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Cross posted from In One Place at Ivy Run<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

I really did not plan to blog every day in July, but I got a good start and then discovered the Big Time Blogging Challenge 2016<\/a> at the Big Time Literacy blog written by literacy coach Michelle Brezek. I may not always follow her theme for the day but since I just wrote up my reading list, I can follow right along today!<\/p>\n

My list is varied: fiction, non-fiction and professional:<\/p>\n

I’ll start with what I’ve already read since the beginning of July: Inkheart<\/a><\/em> by Cornelia Funke. A classic adventure story with a conflict between good and evil at the heart of the story. The heroine is a 12-year-old girl who discovers her own magic and, with the support of friends and family, saves the day.<\/p>\n

I’m a LibraryThing member<\/a> and am doing a couple challenges. John Steinbeck is the focus of the American Author challenge for July, and I’ll be reading East of Eden<\/em><\/a> and Journal of a Novel: The\u00a0East of Eden Letters<\/a><\/em>, a series of short daily letters the Steinbeck wrote to his editor each day as he wrote the novel. Current events are the focus of the July non-fiction challenge, and I’m doing two books that are part of the One Richmond, One Book initiative at the University of Richmond where I serve as an adjunct professor. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption<\/em><\/a> by Bryan Stephenson was last year’s book. This year, it’s Evicted: \u00a0 Poverty and Profit in the American City<\/em><\/a> by Matthew Desmond.<\/p>\n

As I prepare for a keynote and workshop about blended learning in early August, I’ll be finishing Go Blended!: A Handbook for Blended Technology in School<\/em> <\/a>by Liz Arney and Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools<\/em><\/a> by Michael Horn. The school district I’m working with loaned me a few books they’ve read in past years including The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation<\/em><\/a> by Elena Aguilar.<\/p>\n

I’ve been moving VERY slowly through a biography of Marjorie Harris Carr<\/a>, wife of Archie Carr, the man who started the sea turtle conservation program. Marjorie was an environmentalist in her own right but struggled with the bias against women in science.<\/p>\n

Also on the list:<\/p>\n