WWW Wednesday

What are you currently reading?

Each Night Was Illuminated by Jodi Lynn Anderson - Cassie doesn't sleep. She spends her nights worrying about her family and climate change. Then she reconnects with Elias, a boy she spent one summer day with when they were children. Under Elias's influence she spends sleepless nights wandering the town and hunting for ghosts. And questioning everything she thought she knew.

What did you recently finish reading?

Snow Drowned by Jennifer D Lyle - There are stories on Fall Island that the snow swallows people. Consumes them. Gracie has never believed them. But a record breaking storm is coming and Gracie is trapped on the island. And something strange is in the air.

What do you think you'll read next?

My So-Called Family by Gia Gordon

Non-fiction book review - On Track

 

On Track by Tom Adams

We all know a train kid, the ones who love Thomas the Tank and live for a glimpse of a passing engine. Many grow out of it but some don't and those are the kids this book is meant for. Adams walks the reader step by step through the development of rail travel, each innovation and misstep. There is plenty of detail about the technology involved but also a lot of emphasis on social change. We're learning a great deal here about globalization and industrialization and how these changes had both positive and negative impacts on our lives. This is a great choice if you have any interest in transportation, history, or sociology. It can be read in short burst or all at once and would work well as a supplemental text for a classroom or homeschool setting.

Advanced Reader Copy provided by NetGalley

Pick 6: humor

 If October is for all things spooky, let's shift gears and lean into the funny for November. Who doesn't love a good laugh while reading. Here's six funny novels published in the past six months.

Six new humor books:

1. The Monstrous Adventures of Mummy Man and Waffles by Steve Behling
2. An Unlikely Pair by Bob Scott
3. SCRAM by Rory Luchy
4. The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate Mckinnon
5. Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp
6. Pizza and Taco: Best Christmas Ever by Stephen Shasken