June 1 is a day that is full of potential and promise of long nights of reading and although I already have a full Kindle of books to read, I like the excitement of reading lists. Who knows, perhaps this summer. . .
Austin Kleon, author of Steal Like an Artist shares his here. Like his personality, this is for the philosophical artist.
BBC Culture polled authors, journalists and "literary types" across 35 countries and asked them to nominate 5 fictional stories that shaped their mindset or influenced history. The top 5 is here. Of the 5 there is only one American (Harriet Beecher Stowe) and one African (Nigeria's Chinua Achebe). I think the world is still stuck on classic "canonical" books but if you have not read these, definitely start with Things Fall Apart.
Bookish has a monthly book club pics list for YA and June is not out but here is May The YA market is so dynamic that this is how I get an idea of new books to add to my to read list.
Goodreads has a summer reading challenge. There is a beginner level and an expert level here. I think the middle level, which I am doing is to take from both lists, use only YA, middle level reads and if something I read does not exactly fit, use my experience with middle school thinkers to justify how it should count.
And now to get reading. I am currently reading:
This is for the category It's the End of the World: read a book about the end of the world as we know it. The description is below, which will look like it does not fit, but when you are a middle schooler and your father has died and you are homeless with a special needs little sister and a mother who is just trying to hold it together, this is the end of the world.
Can you still have a home if you don't have a house?
Always think in threes and you'll never fall, Cora's father told her when she was a little girl. Two feet, one hand. Two hands, one foot. That was all Cora needed to know to climb the trees of Brooklyn.
But now Cora is a middle schooler, a big sister, and homeless. Her mother is trying to hold the family together after her father's death, and Cora must look after her sister, Adare, who's just different, their mother insists. Quick to smile, Adare hates wearing shoes, rarely speaks, and appears untroubled by the question Cora can't help but ask: How will she find a place to call home?
After their room at the shelter is ransacked, Cora's mother looks to an old friend for help, and Cora finally finds what she has been looking for: Ailanthus altissima, the "tree of heaven," which can grow in even the worst conditions. It sets her on a path to discover a deeper truth about where she really belongs.
Always think in threes and you'll never fall, Cora's father told her when she was a little girl. Two feet, one hand. Two hands, one foot. That was all Cora needed to know to climb the trees of Brooklyn.
But now Cora is a middle schooler, a big sister, and homeless. Her mother is trying to hold the family together after her father's death, and Cora must look after her sister, Adare, who's just different, their mother insists. Quick to smile, Adare hates wearing shoes, rarely speaks, and appears untroubled by the question Cora can't help but ask: How will she find a place to call home?
After their room at the shelter is ransacked, Cora's mother looks to an old friend for help, and Cora finally finds what she has been looking for: Ailanthus altissima, the "tree of heaven," which can grow in even the worst conditions. It sets her on a path to discover a deeper truth about where she really belongs.
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