A High-Tech, Voodoo Donut, No-Books-Finished Week

I've spent a glorious week at TCEA in Austin, a technology conference for teachers, librarians, and administrators. I learned about new gadgets that are coming soon, apps for iPads, Chromebooks for primary students, and revamping a library. I should have demo-ed here some of the cool things I learned but I'm eager to get a little reading in today. I did make a Pinterest board so, hopefully, I can refresh my memory soon and try some things with my classes. I finished nothing last week. Instead I spent my time trying new apps and visiting Voodoo Donuts (twice!) and recharging. Here are the books I hope to get to this week. Since Tuesday is Valentine's Day, I'll be doing readalouds with some of my favorite love stories: Martina, the Beautiful Cockroach and Here Comes Valentine Cat, along with my perpetual love story favorite, Tadpole's Promise. Hope you have a great week!

What are you reading today?

What is the Sunday Salon? Imagine some university library's vast reading room. It's filled with people--students and faculty and strangers who've wandered in. They're seated at great oaken desks, books piled all around them,and they're all feverishly reading and jotting notes in their leather-bound journals as they go. Later they'll mill around the open dictionaries and compare their thoughts on the afternoon's literary intake....That's what happens at the Sunday Salon, except it's all virtual. Every Sunday the bloggers participating in that week's Salon get together--at their separate desks, in their own particular time zones--and read. And blog about their reading. And comment on one another's blogs. Think of it as an informal, weekly, mini read-a-thon, an excuse to put aside one's earthly responsibilities and fall into a good book. Click here to join the Salon.

The Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Kimba at Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It's a chance to share news and recap the past week.

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share books that we found in our mailboxes last week. 

 It is now being hosted here.

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews in which you can share the books you've acquired.

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between!  This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from! I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is now being hosted at The Book Date.