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This past week has been bitter sweet for me.  On one hand, I’m finishing all of my classes and I have nearly a month off from school.  After such a long and hard semester, this break is exactly what I need to recharge before I plunge into my final semester of graduate school.  On the other hand, I had to say goodbye to my class on Friday and it was harder than I ever thought it would be.  As a thank you to my cooperating teacher and her class aide, I had the art teacher and the class create these paintings for them.

I spent most of the week trying to hang back so that I could help prepare my students for my departure.  I used the time to work on final papers, blogs, and to read.  It’s been a calm week, but I can’t tell you how bored I was getting by the end of the day on Friday.  Since I was leaving early, I received my birthday and secret Santa gifts early.

Now, it’s on to bigger things.  I would say better, but I loved that classroom and if I could have afforded to do it, I would have volunteered to stay in there for free all year.  So far, I’ve received one job offer.  It’s a part-time position at a school, just one day a week.  They’ve also offered me the position as the school sub.  It’s not much, but it’s something for now.  I still haven’t heard anything for other positions I applied for but one application window closed on Friday, so I should hear something this week.  The other closes next week, so hopefully I’ll hear something after that.

Book-wise, I’ve made a dent on my year goal of 25 books.  Originally I had planned for 100, but school and work definitely got in the way of that goal.  I still have some book reviews I need to knock out, but that leaves me with a few more books to finish before New Year’s Eve.

I found this adorable pajama at Walmart yesterday!  My son loves grumpy cat and I think he’ll love this!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and that this week is full of great books!

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I’m a bit behind on reviews, so here’s the ones that will be coming out soon:

Here’s my (general) upcoming TBR list in no particular order:

As you may or may not have realized, my school and student teaching has completely taking over my life for the past eight months.  So much so that I received my November order for Scholastic last week and realized I still hadn’t unboxed October’s order.  Last week, I unpacked October’s Scholastic order.  This week, I’m going to go through November’s box, which has lots of goodies for this bookworm… Continue Reading Here

• Edgar Allan Poe’s Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems by J. Patrick Lewis
• The Ninjabread Man by Katrina Charman & Fabiano Fiorin
• There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves by Lucille Colandro
• There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat by Lucille Colandro
• There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books by Lucille Colandro
• There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Turkey by Lucille Colandro
• There Was A Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow by Lucille Colandro
• The Pigeon Wants A Puppy! by Mo Willems
• The Duckling Gets A Cookie!? by Mo Willems
• The Pigeon Find A Hot Dog! by Mo Willems
• Don’t Let The Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems
• The Pigeon Needs A Bath! by Mo Willems
• Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! by Mo Willems
• I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
• Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers
• The Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan
• Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods by Rick Riordan
• Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3: The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5: The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
• Aesop’s Fables
• Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
• The Jungle Book retold by Rudyard Kipling
• Black Lagoon Adventures #1: The Class Trip from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #2: The Talent Show from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #3: The Class Election from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #4: The Science Fair from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #5: The Halloween Party from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #6: The Field Day from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #7: The School Carnival from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #8: Valentine’s Day from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #9: The Christmas Party from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #10: The Little League Team from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #11: The Snow Day from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #12: April Fools’  Day from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #13: Back-to-School Fright from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #14: The New Year’s Eve Sleepover from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #15: The Spring Dance from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #16: The Thanksgiving Day from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #17: The Summer Vacation from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #18: The Author Visit from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #19: St. Patrick’s Day from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #20: The School Play from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #21: The 100th Day of School from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #22: The Class Picture Day from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #23: Earth Day from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #24: The Summer Camp from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #25: Friday the 13th from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #26: The Big Game from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• Black Lagoon Adventures #27: The Amusement Park from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler