What are you reading on Mondays?

It's Monday what are you reading?

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I am just finishing Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer

I am listening to audio book Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

Next up on my list to be read for the week is:

Does my Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Huge by James W. Fuerst

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

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RULES by Cynthia Lord

RULES

by Cynthia Lord

2006

200 Pages

Winner of the Newbery Honor Medal

Twelve year Catherine just wants a normal life, normal parents and normal friends. But life is not normal when you have a little brother with autism and your whole existence revolves around his disability.

Catherine has spent years compiling a list of rules to keep David from embarrassing himself and her.

For Example:

1. If someone says "hi" to you, you say "hi" back.

2. Say "thank you" when someone gives you a present(even if you don't like it).

3. No toys in the fish tank.

4. Sometimes people laugh when they like you. But sometimes they laugh to hurt you.

When a new girl moves in next door Catherine feels like she just might have a chance at a brand new friendship and maybe even a normal summer hanging out, doing normal teenage things. The problem is that Catherine forgot to let her family in on her plan.

I found Rules to be honest and believable. As the main character Catherine struggles to find a balance between independence from her brother but is also fiercely protective of him. There is great love but also resentment. The story also showed the impact that a child with disabilities has on the whole family in a realistic way.

I would recommend this story to ages 9 and up. Reading it with your children would be a great way to have a conversation about disabilities. The Salmon Public Library has this book and it is available for check out.

TEASER TUESDAYS

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser is from the book I just started last night:

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

Pg. 136

"Because you called me a blind mole, and then you acted like a jerk about your father winning the Baker Sporting Emporium contract."

"That was three months ago, and I did not act like a jerk."

"You still called me a blind mole and hoped-let me see if I can get this right-you hoped that an unwholesome dew from a wicked fen would drop on me."

It was actually a wicked dew from an unwholesome fen, but I'm a lot smarter than Romeo, and I know when to shut up.

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries!

Love , Love , Love this idea because I work at a library of course!

These are books that I have currently checked out on my card and are in my TBR pile:

1. Does my Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah

2. Huge byJames W. Fuerst

3. Rules by Cynthia Lord

4. Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer

5. Children of the Lamp-The Akhenaten Adventure by P.B. Kerr

Happy Reading People!!

What Are You Reading Mondays?

If you haven't checked out J. Kaye's Book blog you need to put that on your to do list. She hosts What are you reading Mondays? Along with the 100+ challenge that I'm currently doing, she also has great giveaways. What are you waiting for? Go!

I am currently reading Rules by Cynthia Lord

Also on my To Be Read List for this week is:

1. Huge by James W. Fuerst

2. The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

3. The Seer of Shadows by Avi

4. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

Happy Reading!

THE CUPCAKE QUEEN

The Cupcake Queen

by Heather Hepler


2009

242 pages






First I must admit that I bought this book because of the cover and title. It just looked like a fun read. And looks were not deceiving. It was a quick, fun, easy read.

Poor Penny has just been moved from New York City to a little hole in the wall town called Hog's Hollow. Her parents have just separated and her mom's new business venture is a cupcake bakery. Blurb is from author's website: heatherhepler.com

Six months ago, if someone had said the word cupcake, it probably wouldn't have even registered. I mean, sure, who doesn’t like them? But a whole bakery devoted just to cupcakes? I asked my mother that when she told me. “Nothing else?” She just laughed like it was the funniest thing I’d said all day. I didn’t quite believe it until I saw the man putting the final touches on the lettering on the window: “The Cupcake Queen”.
When she said, “I’m going to open a bakery”, dumb me, I thought she meant in New York. And while it was surprising, I wasn’t really surprised. My mom has always been what she calls “vaguely artistic”. I started to get excited as she talked about the bakery idea. I pictured a tiny shop in Soho that made specialty cakes and got featured in the Food Section of The New York Times. Then she told me the bakery wasn’t going to be in the City at all, but out here. Here, in Hog’s Hollow, where they actually crown a Hog Queen every fall.

The Cupcake Queen is a great little book. I loved Penny's sense of humor and her ability to just keep slogging through life even when everything seems out of control. I also loved the way the author handled Penny's parents separation, it felt very honest. She showed that parents sometimes do not have the right words or even handle things right all the time. I also liked that the author didn't try to wrap things up in a neat little tidy package at the end, because as we all know life isn't all neat and tidy-the story continues to go.

I recommend this book for readers ten and up. I'm donating it to the Salmon Public Library so it will be available for check out real soon.