Checking In-#MustReadIn2016

          it's time to share an update from our #MustReadIn2016 goals. Link up with Carrie Gelson at There's A Book for That!  Thanks for hosting us, Carrie!

        I put 23 books on my list this year, and have read 10 of them. I do have some of those unread on my shelves; others I don't. There are many books I want to read, and still want to read some of these, too. If there's a neglected book you think I should not miss, please let me know! I've linked each book read with my Goodreads review. I enjoyed each book thoroughly, and imagine I would enjoy the ones missed, too. Time seems to be the enemy, right? 
        I look forward to seeing other posts, to see what books I should add, oh my! 

from my 2015 list that crossed over

Middle-YA

Navigating Early - Claire Vanderpool

        not read

Seraphina - Rachel Hartman

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets - Evan Roskos

March - Lewis, Aydin, Powell

All The Answers - Kate Messner

for adults

Quiet - Susan Cain

#MustReadIn2016, My Reading Life

        You can write a slice for the Two Writing Teachers community today. Join us now at the beginning of 2016. It's always good to read what everyone shares.  Thank you Stacey, Tara, Anna, Betsy, Dana, Kathleen, Beth, and Deb. 

Tweet at #SOL16

          Happy New Year. I hope if you've retuned to work that the week has started beautifully.  I'm posting two places today because a big slice of my whole life, even when some dear family member or another read to me before I could read, is reading. I spent many summers reading book after book, in the early years mostly checked out from a bookmobile. I read avidly through high school and college, early marriage, then added reading to my children. When I taught, I read to and with my students, and that has never stopped.

#MUSTREADIN2016

Carrie Gelson of There's A Book for That and Maria Selke of Maria's Melange started some of us down the path of giving love to all the books that came before, the ones we have on shelves, but still haven't read! There is a small group of us who began sharing lists titled #MustReadIn2014. You can view that list if you click on the title on the bar above. I've read 13 of the 26 I listed. Someday I may read them all, but maybe not. For whatever reason, I haven't taken the time for them. In my list for 2015, hashtag #mustreadin2015 (see above also) I read 10 of 21!  I have moved a few of the books from previous lists to this one!

Thanks for the nudge to carry on, Carrie!

            These are not all the books I'll read this year. I'll also read picture books, new middle and YA books, and ones for adults too. I want to read more books by diverse authors, too. But these are books I don't want to sit too much longer on the shelf! Perhaps you'll discover one or more that you've forgotten you want to read, too!     

        from previous lists - Still want to read!

Middle-YA

Navigating Early - Claire Vanderpool

Seraphina - Rachel Hartman

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets - Evan Roskos

March - Lewis, Aydin, Powell

All The Answers - Kate Messner