22-23 SSD2 No Stress Staff Reading Challenge by Jennifer Alevy https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3 Create your own challenge, you decide how much you read. Post Book Covers for the ones you read, give a review or rating if you wish. Include books you read over the summer! en-us 2022-04-18 15:13:54 UTC 2023-05-30 18:59:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2148822471 2022-04-19 15:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2148822471 Jenn's 22-23 Reading Challenge jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2148878579 My goal: 50 books 
Completed: 51
In progress/on deck: 5]]> 2022-04-19 16:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2148878579 jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2150371738 2022-04-20 13:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2150371738 jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2150372927 2022-04-20 13:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2150372927 My favorite book of the year so far! ***** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276328067 Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results.

But like science, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking (“combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride”) proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn’t just teaching women to cook. She’s daring them to change the status quo. 

Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.
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]]> 2022-08-30 14:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276328067 Chatter (Audio) **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276355423 Tell a stranger that you talk to yourself, and you’re likely to get written off as eccentric. But the truth is that we all have a voice in our head. When we talk to ourselves, we often hope to tap into our inner coach but find our inner critic instead. When we’re facing a tough task, our inner coach can buoy us up: Focus - you can do this. But, just as often, our inner critic sinks us entirely: I’m going to fail. They’ll all laugh at me. What’s the use?

In Chatter, acclaimed psychologist Ethan Kross explores the silent conversations we have with ourselves. Interweaving groundbreaking behavioral and brain research from his own lab with real-world case studies - from a pitcher who forgets how to pitch, to a Harvard undergrad negotiating her double life as a spy - Kross explains how these conversations shape our lives, work, and relationships. He warns that giving in to negative and disorienting self-talk - what he calls “chatter” - can tank our health, sink our moods, strain our social connections, and cause us to fold under pressure.

But the good news is that we’re already equipped with the tools we need to make our inner voice work in our favor. These tools are often hidden in plain sight - in the words we use to think about ourselves, the technologies we embrace, the diaries we keep in our drawers, the conversations we have with our loved ones, and the cultures we create in our schools and workplaces.

Brilliantly argued, expertly researched, and filled with compelling stories, Chatter gives us the power to change the most important conversation we have each day: the one we have with ourselves.
]]> 2022-08-30 14:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276355423 In Defense of Witches (Audio) **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276370753 Centuries after the infamous witch hunts that swept through Europe and America, witches continue to hold a unique fascination for many: as fairy tale villains, practitioners of pagan religion, as well as feminist icons. Witches are both the ultimate victim and the stubborn, elusive rebel. But who were the women who were accused and often killed for witchcraft? What types of women have centuries of terror censored, eliminated, and repressed?

Celebrated feminist writer Mona Chollet explores three types of women who were accused of witchcraft and persecuted: the independent woman, since widows and celibates were particularly targeted; the childless woman, since the time of the hunts marked the end of tolerance for those who claimed to control their fertility; and the elderly woman, who has always been an object of at best, pity, and at worst, horror. Examining modern society, Chollet concludes that these women continue to be harrassed and oppressed. Rather than being a brief moment in history, the persecution of witches is an example of society’s seemingly eternal misogyny, while women today are direct heirs to those who were hunted down and killed for their thoughts and actions.

With fiery prose and arguments that range from the scholarly to the cultural, In Defense of Witches seeks to unite the mythic image of the witch with modern women who seek to live their lives on their own terms.]]> 2022-08-30 14:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276370753 Wasn't what I expected, keep an open mind. *** (Audio) jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276386422 In her powerful new book, critically acclaimed author Melissa Febos examines the narratives women are told about what it means to be female and what it takes to free oneself from them.

When her body began to change at eleven years old, Febos understood immediately that her meaning to other people had changed with it. By her teens, she defined herself based on these perceptions and by the romantic relationships she threw herself into headlong. Over time, Febos increasingly questioned the stories she’d been told about herself and the habits and defenses she’d developed over years of trying to meet others’ expectations. The values she and so many other women had learned in girlhood did not prioritize their personal safety, happiness, or freedom, and she set out to reframe those values and beliefs.

Blending investigative reporting, memoir, and scholarship, Febos charts how she and others like her have reimagined relationships and made room for the anger, grief, power, and pleasure women have long been taught to deny.
Written with Febos’ characteristic precision, lyricism, and insight, Girlhood is a philosophical treatise, an anthem for women, and a searing study of the transitions into and away from girlhood, toward a chosen self.]]> 2022-08-30 15:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276386422 Local author from Boulder **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276390262 Life is good for thirty-year-old Owen Sterling. But when tragedy strikes during his honeymoon in Thailand, the future he’d hoped for is shattered.After time with his family and friends in America does little to ease his pain, Owen returns to Asia to try to make peace with his past. A chance encounter unites him with Suchin, a young Thai woman battling her own demons. Inspired by their unexpected connection, the unlikely pair of traveling companions journeys to Nepal, soon embarking on an extraordinary trek through the Himalayas. Facing their own doubts, as well as everything from bandits to mudslides to illness, Owen and Suchin climb higher, their bond strengthening with each step.But the shadows of their pasts continue to loom large. And while both seek rebirth within a beautiful yet unforgiving land, neither knows if they will reach a legendary summit. The climb could break them—or save them.]]> 2022-08-30 15:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276390262 Learning in Public (Audio) *** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276397557 From the time Courtney E. Martin strapped her daughter, Maya, to her chest for long walks, she was curious about Emerson Elementary, a public school down the street from her Oakland home. She learned that White families in their gentrifying neighborhood largely avoided the majority-Black, poorly-rated school. As she began asking why, a journey of a thousand moral miles began.
 
