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2021 Summer Book Log
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Log your summer reading here
Let's log all the books, poems, graphic novels, articles, and etc. we read this summer. I know it is technically not summer just yet, but it is almost the end of the school year so why don't we start now!
This will be a great place to find things to read, and chat about the books you've read. You only have to put the title and the author of the book. Genre tags (i.e. sci-fi, fantasy, historical fiction, no-fiction, etc.) can be helpful for someone trying to find a book to read in a certain genre, similar books can also be included, you opinion on the book (let's keep debates and disagreements polite), a book review, favorite excerpts/quotes from the book, and basically anything that seems related is welcome here!
Let's start this off with a quote:
"Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book."
-- Jean Craaighead George
I look forward to seeing the books you run away in this year.
submitted by Peregrine, age Many Moons, The Aerie
(May 20, 2021 - 10:53 am)
(May 20, 2021 - 10:53 am)
(May 30, 2021 - 3:01 pm)
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson! I would say 12 and up. Super good!!!
(May 30, 2021 - 3:22 pm)
I've read so many books already this school year! Peregrine, this is such a good idea!!!!
Title: New Kid
Author: Jerry Craft
Genre: Graphic novel
This is such an awesome book! I read it in two hours. :D
Its about a kid who just moved to a private school and how he's different from all the other kids. Then, when he tries to get back in with the neighborhood kids he finds out that really he's the different one. Also I would say this book is pretty great for the fact that it brings awareness of racism. Ages 8-9 and up!
- Oaklynn
P.S. I found this awesome quote from a poem... I forgot who wrote it though!
Hold fast to dreams
For if they die
Life is a broken winged bird
That cannot fly
It's by Langston Hughes.
Admin
(May 30, 2021 - 7:22 pm)
(June 2, 2021 - 3:55 pm)
I'm so behind on this because COMMITMENT ISSUES and LAZINESS, but I finished Heartless by Marissa Meyer, the entire Princess Diaries series, the first Mysterious Benedict Society book by Trenton Lee Stewart, and All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban. I think that's all, and it's too much for me to go in depth into, but they ranged from pretty good to still among my favorite books of all time, so it's been a pretty good reading journey.
(June 2, 2021 - 9:55 pm)
I finished the first book in The Maze Runner series today and I CRIED, but it was a fantastic book. I give it a 10/10 and would one hundred percent recommend it.
(June 2, 2021 - 10:11 pm)
I'm currently reading the Children of Refuge, book 2 in Margaret Peterson Haddix's series Children of Exile. It is SO GOOD! The plot is so indepth (for book one and two) and you will never know what is coming!
(June 3, 2021 - 12:31 pm)
The fellowship of the ring
By: J.r.r Tolkien
My note: I already started this before the end of school, but it's still fantabulous (fantastic+fabulous)!
(June 4, 2021 - 6:35 pm)
I finished listening to the audiobook this summer too!
(June 5, 2021 - 4:53 pm)
I just finished A Series of Unfortunate Events. It was really good however the final book disappointed me. It was interesting though because I started the series during spring break at a campground and last week we went to the same campground where I read the second to last book and started the final book.
(June 7, 2021 - 11:49 am)
I just realized that I didn't really include information about the books
Title/Series: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Author: Lemony Snicket
Genre: It's almost realistic fiction, there isn't like magical things just a few things that aren't totally realistic
Rating: I really like the series, it's written in an unusual style that may take a while to get used to. The only thing I didn't like was the last book didn't quite live up to my expectations
Quote: This series has a lot of great quotes and here are two of them
"Having an aura of menace is like having a pet weasel, because you rarely meet someone who has one, and when you do it makes you want to hide under the coffee table." - Lemony Snicket
"Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear" - Lemony Snicket
(June 7, 2021 - 12:00 pm)
I love that series! if you don't mind me asking, what about the last book disappointed you?
(June 9, 2021 - 8:33 pm)
The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle by Christina Uss. Ages 8/9+. I loved his book, it was very hilarious, lighthearted, and quirky. A great book for escaping reality. It's about a girl who bikes across the continental U.S. to meet her bicycling idol and escape from a boring summer camp.
(June 7, 2021 - 3:57 pm)
Oh! I read that book a while ago and it was really good! It's really funny, entertaining, and a great summer read.
(June 7, 2021 - 6:53 pm)
Yeah, I really enjoyed it! It's fun to find a book that's just really lighthearted and not serious at all.
(June 9, 2021 - 5:51 pm)