It’s strange to me that out of all the blogs I write (this is number 3, soon to be #4), that THIS one is the most neglected. THIS one is about the subject closest to my heart: children’s books and writing. And THIS one is the one most related to what I do every single day of my workweek - with joy - celebrate books and reading.

Can I promise to really write about a book a day? Probably not. I certainly still read at least a book a day - several with my students, several with my children, and bits and parts of others if I can find the time. This weekend I skimmed about 12 different ghost story books for a project I’m working on, and I finished reading Patricia Wrede’s Thirteenth Child, and I’m halfway through Fearless, by Tim Lott.

Here’s what’s on my to-read pile right now:

Impossible, Nancy Werlin

The Lifelong Activist, Hillary Rettig

Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin

Time Management from the Inside Out, Julie Morgenstern

Star of the Week, Darlene Friedman

It’s Being Done, Karin Chenoweth

Readicide, Kelly Gallagher

Born Digital, John Palfry and Urs Gasser

And I have another to-read pile in my bedroom, but it’s early in the morning and I don’t want to wake up my husband by turning on the light!

So, reading’s getting done. Pretty eclectic reading, at that. At school we’ve just read My Librarian Won’t Tell Us Anything, by Toni Buzzeo, and we’re also reading My Librarian is a Camel, by Margriet Ruurs. Both Toni Buzzeo and Margriet Ruurs are library/writer/reader/book heroes of mine.

What about you? What’s on your to-read pile?