Learning in Public is the story, not just Courtney’s journey, but a whole country’s. Many of us are newly awakened to the continuing racial injustice all around us, but unsure of how to go beyond hashtags and yard signs to be a part of transforming the country. Courtney discovers that her public school, the foundation of our fragile democracy, is a powerful place to dig deeper.  
 
Courtney E. Martin examines her own fears, assumptions, and conversations with other moms and dads as they navigate school choice. A vivid portrait of integration’s virtues and complexities, and yes, the palpable joy of trying to live differently in a country re-making itself. Learning in Public might also set your family’s life on a different course forever. 
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]]> 2022-08-30 15:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276397557 I'm a Catlin Tucker Fan Girl ;-) ***** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276411110 Blended Learning is the way to go!!!]]> 2022-08-30 15:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276411110 Same old teen angst *** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276425707 There are a few references to the school library and librarian which I loved. Librarians to the rescue!!! ]]> 2022-08-30 15:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276425707 Music Is History by Questlove https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276549475 Questlove is the drummer and band leader for The Roots, who have been playing for Jimmy Fallon on live television for over a decade now. Starting in the year of his birth (1971), Questlove takes American music and history one year at a time, making connections between the music that shaped him and the historical events that influenced that music. This book will completely change the way you think about history in general, but also invite you to think more critically and lovingly at the music in your own life.]]> 2022-08-30 16:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276549475 My Goal This year rrenz https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276767343 7 audio books
2 F novels
1 NF PD book]]> 2022-08-30 19:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276767343 Finished reading audio book. Hated it. rrenz https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276769096 I usually love dystopian fiction, but this one is a bit out there for me, so far.]]> 2022-08-30 19:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276769096 My goal for the challenge is: 10 audiobooks & 5 books. https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276844740 2022-08-30 21:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276844740 SCROLL RIGHT FOR MORE COLUMNS! jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276846530 2022-08-30 21:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276846530 I'm also currently reading a biography about Georgia O'Keeffe. https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276851062 This is a book that I have owned for about 20 years. I finally decided to pick it up during the summer. I'm almost done, but have slowed down since school started. I've learning a lot about O'Keeffe.]]> 2022-08-30 21:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2276851062 My goal this year: 20 audio books, 10 paperbacks, & 5 PD books https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2277733880 2022-08-31 13:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2277733880 Listened to: Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow by: Gabrielle Zevin 5 stars*****!!! https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2277738518 2022-08-31 13:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2277738518 Paperback: The Days of Afrekete by: Asali Solomon https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2277741520 2022-08-31 13:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2277741520 My goal for 2022 is 75 books, and I'm currently at 54 complete! https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278131842 2022-08-31 18:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278131842 Currently reading: Carrie Soto is Back and re-reading the Throne of Glass series. https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278132385 2022-08-31 18:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278132385 slivingston27 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278225010 2022-08-31 19:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278225010 slivingston27 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278225540 2022-08-31 19:21:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278225540 slivingston27 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278225715 2022-08-31 19:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278225715 slivingston27 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278225829 2022-08-31 19:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278225829 slivingston27 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278226090 2022-08-31 19:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278226090 slivingston27 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278226292 2022-08-31 19:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278226292 slivingston27 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278227649 2022-08-31 19:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278227649 I'm a huge Stephen King fan. I also love the Repairman Jack series, and finished that this summer. I started to reread all of King's books and will continue next with Shawshank Redemption, and then all of his short story collections. I'm also addicted to the Kingslingers podcast, which is a deep dive into The Dark Tower series and related books. slivingston27 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278316713 K]]> 2022-08-31 21:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278316713 Currently Reading: kcrozier5 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278332483 Paradais by Fernanda Melchor]]> 2022-08-31 21:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278332483 2022 Books kcrozier5 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278334226 Slaughterhouse-Five - Vonnegut
No Longer Human - Dazai
Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Diaz
Underworld - DeLillo
Jakob von Gunten - Walser]]> 2022-08-31 21:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278334226 Goals for School Year kcrozier5 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278335235 20 Books]]> 2022-08-31 21:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2278335235 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2280778596 2022-09-02 14:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2280778596 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2280779681 2022-09-02 14:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2280779681 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2280780442 2022-09-02 14:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2280780442 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2280780916 2022-09-02 14:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2280780916 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2280781073 2022-09-02 14:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2280781073 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2280781558 2022-09-02 14:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2280781558 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2280781865 2022-09-02 14:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2280781865 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2280782858 2022-09-02 14:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2280782858 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2284729945 2022-09-06 14:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2284729945 