It's Monday! What are you reading? 2-23-15

Originally hosted by Sheila at Book Journey, Jen over at Teach Mentor Texts along with Kellee and Ricki at Unleashing Readers also host a kidlit version of It's Monday! What are You Reading?

My Monday posts are generally just a highlight of what I've been reading during the week so if you'd like to see all that I've been reading, follow my Goodreads page.


Last week I reviewed:

I Was Here by Gayle Forman


I finished reading with my ears:

All Fall Down by Ally Carter
A pretty solid start to a fun new YA spy series. I'm looking forward to the next book.


Favorite picture books from last week:


The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage by  Selina Alko and Sean Qualls
A book many people will undoubtedly draw comparisons to the present day. An incredibly timely story. Which makes you wonder: how will history judge us based on the current fight for marriage equality? 

The House in the Night by  Susan Marie Swanson, illustrated by Beth Krommes
As I was reading I couldn't help but think how much the illustrations reminded me of Van Gogh's Starry Night, and wouldn't you know it... There was a place in the story where the bedroom in the house had Starry Night hanging on one of its walls.


Currently reading:

Read Between the Lines by Jo Knowles
I love how you have to "read between the lines" to understand the cover of this book. :) 


Currently reading with my ears:

The Swap by  Megan Shull


Other posts from last week:
A Ten Year Anniversary 
Last week marked the ten year anniversary of when my husband and I moved back home from Germany

From my teaching blog:
Write Beside Them
Students and social media: let's get our heads out of the sand
Finding inspiration in the classroom: Matching your passion to resources