I am so inlove with books right now, it is amazing. 2 out of 3 of my classes are all about literacy/literature. I'm entrenched in adolescent lit this week, and pumped about a new bookstore that I found thanks to a tip from my Adolescent Lit instructor.
Let's just say "free books" was the catch phrase and I came away with 10 such items!!
My Monday after work activity was to meet up with a friend and head over to this quaint little local bookstore. Think Meg Ryan and You've Got Mail. The children's book buyer for the store was presenting all the best new books for K-12 for September. And BONUS! She had a bunch of advance copies of various novels to distribute FOR FREE!!! Ok, I feel adolescent myself to use extra exclamation points, but I've already read one of the free books and it was amazing. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins ( http://stephanieperkins.com/books.html ) was just a stellar adol lit teen romance. Smart, well-rounded characters. Vibrant dialogue. Love. I'm going back to the said bookstore to buy her first novel, Anna and the French Kiss to both support the bookstore and the author. I am so grateful to have been introduced to this store, and in a way that introduced me directly to the writing style of a budding author.
I can't wait to read the other 9 books I received, and also share the above book with future students. It may have a gender limited audience (aka my boy students are unlikely to pick up its pastel-y glory), but every teen/preteen girl needs a nice romance to read about.
Two more classes this week, and I'm finally getting into the meaty bits of lesson planning. Too bad I'm distracted by that with all these shiny books!
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