Oops, I accidentally deleted some of your books. I have no idea how I did that and tried to undo. So sorry, Jenn jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2285227683 2022-09-06 19:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2285227683 pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2286435253 2022-09-07 13:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2286435253 Feminasty (Audio) **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2287114701 Erin Gibson has a singular goal - to create a utopian future where women are recognized as humans. In FEMINASTY—titled after her nickname on the hit podcast "Throwing Shade”—she has written a collection of make-you-laugh-until-you-cry essays that expose the hidden rules that make life as a woman unnecessarily hard and deconstructs them in a way that's bold, provocative and hilarious.Whether it's shaming women for having their periods, allowing them into STEM fields but never treating them like they truly belong, or dictating strict rules for how they should dress in every situation, Erin breaks down the organized chaos of old fashioned sexism, intentional and otherwise, that systemically keeps women down. FEMINASTY is Erin Gibson’s revolutionary handbook for dismantling the patriarchy, one pay gap joke at a time.]]> 2022-09-07 20:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2287114701 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2294334116 2022-09-13 13:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2294334116 Listened to: Beautiful World, Where are You? By Sally Rooney nikolelangdorf https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2294470539 2022-09-13 14:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2294470539 Unlady Like **** (Audio) jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2299993053 Get ready to get unladylike with this field guide to the what's, why's, and how's of intersectional feminism and practical hell-raising. Through essential, inclusive, and illustrated explorations of what patriarchy looks like in the real world, authors and podcast hosts Cristen Conger and Caroline Ervin blend wild histories, astounding stats, social justice principles, and self-help advice to connect where the personal meets political in our bodies, brains, booty calls, bank accounts, and other confounding facets of modern woman-ing and nonbinary-ing. By laying out the uneven terrain of double-standards, head games, and handouts patriarchy has manspread across society for ages, Unladylike is here to unpack our gender baggage and map out the space that's ours to claim.]]> 2022-09-16 13:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2299993053 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2300086258 2022-09-16 14:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2300086258 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2303061426 2022-09-19 14:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2303061426 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2303067227 2022-09-19 14:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2303067227 Recently Finished: https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2303883729 I read this due to a suggestion. I have some qualms about this one, but overall it's pretty good. Though I didn't expect this to be a romance novel (as I didn't do my research before reading.) ]]> 2022-09-20 00:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2303883729 Reading Audio Book. Loving it, I was very sceptical! Finished this. I really liked it. It is pretty long, which I look for in audio books because I listen on my drive to and from work. I heard the movie is bad and I see why. It is a story meant for a book. rrenz https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2309400784 I was very sceptical about this book because of the author. I am really enjoying it so far. It is a very interesting concept.]]> 2022-09-22 19:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2309400784 This is one of my favorite books. rrenz https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2309403727 I recommend this book to anyone who likes historical fiction and science. I really loved this book.]]> 2022-09-22 19:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2309403727 Do you like WWII books? rrenz https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2309406064 I love this book.]]> 2022-09-22 19:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2309406064 Masterpiece WWII historical fiction! rrenz https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2309407755 2022-09-22 19:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2309407755 Next Up on Audio rrenz https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2309410198 I want to read this book because it is by the same author as All The Light We Cannot See, which I loved.]]> 2022-09-22 19:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2309410198 Reading Paper Version now. rrenz https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2309411630 2022-09-22 19:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2309411630 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2312301865 2022-09-25 14:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2312301865 pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2315588298 2022-09-27 13:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2315588298 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2322716232 2022-10-02 16:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2322716232 Audio book. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. According to wikipedia she was born in Denver and lives in Greeley. rrenz https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2331039788 2022-10-07 13:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2331039788 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2332215596 2022-10-09 01:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2332215596 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2332561093 2022-10-09 16:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2332561093 Cloud Cuckoo Land ***1/2 (Audio) jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2333749985 I listened to this book and think it would actually have been better to read it in print. It was an interesting story, I love how he weaved and spiraled in all the different storylines. I was left a bit wanting though, and thought he ended a few timelines a bit prematurely.]]> 2022-10-10 15:17:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2333749985 Has anyone read this? John Green did a tiktok on it and I think I am going to add it to my list. rrenz https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2334209794 2022-10-10 21:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2334209794 Currently Reading: The Reading List https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2357376051 2022-10-26 14:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2357376051 Listened to: Cribsheet (pregnancy/baby book) https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2357384236 2022-10-26 14:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2357384236 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2362649447 2022-10-31 03:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2362649447 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2362650206 2022-10-31 03:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2362650206 Audio *** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2363629442 This is a book best read than listened to, I think.

Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandment finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading.

Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.

Except the discovery of their bond would mean the death of each of them. There’s still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win. That’s how war works, right?

