Sunday, March 4, 2018

It's Monday! What are you reading?


It's Monday! What are you reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Kathryn at Book Date. It's Monday! What are you reading? - from Picture Books to YA is a kid lit focused meme just like the original and is hosted weekly by Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee at Unleashing Readers. The purpose is the same: to recap what you have read/reviewed and plan out your reading and reviews for the upcoming week. Twitter: #IMWAYR

It's been exactly two weeks since I last posted anything on this blog. I have been down and out since then with the flu (and yes, I had a flu shot). How bad is this year's flu? I actually had two days when I thought I wasn't going to pull through, I was so sick. On a more pleasant note, however, I did have a nice dream that my Kiddo came home from San Francisco to NYC and did all my laundry. When I told her about the dream, she laughed and said she would have done that for me if I really needed her to. What a great kid!

If the flu comes calling at your house, here are some of our favorite sick day picture books that might help you through:

I didn't read as much as I would have liked but I read a few things, including
The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
2018, Greenwillow, 208 pages
Right now, I am reading
Without Refuge by Jane Mitchell
2018, Carolrhoda Books, 288 pages

I have a whole slew of books to review that have been sitting only desk for the last few weeks, and I hope to get to them soon. I'm still very tired all the time, but I'm a big believer in the idea that slow and steady wins the race and that's how I am approaching things right now.

Stay healthy, safe and warm!!

8 comments:

  1. So sorry you have been out with the flu. So many people have been getting it this year. I am glad you are on the mend though. Hope you are back to your usual self soon. :)

    I have read the Llama Llama book- but the rest are new to me. Thanks for sharing.
    ~Jess

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  2. We loved the Llama Llama and his Mama series. My youngest loved the rhyming. I hope you get well soon.

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  3. I just spoke with my brother last night who also has had the flu, his wife, too & they also had had the shots. I'm so sorry that you were "struck". What a bad season it's been for it. I'm glad you're back on the mend, and sharing too. How fun that you found some books about being ill! I love Amos McGee & the Mr. Putter and Tabby books. And I have The Book of Boy on my list, and will put Without Refuge on too! Thanks, Alex!

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  4. So sorry you are sick. I also had my shots and touch wood, haven't caught it so far. I've been fighting a sinus infection instead. Grrr! The Book of Boy looks interesting.
    Hope you are better soon.

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  5. Aww, I love how your reading matched how you were feeling. Glad to hear that you're feeling a wee bit alright now. :)

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  6. I heard that they guessed wrong a bit with the shots, so the most common strain isn't the one in the vaccines. I'm glad you are feeling better!

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  7. I'm so sorry you've been ill! Ugh. But how cute that you shared good books to read while you're sick. So sweet! The Book of Boy sounds very interesting -- especially the setting time period! Hope you're feeling much better. Have a wonderful reading week!

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  8. Sorry you were sick. I think I'll get a couple of the sick day books.

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