It's Monday! What are you Reading? is a meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journeys. Jen Vincent of Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee Moye of Unleashing Readers decided to give It's Monday! What Are You Reading? a kidlit focus. It is a great way to recap what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and to plan out your reading and reviews for the upcoming week. It's also a great chance to see what others are reading right now...you just might discover your next “must-read” book!

As part of my New Year's goals, I am looking to get back into a regular routine and posting weekly.

Since much of my reading this past week was connected to re-reading for the awards, I have a limited number of books to share this week. However, I do have some reminders and news to share....

Be a Friend by Salina Yoon (Bloomsbury, January 5, 2016) - If you are in Pasadena, California on January 16, 2016, come on by Vroman's Bookstore at 6 p.m. to meet Salina and celebrate the book launch of her new book.

2016 Mock Sibert: If you or you and your students held a Mock Sibert, it's time to link up. Stop by on Wednesday to share your posts with everyone. Check out these posts too: Mock Sibert Part II & Mock Sibert Part III

Stop by Wednesday to Sign-Up for the 2016 Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge.

And here are a couple of titles to check out:

Comics Squad #2: Lunch! by Various (Matthew Holm, Jennifer L. Holm, Cece Bell, Jeffrey Brown and more) - Release Date: January 26, 2016 (Random House)