Tuesday, July 15, 2014

June Reads

At the end of the school year, I had several opportunities to answer this question.  "What are you going to do this summer?"  I had two responses:  sleep and read.  Oddly enough, I've come to the conclusion that I sleep better and longer on a school night than I do in the summer.  As for reading, I'm meeting that goal quite nicely.  Since readers share their reading lives, I decided to use this post to share my June reads.  The rest of the summer's reads will wait.
 
I loved this.

Baldacci is one of my favorites.

I enjoy Grisham a lot, but I didn't adore this one.

I posted about this book here.  Great stuff!

This book is by a local educator/author.  I enjoyed it.

I didn't love the language at all, but the plot is riveting.  Five stars!  Go read it now.

I kind of feel ho hum about this book.

This one was entertaining for sure.

Talk about an amazing true story.  It's coming out in theaters later this year I believe.

Thanks Deanna Jump for the linky.


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12 comments:

  1. LoriJuly 16, 2014 at 1:51 PM

    I have only read one of the ones you listed...I read nonfiction and you read fiction! You know I love, love, love Unbroken! So glad that you are getting to relax this summer and read!
    Lori
    Conversations in Literacy

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    1. TammyJuly 16, 2014 at 2:00 PM

      Lori, I crave fiction. Reading Unbroken was good for me though. It was such a great story.

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  2. Miss TrayersJuly 16, 2014 at 6:42 PM

    I'm the same way about sleeping. I tend to go to bed earlier in the summer and get up roughly around the same time-or my canine alarm clock gets me up anyway! :) Some titles I will definitely have to check out-I didn't even realize Barbara had written a book. Thanks for sharing!

    Not Just Child's Play

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    1. TammyJuly 16, 2014 at 8:46 PM

      Miss Trayers, in the summer my body just doesn't let me sleep 10 hours a night like it will during the school year. It bums me out. :)

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  3. Teaching Little MiraclesJuly 17, 2014 at 6:32 AM

    On the sleep thing...I'm right there with you. I need a new bed (seriously), but during the school year I'm so exhausted it doesn't seem to bother me as much. In the summer, I toss and turn trying to get comfortable. And sleep in? What is that anyway? I'm still up pretty early, 6:30 or so. :-/

    Glad you have got in some good reads though!

    Crystal
    Teaching Little Miracles

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    1. TammyJuly 17, 2014 at 7:23 AM

      Crystal, it doesn't seem to matter how early I go to bed on a school night, 5:30 is always too early to wake up, but still I can easily sleep 10 hours. During the summer, it doesn't seem to matter how late I go to bed, I'm still waking up way earlier than I'd like. :)

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  4. BarbaraJuly 17, 2014 at 6:16 PM

    Thanks for sharing all those titles. I'm adding them to my list.
    On the sleep thing...maybe an eye mask so the early morning ... That's what I do:)

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    1. TammyJuly 18, 2014 at 7:18 AM

      Barb, If you read Gone Girl, let me know what you think! I've never tried an eye mask. Hmm.

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  5. Leigh AnneJuly 18, 2014 at 3:00 PM

    "Unbroken" is THE BEST. Can't wait for the movie! And I loved "Where'd you go Bernadette". Such a fun and interesting way to tell a story!

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    1. TammyJuly 18, 2014 at 3:26 PM

      Leigh Anne, Unbroken was an amazing and unbelievable story, wasn't it?

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  6. BarbaraJuly 18, 2014 at 3:12 PM

    How fun that you gave my little book another shout out ... thank you, my friend! We're honored to be among such great company on this list.

    Barbara

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    1. TammyJuly 18, 2014 at 3:27 PM

      Barbara, I'd honored to let more people know how wonderful you and your book are.

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