I haven’t counted the total number of writers in our writing group, but I admire and cherish them all. I also learn about their lives, their hopes, their frustrations, their fears and… they learn about mine. I learn different writing styles, different approaches to the same subject, other writer’s processes. Writing thirty one days and commenting on others writing always teaches me so much. While I always learn from my writing companions in this group, this month has been particularly poignant. This month I have been writing in the Slice of Life Community 31 Day Challenge created by Two Writing Teachers. Since childhood, books have always been my constant companion and comfort. Slipping seamlessly into the reality of a book gives us a respite from our current reality whatever that might be. This middle grade novels tells a story in letters, text messages, and drawings of students developing a time capsule in a small town when a disruption changes their every day lives. Currently, I am reading Breakout recommended by humbleswede. I love to read books recommended by adult friends and child friends. Who are those authors whose work you always read? Likewise, I am loyal to Erica Bauermeister (before Reese Witherspoon) whose recent book Home Lessons is in my queue at Amazon and Libby. Not challenging, these books tell a tale of persevering and are as familiar as a favorite sweater. From my own young mother book club days, I still read every book Elizabeth Berg ever writes. Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore) I also have favorite long time authors. In the quirky category, a book I’ve been sharing is Sourdough. In historic fiction, recently (last summer) I liked The Gown and The Editor. What books do I recommend over and over? For respite, I often recommend a historical fiction or a fully quirky book that defies definition. What books are ones that you return to as trusted mentors? Treasured books, in turn I reread from the beginning and other times, drop in to read a chapter or a dog-eared passage. These books, while diverse reads, are mentors for times of struggle, each in their own ways. Switch, Quiet Leadership, Dare to Lead, Atomic Habits, Leading Well and Mary Oliver live in a basket in my bedroom to be picked up whenever needed. One of my favorite teachers has started Sisters Grimmwith her student, reading aloud a chapter on video each day for students to listen to after lunch. Our local librarians is rereading all of the Harry Potter books. 30 day writing challenge 2020 series#Now is a wonderful time to get lost in a series together. This book brings home the idea of how now more than ever, we must encourage lap reading for all of students and families, the opportunity to have family read alouds comes to mind. She keeps me up-to-date with current best sellers.Ĭoincidentally, I had been reading Reader Come Home about reading in the digital age when we were plunged into our virtual learning. I have an unopened box in my library waiting that she sent last week. My former book club mate, now retired in Wisconsin, sends me her read book club books. I have a stack of those book club books at home. That first book in the chaos of the first days was just a rest for my mind. This same friend reads a mystery at the beginning of the summer, Louise Penny, her author of choice, to give her mind a rest. These books can be read in an afternoon, you’re relatively sure that every thing will turn out in the end, and you can fully escape into the setting, the characters, and the story arc. This is the kind of book my friend calls a ‘vacation book‘. The first book on the pile was one I won in a Goodreads give-away, Susan Wiggs’ The Oysterville Sewing Circle. Since childhood, I have gathered books around me and turned to them in transitions.Īs many literacy coaches, I have a very large to-be-read pile. No matter what else might happen, books can be depended upon. Books have always been a comfort to me in sadness, in change, in fatigue. In the first days after school closed, before we developed our first phase of our distance plan, I came home and escaped into a book. I write in the community of writers brought together by Two Writing Teachers in our March 31 Day Writing Challenge. Last week, Elisabeth wrote about the books she returns to for comfort As we end our month long writing, this It’s Monday What are You Reading, I write about what I am reading and also what I recommend to you.
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