Reading Now: Dear Bully Ed.by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones
It's been __79__ pages and __104__ reading minutes since my last update.
Total Time Spent Reading: 1 hours 44 minutes
Cumulative Pages Read: 79
Books Completed: 1 - Carry Yourself Back to Me by Deborah Reed
Eating?: Quaker Oatmeal Squares for breakfast and a snack of Welch's Berries 'n Cherries fruit snacks. Yum!
Despite obvious efforts from my parents to sabotage my Readathon, I have managed to get some reading done over the past 2 and some hours. I finished the book I already had started prior to the Readathon, Carry Yourself Back to Me which was good but I have to admit I definitely didn't love it. I'll give it points for reminding me that I need to read more books that leave me smiling instead of crying, though.
Speaking of crying - okay, maybe not quite crying but more like open-mouthed gaping, I just started and devoured the first almost 50 pages of Dear Bully, a collection of 70 authors stories about bullying. Ellen Hopkins wrote the introduction, and she included a few statistics that are just jaw-dropping no matter how many times you might encounter them. So far, I'm really impressed with these short pieces about being on both sides of the bullying situation.
I can't decide whether I wanna keep at it and read it straight through or just dip in and out of it all day and read another book in between. While I decide, I think I'll go do some cheering!
Keep up the great reading, all!
It sounds like a book to dip in and out of. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteYikes, intense. I tried to avoid books that were going to make me feel sad since that always makes me not want to read after I finish :) Good luck with the rest of the day (minus any more parental interference!).
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of Dear Bully. I'll see if my library has it. Glad that you're still reading.
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