Here is one of the lists that I use for new reading material:
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/bfya/2013list
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Book Talk Thursday's Summer Home!
This year, I introduced Book Talk Thursday (BTT) in my classes. I am extremely passionate about sharing what I'm reading to others. A few of you have expressed how you'll be "lost" without BTTs, so I'm using my blog to continue to let you know all the amazing books I'm reading!
I'll try to post at least once a week! I'll also try to post some book lists for you to browse through. Feel free to leave comments/suggestions about what you are reading! I will miss your suggestions just as much as I will miss BTTs!
Suggestion from Betsy Sumpter which I'm adding to my reading list: "These Things Hidden" by Heather Gudenkauf
Summary (From the book's website):
My thoughts on the book:
I really enjoyed this book. I have always been fascinated with the Holocaust and this is a unique look on another group of people who were taken from their homes and forced to work. Sepetys does a great job with the description--most of it is absolutely horrifying, but you want to know what happens to the characters. If the name Ruta Sepetys seems familiar, it should! She also wrote the book, Out of the Easy, which was the book talk about the daughter of the prostitute. This book is completely different, but I can seem some similarities between the writing styles.
If you still are unsure, watch this video from her webpage. It hooked me: http://betweenshadesofgray.com/
I'll try to post at least once a week! I'll also try to post some book lists for you to browse through. Feel free to leave comments/suggestions about what you are reading! I will miss your suggestions just as much as I will miss BTTs!
Suggestion from Betsy Sumpter which I'm adding to my reading list: "These Things Hidden" by Heather Gudenkauf
This week's book: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Summary (From the book's website):
In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina is preparing for art school, first dates, and all that summer has to offer. But one night, the Soviet secret police barge violently into her home, deporting her along with her mother and younger brother. They are being sent to Siberia. Lina's father has been separated from the family and sentenced to death in a prison camp. All is lost.
Lina fights for her life, fearless, vowing that if she survives she will honor her family, and the thousands like hers, by documenting their experience in her art and writing. She risks everything to use her art as messages, hoping they will make their way to her father's prison camp to let him know they are still alive.
It is a long and harrowing journey, and it is only their incredible strength, love, and hope that pull Lina and her family through each day. But will love be enough to keep them alive?
Between Shades of Gray is a riveting novel that steals your breath, captures your heart, and reveals the miraculous nature of the human spirit.My thoughts on the book:
I really enjoyed this book. I have always been fascinated with the Holocaust and this is a unique look on another group of people who were taken from their homes and forced to work. Sepetys does a great job with the description--most of it is absolutely horrifying, but you want to know what happens to the characters. If the name Ruta Sepetys seems familiar, it should! She also wrote the book, Out of the Easy, which was the book talk about the daughter of the prostitute. This book is completely different, but I can seem some similarities between the writing styles.
If you still are unsure, watch this video from her webpage. It hooked me: http://betweenshadesofgray.com/
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