Reading over Spring Break!

After my appointment with the dentist today, my husband and I drove to Valparaiso for a late lunch and some shopping.

One of my favorite stores is Target, and a Barnes and Noble is across the parking lot from the store on the east side of town.  That was the plan---stops at both.  However, I found several good titles as I was browsing the shelves off Best Sellers and Recommended Reading at Target and we never made it to B & N.

During Spring Break I like to read things that (1) don't have to be graded and (2) won't be taught.  I read differently when I teach something --- remembering content, looking for main points, jotting down examples of literary elements or points to include in an analysis.   I like reading our common book, This I Believe II,  but for every essay I read I automatically think of a writing prompt for a journal entry in ENGL 111. 

During Spring Break I read for pleasure.  I read best sellers. I read books I really don't have to remember.  I read books I don't have to think about too much.

What will I be reading in the car as we drive to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina?
Which pages will be turned while I sit on the balcony of the condo (hopefully) listening to the waves of the Atlantic Ocean as they hit the beach?

Here they are:

 

 

I have read several novels by Baldacci and enjoy his writing.  This novel was published in 2014.

Christina Baker Kline wrote Orphan Train which was #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list.

I haven't read anything written by Nicholas Butler (mainly because this is his first novel), but he graduated from the University of Wisconsin and still lives there.  My brother-in-law was on the faculty at Wisconsin and lives outside of Madison for several years.  We really enjoyed touring the state and visiting the capital city.