Aurora Dimitre's Books and Rambling

 

 

 So, previously, for the past few years, my reading goal per year has been 500.  500 is a nice round number for me. It's doable but it's not too easy; I read a lot and I read fast and 500 has been done before and will probably be done again.  Here's the thing with this year's fifth graders: they're loud. And they're not as self-sufficient. And there's one of them that just wants attention all the time, and previously the only way he's ever gotten attention is by misbehaving, and we have a good relationship so it's really mild but it's just enough that I do have to pay attention to him pretty much constantly on-and-off.  Last year's fifth graders: quiet. Nice. Listened. All the time. So much "modeling" which was me reading book after book after book while they quietly worked on what they needed to work on.  (I do like this year's class. They're just... more .) Either way: 500 will not be happening this year, so I was curious....

 

 

 

 

 It's been a while since I've done one of these. For the first few months of the year I was good about doing them every month, but, uh, that fell off, and I've read a number of books, and so--let's talk about it. This does count re-reads.  TOP TEN BOOKS SO FAR 10. Goodnight Punpun 1 by Inio Asano A manga made it onto the top ten? Hot damn. 9. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson My first full-length Jackson and it was stellar! 8. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly A tragedy, really. Very good. 7. The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic At the end of the day I AM AFTG trash. And I'm Jean trash. So. 6. The American by Henry James This one did truly surprise me; I've read James before and he's always been FINE but he's never impressed me like this. Good times. 5. And Then They Were gone by Judy Bebelaar Nonfiction! Jonestown! So sad! 4. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead As of right now, this is the highest up non-reread and it's look...