]]> 2022-10-31 16:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2363629442 Skirts (Audio) **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2363634121 I wish I had the print book so I could reference the pictures.
Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell's Skirts looks at the history of twentieth-century womenswear through the lens of game-changing styles like the little black dress and the Bar Suit, as well as more obscure innovations like the Taxi dress or the Pop-Over dress, which came with a matching potholder. These influential garments illuminate the times in which they were first worn―and the women who wore them―while continuing to shape contemporary fashion and even opening the door for a genderfluid future of skirts. At once an authoritative work of history and a delightfully entertaining romp through decades of fashion, Skirts charts the changing fortunes, freedoms, and aspirations of women themselves.]]> 2022-10-31 16:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2363634121 Currently Listening to: The Book of Goose https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2373608855 Just started it and already love the POV & cadence! ]]> 2022-11-07 18:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2373608855 Pedagogy of the Oppressed **** (Audio) jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2379306543 This is a book that I will also need to read the print version. It also warrants multiple readings.]]> 2022-11-10 21:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2379306543 Onward/Onward Workbook (SSD2 Book Study) jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2383050825 Am currently reading]]> 2022-11-14 15:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2383050825 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2387267203 2022-11-16 20:21:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2387267203 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2387269977 2022-11-16 20:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2387269977 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2387274525 2022-11-16 20:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2387274525 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2387276008 In 1540, during the reign of Henry VIII, Shardlake is asked to help a young girl accused of murder. She refuses to speak in her defense even when threatened with torture. But just when the case seems lost, Thomas Cromwell, the king’s feared vicar general, offers Shardlake two more weeks to prove his client’s innocence. In exchange, Shardlake must find a lost cache of "Dark Fire," a legendary weapon of mass destruction. ]]> 2022-11-16 20:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2387276008 SO AWESOME!!!***** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2388493112 2022-11-17 15:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2388493112 Listening to Audiobook jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2388497670 To read]]> 2022-11-17 15:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2388497670 jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2388515999 2022-11-17 15:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2388515999 pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2391055083 A humorous, life-affirming, and charmingly wise novel tells the story of how the forced retirement of a shy, closeted postman in northern England creates a second chance with his lost love, as he learns to embrace his true self, connect with his community, and finally experience his life’s great adventure.]]> 2022-11-19 18:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2391055083 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2394309918 “Rich, dark, and intricately twisted, this enthralling whodunit mixes family saga with domestic noir to brilliantly chilling effect.” —Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author]]> 2022-11-22 15:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2394309918 pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2403624770 2022-11-30 14:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2403624770 pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2403631540 The story of a lifelong friendship between two very different women with shared histories, divisive loyalties, hidden sorrows, and eighty years of summers on a pristine point of land on the coast of Maine, set across the arc of the 20th century.]]> 2022-11-30 14:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2403631540 Platonic **** (Audio) https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2409219143 Is understanding the science of attachment the key to building lasting friendships and finding “your people” in an ever-more-fragmented world?

How do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? In Platonic, Dr. Marisa G. Franco unpacks the latest, often counterintuitive findings about the bonds between us—for example, why your friends aren’t texting you back (it’s not because they hate you!), and the myth of “friendships happening organically” (making friends, like cultivating any relationship, requires effort!). As Dr. Franco explains, to make and keep friends you must understand your attachment style—secure, anxious, or avoidant: it is the key to unlocking what’s working (and what’s failing) in your friendships.]]> 2022-12-05 14:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2409219143 Save it for Later (GN)**** https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2411310774 In seven interwoven comics essays, author and graphic novelist Nate Powell addresses living in an era of what he calls “necessary protest.” Save It for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest is Powell’s reflection on witnessing the collapse of discourse in real time while drawing the award-winning trilogy March, written by Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, this generation’s preeminent historical account of nonviolent revolution in the civil rights movement. Powell highlights both the danger of normalized paramilitary presence symbols in consumer pop culture, and the roles we play individually as we interact with our communities, families, and society at large.]]> 2022-12-06 21:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2411310774 Lady Justice (Audio) ***** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2412337780 Dahlia Lithwick, one of the nation’s foremost legal commentators, tells the gripping and heroic story of the women lawyers who fought the racism, sexism, and xenophobia of Donald Trump’s presidency—and won]]> 2022-12-07 15:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2412337780 Spring Fever (print fiction - bathtub book ;-) *** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2414634652 Enjoyable for a beach/bathtub/leave on the plane book]]> 2022-12-08 17:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2414634652 jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2415884466 2022-12-09 17:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2415884466 Fascinating book! (Audio) **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2419484343
Join von Petzinger as she travels throughout Europe and attempts to crack the code of these strange symbols, which persisted virtually unchanged for some 30,000 years. Clearly meaningful to their creators, these geometric signs are one of the first indicators of our human ancestors’ intelligence and capacity for symbolic meaning and language—glimpses across millennia of an ancient consciousness linked to our own.]]> 2022-12-13 16:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2419484343 rrenz https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2424898322 This was interesting, but a bit on the spicy side for my taste.]]> 2022-12-19 15:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2424898322 Audio Book rrenz https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2424900668 Audiobiographical.]]> 2022-12-19 15:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2424900668 YA - Decided Not to Read This One jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2425190160 I love me a good roller derby book!]]> 2022-12-19 20:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2425190160 I'm currently listening to the "Worm" series, a super-hero book originally published as a week serial online. Also listening to the "We've Got Ward" podcast after each section. https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2426005919 2022-12-20 17:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2426005919 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434237478 Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout explores the mysteries of marriage and the secrets we keep, as a former couple reckons with where they’ve come from—and what they’ve left behind. ]]> 2023-01-05 03:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434237478 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434238100 A book that “speak[s] volumes about our need for connection—human, feline or otherwise” (The San Francisco Chronicle), The Travelling Cat Chronicles is a life-affirming anthem to kindness and self-sacrifice that shows how the smallest things can provide the greatest joy—the perfect gift for cat lovers and travellers!

