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This week is teacher work week.

As I write this, I am now at home after an all-day, off site professional development training with all the certified staff at my school.  The details of the training itself aren’t particularly important.  What is important is how I felt by the end of the day: really, really tired.

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The Comic Book Story of Video Games by Jonathan Hennessey and Jack Mcgowan, published by Ten Speed Press, publication date October 3, 2017.

This is my first non-fiction review, so be gentle on me :o)

I'll begin by saying how surprisingly interesting I found the subject to be; I intended to read this to see if my high school Manga-loving students would like this. I've decided that, even if they wouldn't, the…

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18068100-boy-nobody" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Boy Nobody (The Unknown Assassin, #1)" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1371269975m/18068100.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18068100-boy-nobody">Boy Nobody</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/683191.Allen_Zadoff">Allen Zadoff</a><br/>

My rating: <a…

…Hope you will be willing to share with your teacher and student populations, particularly in light of President Obama’s recent visit to Cuba.

The groundbreaking documentary movie Havana Motor Club will be released by Samuel Goldwyn Films 8 April.

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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22450859-the-boston-girl" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="The Boston Girl" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1418103945m/22450859.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22450859-the-boston-girl">The Boston Girl</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/626222.Anita_Diamant">Anita Diamant</a><br/>

My rating: <a…

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22836654-challenger-deep" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Challenger Deep" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1428505217m/22836654.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22836654-challenger-deep">Challenger Deep</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19564.Neal_Shusterman">Neal Shusterman</a><br/>

My rating: <a…

Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



I had this book on my TBR shelf forever, because I read other Pushing the Limits books before I read this one, which is #1 in the series. I also made this series (and author) a FAVORITE because I…

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23437156-six-of-crows" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1423913869m/23437156.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23437156-six-of-crows">Six of Crows</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4575289.Leigh_Bardugo">Leigh Bardugo</a><br/>

My rating: <a…

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20814989-half-wild" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Half Wild (The Half Bad Trilogy, #2)" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1413889802m/20814989.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20814989-half-wild">Half Wild</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7314532.Sally_Green">Sally  Green</a><br/>

My rating: <a…