This Week: August 3rd

And just like that, summer is over for our house! Tomorrow, my youngest starts his first day of 4th grade and we are all so very excited for what this year has in store for him. One thing I’m not excited about? Less time to read – so much more time in the car running between the school and activities! It’s one of the reasons I’m looking at short books this week that you can read in just a few short breaks at practice or while waiting in carpool. When do your kids head back?

Here’s the books I’m looking forward to discussing with you this week. Grab your copies of these books by clicking the images below:

RWL Reading Challenge – Week 32: Less Than 200 Pages

A Single Rose

by Muriel Barbery

Posting on Tuesday, August 5th

This is an interesting foreign literature piece. Set in Asia and originally written in French, this is a romance with a dark undertone of immigration and abandonment.

Here’s some other great options for this prompt:

• Bestseller: Lord of the Flies, William Golding
• General Fiction: The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thorton Wilder
• Romance: Austenland, Shannon Hale
• Thriller: Jaws, Peter Benchley
• Nonfiction: Homes: A Refugee Story, Abu Bakr al Rabeeah

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August Theme

Posting Thursday, August 7th

We will be discussing books that fit this month’s theme and sharing our reading playlist for August!

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Sponsored Read – Week 32

The Pizza Man

by Eddy Twice

Posting on Saturday, August 9th

When does coincidence turn into creepy. Or cute maybe? Once chance encounter turns into multiple run ins with the cute guy that runs the pizza shop and now Lily can’t get him off her mind! But when it seems like he’s hiding something, will Lily find out who he really is, or will he burn the bridge they were just starting to build?

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What I’m Reading

• Current print book: Ask for Andrea, Noelle W. Ihli
• Current audio book: The Second Story Bookshop, Denise Hunter
• Book I’m most looking forward to: Gallop Towards the Sun, Peter Stark