  • A Timeline History of the Thirteen Colonies by Mary K. Pratt (children’s nonfiction) October review to come

Picture books reviewed (I’ve read many more than these!)

  • Jumping Penguins by Marije Tolman
  • Hooray for Bread by Allan Ahlberg
  • Rooting for You by Susan Hood
  • Bad Bye, Good Bye by Deborah Underwood
  • How Do Dinosaurs Say I’m Mad? by Jane Yolen
  • There’s a Mouse Hiding in this Book! by Benjamin Bird 
  • Big or Little? Board Book by Kathy Stinson 
  • Who Was Here?: Discovering Animal Tracks by Mia Posada
  • Daisylocks by Marianne Berkes
  • Some Bugs by Andrea DiTerlizzi 
  • Everyone Prays: Celebrating Faith Around the World by Alex York Lumbard
  • The Pullman Porter: An American Journey by Vanita Oelschlager

Currently Reading

  • A History of the World in 12 Maps by Jerry Brotton. Fascinating but long, so it is taking me a while.
  • Mindful Discipline by Shapiro and White. What I need to read right now. A good parenting reminder.
  • Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens. This is what got me into a reading slump last fall. I’m going to finish it, but not right now.
  • One Came Home by Amy Timberlake. A Newbery Honor book.
  • The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit. A fun book with lots of magic!

Wow, what a productive month! I love reading, and I’m so glad I’ve gotten back in to the swing of things! I really look forward to summer, where I’ll get lots more reading in.

Related posts:

  1. March in Review + New Challenges + A Brief Reading Journal (7 April)
  2. December 2008 Month in Review and January 2009 Reading Journal
  3. Cybils 2011 Winners!
  4. November Month in Review and December Reading Journal

Filed Under: Non-Reviews, Reading Journal, Writing about Reading

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