]]> 2023-01-05 03:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434238100 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434239366 The story of a lifelong friendship between two very different women with shared histories, divisive loyalties, hidden sorrows, and eighty years of summers on a pristine point of land on the coast of Maine, set across the arc of the 20th century.

]]> 2023-01-05 03:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434239366 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434240340 A young woman has one month and a closet full of shoes to discover the future she thought she'd lost.]]> 2023-01-05 03:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434240340 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434241065 The disappearance of a young woman leaves her best friend reeling and an NYPD homicide detective digging into her own past in this twisty mystery about the power of female friendships. ]]> 2023-01-05 03:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434241065 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434241768 Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them—women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.

]]> 2023-01-05 03:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434241768 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434242420 A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup.]]> 2023-01-05 03:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434242420 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434243002 Does George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington’s unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new president through all thirteen former colonies, which were now an unsure nation. Travels with George marks a new first-person voice for Philbrick, weaving history and personal reflection into a single narrative.

]]> 2023-01-05 03:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434243002 Fifty Words for Rain https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434243834 A lovely, heartrending story about love and loss, prejudice and pain, and the sometimes dangerous, always durable ties that link a family together.]]> 2023-01-05 03:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2434243834 pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2437883154 2023-01-09 14:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2437883154 I'm currently listening to Worm serial. It's 1.5 million words! https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2437931526

]]> 2023-01-09 15:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2437931526 I'm currently listening to the Worm serial. It's 1.5 million words! https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2437932530 2023-01-09 15:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2437932530 I really loved this book. rrenz https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2438201791 This was very interesting and enjoyable. Some parts sad and triggering, but overall I loved it. It was interesting to read the perspective of a child growing up with often hospital visits as a mom with a child who did that.]]> 2023-01-09 17:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2438201791 The Orchardist (Audio) *** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2447114647 Not my favorite book, I've been reading it on and off for over a year.]]> 2023-01-17 16:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2447114647 The Power of Fun (Audio) **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2447152006 Weaving together scientific research with personal experience, Price reveals the surprising mental, physical, and cognitive benefits of fun, and offers a practical, personalized plan for how we can achieve better screen/life balance and attract more True Fun into our daily lives—without feeling overwhelmed.]]> 2023-01-17 16:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2447152006 Bold School * (see comments as to why) jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2447153931 The author has some great ideas, however, I think Catlin Tucker is the better place to start, this book has some great add-on ideas with his framework and SAMR model. The biggest issue I have with this book is the blatant sexism, using 'he' for all the positive examples and 'she' for the negative ones. At one point he stereotyped what a woman teacher dressed like (not making this up.) I was not on the lookout for sexism, it jumps right off the pages and hits you in the face. And he is really condescending towards teachers, I get the impression he thinks he is better than all the other teachers in the world.]]> 2023-01-17 16:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2447153931 The Librarian Spy **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2447159090 Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the US military has brought her to Lisbon with a new mission: posing as a librarian while working undercover as a spy gathering intelligence.

]]> 2023-01-17 16:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2447159090 Hour of the Witch pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2450492272 A young Puritan woman—faithful, resourceful, but afraid of the demons that dog her soul—plots her escape from a violent marriage in this riveting and propulsive novel of historical suspense.]]> 2023-01-19 23:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2450492272 The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2450496089 A. J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. He lives alone, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. But when a mysterious package appears at the bookstore, its unexpected arrival gives Fikry the chance to make his life over--and see everything anew.   ]]> 2023-01-19 23:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2450496089 Hard Country pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2451138192 National best-selling author and New Mexico native Michael McGarrity takes listeners to the wild territory of the late 19th-century American Southwest for this epic tale. After the deaths of his wife and brother, John Kerney gives up his West Texas ranch and heads south in search of a new home. Soon Kerney is offered work trailing cattle to the New Mexico Territory - a job that will forever change his life.]]> 2023-01-20 14:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2451138192 The Midnight Library pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2451142476 Nora Seed is faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.]]> 2023-01-20 14:44:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2451142476 Anthony Bourdain World Travel (Audio)*** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2458992912 I thought it would be more of his view on the world and not a travel guide. ]]> 2023-01-27 14:10:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2458992912 Little Fires Everywhere *** https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2461634142 A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.]]> 2023-01-30 15:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2461634142 A MUST READ!!!(Audio) ***** https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2461636274 A no-holds-barred guidebook aimed at white women who want to stop being nice and start dismantling white supremacy.]]> 2023-01-30 15:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2461636274 The Irish Inheritance pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2461636761 Sometimes, digging up the past reveals more than secrets…
Former police detective, Jayne Sinclair, now working as a genealogical investigator, is commissioned by an adopted American billionaire to discover the identity of his real father.

