While attending a reading professional development session this week, this book, Overcoming Dyslexia: A new and complete science-based program for reading problems at any level, by Sally Shaywitz, MD was suggested. I checked it out today and have started it already. Should be a quick and interesting read. 
From Publishers Weekly
Yale neuroscientist Shaywitz demystifies the roots of dyslexia (a neurologically based reading difficulty affecting one in five children) and offers parents and educators hope that children with reading problems can be helped. Shaywitz delves deeply into how dyslexia occurs, explaining that magnetic resonance imaging has helped scientists trace the disability to a weakness in the language system at the phonological level. According to Shaywitz, science now has clear evidence that the brain of the dyslexic reader is activated in a different area than that of the nonimpaired reader.
Today’s new audio book to read while working in the yard and working out is A Mercy by Toni Morrison.
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Nobel laureate Morrison returns more explicitly to the net of pain cast by slavery, a theme she detailed so memorably in Beloved. Set at the close of the 17th century, the book details America’s untoward foundation: dominion over Native Americans, indentured workers, women and slaves. A slave at a plantation in Maryland offers up her daughter, Florens, to a relatively humane Northern farmer, Jacob, as debt payment from their owner. The ripples of this choice spread to the inhabitants of Jacob’s farm, populated by women with intersecting and conflicting desires.
School gets out tomorrow so I’m going to be able to do lots of reading.. wooohooo!! I picked up this book, A Snug Life Somewhere, by Jan Shapin at the library because it caught my eye since she’s a RI Author.
A Snug Life Somewhere is about Penny Joe Copper, daughter of a roustabout shingle weaver, who is caught up in a 1916 union tragedy known as the Everett Massacre. Her brother Horace is killed, as is the cousin of a radical organizer, Gabe. When her love affair with Marcel, a music student seven years her junior, is thwarted, she is pulled into Gabe’s campaign to avenge the “Everett Martyrs……”
I’ve also loaded up The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted by Elizabeth Berg on the iPod for when I’m working around the yard and walking.
In this collection of mostly uplifting stories, Berg explores the everyday challenges that women face. Whether teenaged or octogenarian, Berg’s heroines brave the emotional landmines underlying domestic scenes (from holiday dinner parties to visiting family), navigate the slippery slope of constant dieting and address the process of aging. The title story features an unnamed, insouciant narrator who flees from a Weight Watchers meeting and allows herself to indulge her most fattening food cravings….
I didn’t get to read as much during the month as I did during April because there was no school vacation and I had lots of paperwork to do for work. Also, I spent time sewing for our Rendezvous.
While I started a few books during May, I’ve yet to finish them so they’ll be listed in June. I only completed
Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon
My new audio book is The Host by Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight Series. I’m just about to start it and I’m not sure if I’ll be as hooked as I was on Twilight but we’ll see. I have lots of yard work ahead of me and audio books fit the bill.
The Host (from her website)
Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown, $25.99 (640p) ISBN 978-0-316-06804-8 In this tantalizing SF thriller, planet-hopping parasites are inserting their silvery centipede selves into human brains, curing cancer, eliminating war and turning Earth into paradise. But some people want Earth back, warts and all, especially Melanie Stryder, who refuses to surrender, even after being captured in Chicago and becoming a host for a “soul” called Wanderer. The straightforward narrative… shines with romantic intrigue.
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Planned books:
- Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Complete Guide to Understanding Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, Pervasi by Chantal Sicile-Kira
- Teacher Miracles: Inspirational True Stories from the Classroom (Miracles) by Unknown
- Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives by Dan Millman
- Cesar’s Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems by Cesar Millan
- While I Was Gone (Oprah’s Book Club) by Sue Miller
Current books:
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Suze Orman’s Action Plan: New Rules for New Times by Suze Orman
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Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs
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The Little Guide to Vintage Shopping: Insider Tips, Helpful Hints, Hip Shops by Melody Fortier
Recent books:
- The Love of Her Life by Harriet Evans
- Dogplay: The Canine Guide to Being Happy by Kim Levin, Christine Montaquila
- The Barn by Avi
- A Beginning, a Muddle, and an End: The Right Way to Write Writing by Avi
- Amber Spyglass #3 His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
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