Reading Challenge: June 2017

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (book involving a mythical creature)
A good children's book. Even though I know next to nothing about Chinese mythology, I really enjoy reading books based off of folklore and fairy tales.

Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai (book by a person of color)
Set in the 1980s, this YA novel takes on jealousy, homosexuality, memories, family tensions, and other issues, but did not explore any of them deeply. Interesting parallel with Othello, but I wasn't sure where the story was going.

Holes by Louis Sachar (a book you loved as a child)
Holes is just a pleasure to ride. It's not super deep or anything, but it has a fun story and an intriguing mystery.

Florence Nightingale by Catherine Reef (a book about an interesting woman) 
As someone who does not know much about "The Lady with the Lamp," I was interested to read this biography. Uses a lot of sources to tell about Nightingale's life.

Who Could That Be At This Hour? by Lemony Snicket (a book by an author who uses a pseudonym)
I enjoyed ASOUE, and this series is set in the same universe. It wasn't a bad book, but I felt like it didn't get far enough into the story before ending.

Also read, but not for the challenge:

Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle, & Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me by Nan Marino

Introduction to Media Literacy by W. James Potter