My name is AuburnChick, and I have a confession to make.
I’m addicted to books.
It all started in August when I started teaching reading.
Students would ask me for book recommendations, and I couldn’t really give them any.
I had gotten burned out from all of the reading I’d done during my return to college.
So, I started reading…
And reading…
And reading.
I’m averaging a book every week and a half.
I’m buying two to five books every payday.
These came in yesterday…
I still have these on order…
I purchased these after discovering that one of my students enjoys reading about the crusades.
My job as a reading teacher is to find ways to motivate students to read. To do this, I’ve had to find out what subjects my students enjoy reading about.
Hence, the books.
Of course, I have to set a good example, so it’s imperative that I read in front of my students during independent, silent reading time.
Darn.
Twenty minutes each class period to read.
I really hate that.
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Late Tuesday night, I finished reading this…
Oh my. What a powerful book that, once I got into it and used to the weird way in which it was written, really sucked me in. I had wanted to see the movie when it came out, but I never got around to it. I’m glad I read the book first.
Of course, with that book finished, I had to start a new one, which I did during my first class..
I regularly visit Linda’s blog. She reviews books, and the author of Chasing the Sun, Tracie Peterson, offered free copies to ten of Linda’s readers. I lucked out! Ms. Peterson mailed the book to me herself and even autographed it!!!
I’ve actually “won” a few books from Linda’s blog and have been blessed by her generosity because she always throws in extra goodies from her stash. She knows I teach reading and that my students will appreciate the new material.
So, I think it’s safe to say that I am completely addicted, once again, to reading. Reading voraciously gave me a head start in my schooling as my vocabulary soared with each book I worked my way through.
Despite the few years I took off from this addiction, I’m back, and I’m quite happy.
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