She has only three clues to help her: a photocopied birth certificate, a stolen book and an old photograph. She soon realises somebody else is on the trail of the mystery. A killer who will stop at nothing to prevent Jayne discovering the secret hidden in the past

]]> 2023-01-30 15:54:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2461636761 Another MUST READ (Audio) **** https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2461637733 In “You Just Need to Lose Weight,” Aubrey Gordon equips readers with the facts and figures to reframe myths about fatness in order to dismantle the anti-fat bias ingrained in how we think about and treat fat people. Bringing her dozen years of community organizing and training to bear, Gordon shares the rhetorical approaches she and other organizers employ to not only counter these pernicious myths, but to dismantle the anti-fat bias that so often underpin them.]]> 2023-01-30 15:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2461637733 Women in White Coats pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2461640013 For fans of Hidden Figures and Radium Girls comes the remarkable story of three Victorian women who broke down barriers in the medical field to become the first women doctors, revolutionizing the way women receive health care.]]> 2023-01-30 15:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2461640013 Art Before Breakfast pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2461648886 Art Before Breakfast teaches readers how to develop a creative habit and lead a richer life through making art.]]> 2023-01-30 16:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2461648886 Currently reading jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2465013193 2023-02-01 18:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2465013193 Carrie Soto Is Back pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2470895888 A female athlete perhaps past her prime, brought back to the tennis court for one last grand slam.]]> 2023-02-06 23:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2470895888 Lucy by the Sea pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2471882366 A novel about a divorced couple stuck together during lockdown—and the love, loss, despair, and hope that animate us even as the world seems to be falling apart.]]> 2023-02-07 14:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2471882366 YA Graphic Novel *** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2473633152 After the events in Wounded Sky, Cole and Eva arrive in Winnipeg, the headquarters of Mihko Laboratories. They are intent on destroying the company once and for all, but their plans are thwarted when a new threat surfaces. When Cole becomes mired in terrifying visions, Eva must harness her newly discovered powers to investigate Mihko without him. Are Cole’s visions just troubled dreams, or are they leading him to a horrible truth?]]> 2023-02-08 15:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2473633152 YA Graphic Novel **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2473634761 Andrea, a young Indigenous Colombian woman, has returned to the land she calls home. Only nineteen years old, she comes to mourn her lost child, carrying a box in her arms. And she comes with another mission. Andrea has hidden a camera upon herself. If she can capture evidence of the illegal mining that displaced her family, it will mark the first step toward reclaiming their land. This socially conscious thriller from graphic novelist Canizales examines the injustices of his home country in a stark, distinctive style.]]> 2023-02-08 15:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2473634761 YA Graphic Novel **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2473697512 Olive is spending the summer before art school at a coveted internship, helping one of the fashion industry's elite digital-imaging specialists. After a glamourous New York photoshoot, she learns that taking pictures is only the first step. She discovers the "violent verbs" (cut, crop, slice, lasso) of image retouching software and the secrets behind "virtual models."]]> 2023-02-08 16:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2473697512 YA Graphic Novel **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2473855919 When Doctor Frances Ai’s younger sister Maura died in a tragic accident six months ago, Frances swore she would bring her back to life. However, the creature that rises from the slab is clearly not Maura. This girl, who chooses the name “M,” doesn’t remember anything about Maura's life and just wants to be her own person. However, Frances expects M to pursue the same path that Maura had been on—applying to college to become a scientist—and continue the plans she and Maura shared. Hoping to trigger Maura’s memories, Frances surrounds M with the trappings of Maura’s past, but M wants nothing to do with Frances’ attempts to change her into something she’s not.
In order to face the future, both Frances and M need to learn to listen and let go of Maura once and for all. Talia Dutton’s debut graphic novel, M Is for Monster, takes a hard look at what it means to live up to other people’s expectations—as well as our own.]]> 2023-02-08 17:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2473855919 YA Graphic Novel **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2474001748 A beautiful graphic novel fantasy romance that follows two young women who have to go on their own separate adventures to discover the truth about themselves and about each other.]]> 2023-02-08 19:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2474001748 YA **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2475707248 Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why -- or even who Tobias Hawthorne is.]]> 2023-02-09 22:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2475707248 Audio book **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2479695530 From the earliest days of civilization, alcohol has been at the center of social rituals and cultures worldwide. But when exactly did drinking become a gendered act? And why have bars long been considered “places for men” when, without women, they might not even exist?]]> 2023-02-13 14:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2479695530 The Hawthorne Legacy Bk 2 **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2493192022 The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, and now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up the pieces and find the man who might hold the answers to all of her questions—including why Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daughters or grandsons. ]]> 2023-02-23 22:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2493192022 Audiobook (a Must Read) **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2496727453 A brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us, written with humor and playfulness that challenges words and phrases and how we use them.]]> 2023-02-27 17:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2496727453 The Divorce Colony **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2505232082 From a historian and senior editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth-century women who moved to South Dakota to divorce their husbands and start living on their own terms]]> 2023-03-06 14:22:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2505232082 Unlearning *** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2505234411 Universal Design for Learning (UDL) suggests exciting ways to design and deliver engaging, rigorous learning experiences-as a growing international movement of UDL practitioners can attest. However, implementing UDL also requires us to unlearn many beliefs, assumptions, and teaching practices that no longer work.]]> 2023-03-06 14:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2505234411 UDL Now! (On deck) jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2505236628 In the third edition of UDL Now!, Katie Novak provides practical insights and savvy strategies for helping all learners succeed in a post-pandemic world using the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

