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This past week I have been reading The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan. It was the usual enjoyable roller coaster of: into one challenge, out of it and into the next. I especially enjoyed the humour, and often found myself chuckling out loud. As these characters age, a little more romance has been introduced! Of course in true style it ends with a cliff hanger. I found I had to keep my wits about me as I read as there is so much to remember about relationships and gods.... One of my students is well prepared for this book, he has read the previous one a couple of times, so I am sure he is enjoying this one at the moment. In the meantime I have this one finished and ready to go into the hands of another boy, who asked could he have it as soon as I had finished. The boys in my class are the ones who enticed me into reading these books, now I am in the process of trying to get more girls hooked. I can't see why they wouldn't be.
My read for the coming week is Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos, this year's Newbery winner. I haven't read anything by him before so I am looking forward to it.
I also just finished reading The Mark of Athena. I enjoyed just as much as the others. Of course I can't wait until next fall to get the next one. I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on Dead End in Norvelt. It was also the first one of his that I read.
ReplyDeleteWill look forward to your post and comment on Mark of Athena and hpoefully next week will have read Dead End..
DeleteThat looks like a great read! Enjoy your week!
ReplyDeleteI love that the students in your class are the ones enticing you into reading books! Thanks for sharing your books for the week.
ReplyDeleteA couple of bloggers have mentioned loving Mark of Athena... I haven't read any of the Riordon books since The Lightning Thief series but I may need to give this book a try.
ReplyDeleteI think the cover might be offputting to some girls -- swords and flames make the book look like a 'boy' book. I've had trouble convincing kids at the library to give a book a chance when they were put off by the cover as being to girly or boy-like.
Rick Riordan scores again! How wonderful that your students are just as enthusiastic as you!
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