Between the Pages

      Why is it that we love to read when we are not forced to do so? When you have a summer book assigned by your school or parent that you have to read, it just is not as fun as it would be reading your favorite genres or titles for pleasure. For me, this I what summer is about. During the summer, I read as many books as I can. Every spare moment goes to reading. For you, this may not be the case. When I started posting on this blog, I vowed that I would get more girls interested in reading. I did not just mean school reading or assigned/forced reading, I meant reading for pleasure too. My goal is not to get you to do read every second of every single day, but it is to get you interested in reading when you are not forced to do so, because we can learn a lot from books. Below are some of my favorite summer books that I think you will love. Some of these books made me adore reading in the way I do now. Fifth and Sixth Grade Titles: 1.      Sc...

Happy Summer! The days we have been counting down months, weeks, days, and seconds for are finally here. You know what this means, summer reading! I am in the process of compiling all of my greatest recommendations for summer reading into one huge blog post. Each book will have a star rating, a cover photo, and more. It will be in the same format as the quarterly reading post, but it will be separated by grades. (5th and 6th grade and then 7th and 8th grade) Stay tuned!

        At my school, you have to read a book per quarter and write a review for your classmates. Sounds easy, right? All I have to do is read a little bit along the way. While in the car, at bed time, while getting ready for bed, there more and more and more circumstances where we could read. But, do we? No, we don’t. After lacrosse, soccer, dance practices or violin, insert your instrument here lessons, we have to eat dinner, finish our homework, get ready for bed, and after all of this, sleep. Today’s world does not permit anyone having any free time or any moments to themselves. Now that Quarterly Reading is due in about a week, people are scrambling. This, Procrastinators, is dedicated to you. Here are a couple of quick and easy books that are interesting and could be read in 3-7 days. #1) When my Sister Started Kissing:          When my Sister S...

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley At my school, I am a Library Leader. (Library Leaders promote reading in the middle school and recommend books for the younger grades.) The Library Leaders had the fortunate opportunity of eating lunch and meeting with Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. We got to ask her questions and just talk with her. Mrs. Bradley also spoke to the whole seventh and eighth grade in assembly about her research. 1)      When/How does she write? Mrs. Bradley writes in the morning, but this depends on her chores for the day. She got into her routine when her children, now graduating college and out of college, were small and went to school. She would always wait until her husband took them to drop them off at school. She likes for her writing space to be very quiet. She prefers typing when she when she writes as to writing. (This may be pretty common; I do not know what the common format among writers is today. I just thought I would include eve...