This powerful guide for educators covers timely topics including:

  • Supporting UDL within multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS)
  • UDL in the service of equity
  • Recruiting and engaging learners as UDL partners
  • How UDL and Differentiated Instruction (DI) work together
  • The role of student choice and voice
  • What learning expertise really means
  • Preparing for standardized assessments the UDL way
]]> 2023-03-06 14:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2505236628 Superior **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2510729182 An astute and timely examination of the re-emergence of scientific research into racial differences.

Superior tells the disturbing story of the persistent thread of belief in biological racial differences in the world of science.]]> 2023-03-09 18:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2510729182 What the Fact? ***** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2518265059 New to the SHS Library, has a ton of great, thought-provoking information.

What is a fact? What are reliable sources? What is news? What is fake news? How can anyone make sense of it anymore? Well, we have to. As conspiracy theories and online hoaxes increasingly become a part of our national discourse and “truth” itself is being questioned, it has never been more vital to build the discernment necessary to tell fact from fiction, and media literacy has never been more important.]]> 2023-03-15 19:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2518265059 After Story *** 1/2 jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2518267666 When (Australian) Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother, Della, on a tour of England's most revered literary sites, Jasmine hopes it will bring them closer together and help them reconcile the past. 

The story was told from the mother and daughter's points of view in different chapters, going over the same event. It was a bit awkward to read. I did like the mother's story, it was interesting to read about her Aboriginal background and ways of thinking and perceiving the world compared with her daughter and members of the tour group from other English-speaking countries.]]> 2023-03-15 19:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2518267666 On my "To read soon" list jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2533418268 A renowned feminist thinker argues we need to get in the way of happiness, our own and other people’s, to build a more just world 

Do you refuse to laugh at offensive jokes? Have you ever been accused of ruining dinner by pointing out your companion’s sexist comment? Are you often told to stop being so “woke”? If so, you might be a feminist killjoy—and this handbook is for you. In this book, feminist theorist Sara Ahmed shows how killing joy can be a radical world-making project. 

]]> 2023-03-27 16:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2533418268 The Final Gambit **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2549129020 To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it all is the Hawthorne brothers. Her life is intertwined with theirs. She knows their secrets and they know her.]]> 2023-04-10 18:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2549129020 The Patriarchs **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2549139872 For centuries, prominent thinkers have treated male domination among humans as natural or inevitable. But how would our understanding of gender inequality—our imagined past and contested present—look if we didn’t assume that men have always ruled over women? If we saw gendered oppression as something fragile, that, alongside other forms of inequality, has had to be constantly remade and reasserted?]]> 2023-04-10 18:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2549139872 Ain't Burned All the Bright **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2550677534 Jason Reynolds and his best bud, Jason Griffin, had a mind-meld. And they decided to tackle it, in one fell swoop, in about ten sentences, and 300 pages of art, this piece, this contemplation-manifesto-fierce-vulnerable-gorgeous-terrifying-WhatIsWrongWithHumans-hope-filled-hopeful-searing-Eye-Poppingly-Illustrated-tender-heartbreaking-how-The-HECK-did-They-Come-UP-with-This project about oxygen. And all of the symbolism attached to that word, especially NOW.]]> 2023-04-11 20:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2550677534 Other books I read/listened to https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2554927056 Shawshank Redemption
Apt Pupil
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Worm book serial.(J.C. McCray)
Now listening to Ward serial (J.C. McCray)

