{"id":174,"date":"2020-04-06T18:29:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T18:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jessica.lorentzsmith\/?p=174"},"modified":"2020-04-06T18:29:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T18:29:43","slug":"2020-first-quarterly-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jessica.lorentzsmith\/2020\/04\/06\/2020-first-quarterly-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 First Quarterly Wrap up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These are all the books that I read in January, February and March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I read nine books in January.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I started the year with a re-read of The Hate You Give<\/em> by Angie Thomas which I gave \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50. There was also a lot of buzz around the fifth installment of Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series. I had to stay home two days back-to-back with sick children so I picked up the first one, read it in one sitting, and proceeded to do that for the following four. They are all under 200 pages and such fun stories that I felt like I was watching a Netflix series. In fact, I hope they make it into a miniseries. I gave each of those \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50and not five stars because I wanted them to be longer. I followed that series up with Ten Thousand Doors of January<\/em> by Alix Harrow. I picked this book as my inspiration for my 2020 reading challenge to read a book each month with the month’s name in the title. This book I gave \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50 because it was the same concept as the Wayward Children with escaping through doorways, but not as well done. I wouldn’t suggest reading them back-to-back. And then I wanted to try and read a book with the number in the title of that month. For example, January is the first month so I chose books with a one in the title. February is the second month so I picked a book with two in the title. So my last books for the month were No One Here is Lonely<\/em> by Sarah Everett, \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50, and One of the Boys<\/em> by Daniel Magariel, \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I read six books in February.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The best book this month was the audio version of Stamped<\/em> by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi, \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50. I really hope we can get this book added to our social justice books groups at school. This is so great and powerful. In addition, I read X<\/em> by Ilyasah Shabazz, \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50, also for the social justice book groups and The 57 Bus<\/em> by Dashka Slater, \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50. My read for my reading challenge was Sunflowers in February<\/em> by Phyllida Shrimpton, \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50.5 (and the only book I could currently find with the word February in the title). And my number in the title selection was Between Two Skies<\/em> by Joanne O’Sullivan, \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50. I also have heard so much about To All the Boys I Loved Before<\/em> by Jenny Han, \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50, that I felt like I needed to check it out myself. I loved it and quickly watched the Netlix adaptation, which was also pretty good. I plan to read the other two books in the series so that I can watch the second installment as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I read four books in March.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I totally failed on my 2020 reading challenge in month three. I intended to read two more things that met the challenge, but due to school closures, I left them there. However, I have since been able to pick them up so I will add them to my April reading to get back on track. I listened to two books, The Gravity of Us<\/em> by Phil Stamper, \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50, and Sea Witch Rising<\/em> by Sarah Henning, \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50.5. I also finished two adult books, American Dirt<\/em> by Jeanine Cummins, \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50 and Sleeping Giants<\/em> by Sylvain Neuvel, \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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