It's June already?!

Ok, so as much as I want to, I really don't do very well with this blogging thing. The app just didn't work out the way I wanted it to... It never saved! How frustrating! I'm getting better with the book reviews though...they don't need to be an actual blog post, I can just use goodreads or the form on netgalley. Speaking of which...I have read some really fantastic kids books lately! 'under the egg', 'A Snicker of Magic' , 'We were Liars' were the two most recent...wow! I mentioned some on twitter and then their authors favorited, retweeted and then followed me! Me! (That's me shrieking like a little girl) So twitter...I think I'm a bit obsessed, or maybe just enamored with the amazing people you can follow and learn from... Or just follow for fun like Jimmy Fallon ;) anyway... I follow some amazing people on twitter and they have fantastic blogs too! I want to be able to write like that some day...for now it's just my random ramblings... I'm super excited because in about a month I will actually get to meet them! It will be like meeting a celebrity! But they are teachers, educators & school librarians (hey, they can still be celebrities!) So...it's June! Only 17 more school days left! 5, 3, 4, 5 I think we can do it! Oh and there's a wedding in there! Better get shopping for the boys & hubby's dress clothes! ;) enough randomness for tonight...until next time!

My first book review...

Duke by Kirby Larson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was looking forward to reading this book when it came out so I was really excited to be able to preview it for Netgalley. This was a historical fiction book about World War II, something that I have been quite in love with lately. There are so many aspects to that war that I was completely unaware of and this book was about yet another...Dogs for Defense. This is a great book about an 11 year old boy and his dog, their family, friends and life during the war. I was very surprised at how much kids were expected to 'help with the war effort' from small things like collecting cans for money, to large things like giving up your best friend so he could help in the war. I knew going in that this book was about a boy who gave up his dog but it was still sad to me in spots, and there were other emotional surprises as well, but there was humor, joy and 'real' humanity as well and I really loved it. I can't wait to share with the boys (and girls) at my school because I think they would really like it and also be able to see life in a different way as well.

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