]]> 2023-04-14 19:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2554927056 Trauma Stewardship (audiobook) *** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2558616189 This book has some great ideas, less geared towards education, more towards environmental/climate aid workers, frontline health care, refugee workers, etc. I've read many books about this topic so much of it was not new to me but might be of great help to others.]]> 2023-04-18 13:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2558616189 Move: The Forces Uprooting Us ** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2558778598 The idea of the book is really interesting unfortunately the opinions of the author are presumptuous, full of stereotype, racist, and patronizing, I wonder how it even got published. I finished it because I could not believe how bad his assumptions, etc. were.]]> 2023-04-18 15:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2558778598 Your Destination is on the Left (YA) **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2591825453 Seventeen-year-old Dessa Rhodes is torn between leaving her modern nomadic life and pursuing her dreams of becoming an artist in this fun, contemporary debut novel that’s “perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Morgan Matson” (Ashley Poston, author of Geekarella).]]> 2023-05-15 19:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2591825453 OK, I DID hit my 75 book goal by December 31, 2022 🎊 (I actually got to 79) And I'm on track for 75 again this year! https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2597664545 2023-05-19 14:12:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2597664545 Currently reading: https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2597666506 2023-05-19 14:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2597666506 Also currently reading: https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2597670207 2023-05-19 14:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2597670207 Ethical Traveler **** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2597710525 Travel can be a blast, but there are hidden costs to your trips that go deeper than your pockets. From potential impacts on the environment or the communities we visit to respecting others’ cultures, taking a moment to consider our choices can make a real impact on the planet and other people.]]> 2023-05-19 14:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2597710525 The Lost Girl of Willowbrook pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600400699 2023-05-22 17:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600400699 Dusk, Night, Dawn pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600401552 2023-05-22 17:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600401552 Half Broke Horses pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600402249 2023-05-22 17:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600402249 The Reading List pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600402818 2023-05-22 17:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600402818 Dictionary of Lost Words pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600403343 2023-05-22 17:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600403343 The Girls in the Stilt House pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600403965 2023-05-22 17:37:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600403965 The Searcher pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600404461 2023-05-22 17:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600404461 Back to the Garden pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600404937 2023-05-22 17:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600404937 The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600405721 2023-05-22 17:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600405721 Small Things Like These pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600406180 2023-05-22 17:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600406180 All Good People Here pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600406708 2023-05-22 17:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600406708 Lessons in Chemistry pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600407100 2023-05-22 17:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600407100 Portrait of an Unknown Woman pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600407669 2023-05-22 17:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600407669 The Change pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600408063 2023-05-22 17:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600408063 The Orphan Collector pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600408423 2023-05-22 17:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600408423 Magic Lessons pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600408791 2023-05-22 17:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600408791 Reminders of Him pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600409134 2023-05-22 17:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600409134 The Light We Carry pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600409583 2023-05-22 17:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600409583 This Must Be The Place pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600409935 2023-05-22 17:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600409935 Four Seasons in Rome pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600410705 2023-05-22 17:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600410705 Pillars of the Earth pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600411288 2023-05-22 17:44:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600411288 The Marriage of Opposites pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600412120 2023-05-22 17:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600412120 The Beauty of Dusk pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600412627 2023-05-22 17:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600412627 The Thread Collectors pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600413034 2023-05-22 17:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600413034 Shutter pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600413578 2023-05-22 17:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600413578 Long Range pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600413935 2023-05-22 17:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600413935 The Whalebone Theater pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600414311 2023-05-22 17:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600414311 Skirts pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600415381 2023-05-22 17:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600415381 The Invincible Miss Cust pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600416304 2023-05-22 17:48:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600416304 The Joy of Reading pderryberry https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600417323 2023-05-22 17:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2600417323 The Long Walk, Stephen King https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2601927886 2023-05-23 15:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2601927886 Such a Guillermo del Torro style read https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602768445 2023-05-24 05:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602768445 I loved the plot, multi generational story telling, and magical realism. The only downside was the dialogue was repetitively written. https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602771994 2023-05-24 05:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602771994 Read this aloud in the first half of the school year. Always a great first read and saw kids grab this book all the way up to the end of the school year. https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602774273 2023-05-24 05:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602774273 Who knew Stephen King could step away from horror and create something like this? https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602775745 2023-05-24 05:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602775745 Listened to this podcast story after picking up a spin off novel I found at the book fair. I started to read the book to the class, and we quickly got confused. When I looked at the podcast, I found that it was a little graphic for their age. So, I listened and gave them the cliff notes version. https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602787002 2023-05-24 05:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602787002 Read this to my students. It was a good spin off but you need to know of the gist of the podcast before reading this...let alone know it's based off an actual podcast. https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602789566 2023-05-24 05:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602789566 I admit, I was pushed to read this because I couldn't accept the TV series was over. Needless to say, the firefly lane girls have imprinted upon my soul. https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602794195 2023-05-24 05:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602794195 I am reading this aloud to my class currently. It is a story that took me off guard and has quickly become my favorite. The storytelling techniques written were ones I never knew existed and makes my heart sing. Not only that, but the bilingual tactics quickly sold the kids over. I highly suggest this book!! https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602798132 2023-05-24 05:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602798132 Although not books, audiobooks, or podcasts https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602803870 Something I enjoyed this school year: teaching kids the beauty of inflection during the school play. 

Something I picked up again: Writing my own stories. I actually entered a micro fiction writing challenge to create a story in 100 words or less! 

I hope to read this summer:
Deadly Education by Naomi Nick
More Silvia Moreno García books
And more (I have a pile of new books waiting for me.)

]]> 2023-05-24 06:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2602803870 Unclaimed Baggage (YA)**** jalevy1 https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2609501324 In Jen Doll's young adult debut novel, Unclaimed Baggage, Doris―a lone liberal in a conservative small town―has mostly kept to herself since the terrible waterslide incident a few years ago. Nell had to leave behind her best friends, perfect life, and too-good-to-be-true boyfriend in Chicago to move to Alabama. Grant was the star quarterback and epitome of "Mr. Popular" whose drinking problem has all but destroyed his life. What do these three have in common? A summer job working in a store called Unclaimed Baggage cataloging and selling other people's lost luggage. Together they find that through friendship, they can unpack some of their own emotional baggage and move on into the future.]]> 2023-05-30 18:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jalevy1/95hydmwcq9wx4ss3/wish/2609501324