It's Monday! What Are You Reading? - May 15, 2017

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. Jen Vincent, Teach Mentor Texts, and Kellee of Unleashing Readers decided to give It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a kidlit focus.

This post is for sharing what I read last week, what I am currently reading, and what I plan to read.

What I Read Last Week

This weekend was the culmination of the past four years, and I really enjoyed my daughter's graduation. It was so different from my own. They marched onto the field to live music played by the Brazilian Ensemble, which was so much more festive than Pomp and Circumstance. I went to my state's flagship school, and there were almost as many total graduates at my daughter's ceremony as there were in just the electrical engineering department at mine. Her's was so much more intimate and personal, and I enjoyed it throughly. Below, is a picture of her cap with a quote from ACOMAF and the last stack of books she got for me.

Back to the reading, no bad reads last week, but I was a little disappointed with Wayfarer. I loved when Etta and Nicholas were together, and they spent the majority of this book separated. They had great, separate adventures, but it was not the same for me. One surprise read was Dairy Queen. I had seen it on someone's Top Ten Tuesday as an example of sports done right. They had it on Overdrive, so I checked it out. It was utterly adorable (pun intended) and delightful. I really enjoyed the look at the life of a farming family, and thought DJ was hilarious.

• Wayfarer by Alexandra Bracken - ★★★ 1/2
• Making a Play by Victoria Denault - ★★★ 1/2
• Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock - ★★★★
• The Unlikelies by Carrie Firestone - ★★★ 1/2
• 16 Ways to Break a Heart by Lauren Strasnick - ★★★
• That Thing We Call a Heart by Sheba Karim - ★★★★

What I Am Currently Reading

Right now, I am reading Liberty and listening to the second Dairy Queen book, The Off Season. DJ, I am glad to report, is still bringing smiles to my face.

•  Liberty: The Spy Who (Kind of) Liked Me by Andrea Portes
• The Off Season by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

What I Plan to Read

I have a few anticipated reads lined up for the week. Making it Right is the final book in the Most Likely To series, and I think it's going to be the best story yet, as this character is the most complicated of the three the series follows. I had requested Be True to Me, because Griffin knocked my socks off with The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone. Her new book is set during the bicentennial summer, and I have some vague, but fond memories of our celebratory block party that year. Visions of bike decorating, playing in the fire hydrant, and wearing the bicentennial quarter on a ribbon around my neck are flashing through my mind, and I am eager to revisit that time period with Griffin. I requested my final read, Amish Guys Don't Call, on a whim, because it sounds like a like of fun.

• Making it Right by Catherine Bybee
• Be True to Me by Adele Griffin
• Amish Guys Don't Call by Debby Dodds
• More of Me by Kathryn Evans

What are you reading?

Let us know in the comments!