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April & May 2021 Recap
Change often happens at a gradual pace. News and accomplishments quickly becomes part of your normal day-to-day as the novelty wears off and we move on to the next thing. Huge changes or life-altering events are oh-so easy to recall, but what about the small daily efforts that got you there? What about the other things that happened concurrently? I think those are worth something, too.
#BookADayMay 2021
It’s become something of a tradition for me and my mom, CJ, to host our very own #BookADayMay reading challenge via our book blog, Middle Grade Carousel. This is a fun way to get a jump on those year-long reading goals and get a little extra reading in before the summer heat hits!
Want to play? Learn more about #BookADayMay and download our handy graphics over at Middle Grade Carousel.
- Violet Mackerel’s Brilliant Plot by Anna Branford
- Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
- Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
- Morning Girl by Michael Dorris
- Mighty Jack and the Goblin King by Ben Hatke
- The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng
- The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag
- The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements
- Yorick and Bones by Jeremy Tankard & Hermione Tankard
- A Grain of Rice by Helena Clare Pittman
- Ungifted by Gordon Korman
- When the Circus Came to Town by Laurence Yep
- Click by Kayla Miller
- Masters of Disaster by Gary Paulsen
- Tune it Out by Jamie Sumner
- Space Boy: Vol. 1 by Stephen McCranie
- A Dog Called Homeless by Sarah Lean
- Jack and the Geniuses: At the Bottom of the World by Bill Nye & Gregory Mone
- Yorick and Bones: Friends by Any Other Name by Jeremy Tankard & Hermione Tankard
- Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith
- The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith
- The Sleeping Sword by Michael Morpurgo
- Space Boy: Vol. 2 by Stephen McCranie
- Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
- Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Swing it, Sunny by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm
- No Talking by Andrew Clements
- The Hidden Witch by Molly Knox Ostertag
- The Time Warp Trio: The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy by Jon Scieszka
- Catwings Return by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Camp by Kayla Miller
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My Reading in May 2020
Last month, I decided to give #BookADayMay a try. I’ll admit, it didn’t go exactly as planned. I hold to my “all progress is good progress” mentality, but 15/31 books doesn’t really warrant a celebratory wrap-up blog post. Instead, I’ve decided to simply share about the books I did manage to read this May.
#BookADayMay Wrap Up + #MGCarousel Book Bingo for May
Books are a big part of my life all year ’round, but kicking off summer with a reading challenge has always been my favorite tradition. There’s something about that first day with the A/C on that makes me wild for a trip to the library…
That being said, it’s a lot easier for me to stay focused when there’s some sort of incentive attached, which is why I decided to participate in Middle Grade Carousel‘s first official #BookADayMay challenge!
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Show & Tell – April Reading
Between #MGCarousel’s book bingo and binging on #IndieApril reads, I packed in a lot of pages during April. An accomplishment, considering I also managed to write 30,000 words for Camp NaNoWriMo (yay!). Oh, and I’ve been plugging away at #36daysoftype on Instagram. It’s been a wild month.
Show & Tell – Spring Reading Bingo
Don’t ask how I managed, but that’s a TRIPLE Bingo! I’m pretty excited about having read so much in one month. Honestly, most of them were pretty stellar, too. That’s a win-win in my book!
Show & Tell – Summer Reading Wrap-Up
It’s been a great summer of reading. In total, I’ve plowed through about 30 books in the last 3 months! I owe a lot of my success to the various reading challenges that went up this summer, mainly from #MGBookVillage and #MGCarousel.
Show & Tell – Summer Reading Bingo
I may have bit off more than I could chew in July, but I certainly had fun mowing down on these books!
Show & Tell – Ye Olde Notice
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