Welcome
back to The Monthly Digest here at Late Nights with Good Books. With
these posts I hope to recap everything reading- and blogging-related for
the past month.
Books I Read
Books I Read
Favorite Read from January:
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Notable Quote from January:
They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.
They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.
―S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
On The Blog
January Reviews:
January Features:
1. I participated in this year's Mock
Awards held by my library system. Our winners were: Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett (Caldecott), The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier (Newbury), and The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton (Printz).
2.
Classes started up again for me. This semester I'm taking classes on the
public library, collection development, and young adult literature. The good news is that I'm excited for all three of my classes. The bad news is that I will have a ton of reading and writing for the next few months. I'm just hoping I can find a way to balance everything so I don't end up with another blogging hiatus.
3. I attended a Summer Library Program workshop through my job that was so inspirational. It helped me to think about new ways to encourage literacy in children and ways to make kids want to come to the library. Plus, I met a few awesome people there.
3. I attended a Summer Library Program workshop through my job that was so inspirational. It helped me to think about new ways to encourage literacy in children and ways to make kids want to come to the library. Plus, I met a few awesome people there.
4. I started listening to the Serial podcast and I'm hooked. It's much easier to and it makes the time go by much faster than just watching TV does (I'm checking the clock every few minutes now, rather than every few seconds). Though I'm not sure what I'll do once I finish Serial...
5. As this posts, I'll be on my way to ALA-Midwinter. Prior plans fell through, so now I'm only attending for the day, but I'm still excited about it. I'll have a recap up within a week or two.
How was your January?
I'm so glad you enjoyed NAME OF THE WIND and I'm also so impressed by all you accomplished this month! Amazing job, Amanda! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Keertana! :)
DeleteI still have left the daunting task of trying to review The Name of the Wind, though. We'll see how that goes...
You've done a lot this month! And yay for library classes! I just started two and I'm excited :) I hope you have fun at ALA.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! And thank you!
DeleteIt's seriously amazing how much you accomplish with your program and classes. Looking forward to your ALA recap!
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you, Aylee! My ALA recap is scheduled for tomorrow (finally!). :)
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