Books I read January 2018

How is it 2018?

I read a lot in January--here we go:
1.  The Shell Game (Janet Evanovich)-I needed something fluffy and Evanovich never fails.  I saw some reviews that compared this series to the Stephanie Plum series but with a different character--yep, that describes it pretty well. 
2.  Bad Kitty:  Camp Daze (Nick Bruel)--Hey, its a chapter book, it counts.  Cute, funny...
3.  Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder (Caroline Fraser)--The author spent a lot of the book telling about Laura's issues with her daughter.  It was interesting, nothing shocking, but nothing exciting.
4.  Origin (Dan Brown)--Surprisingly good--not as good as Digital Fortress, but a decent Dan Brown book.
5.  For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood and All the Rest of Y'All, Too. (Christopher Endin)--not as good as I hoped.  A few interesting points, but mostly a former teacher telling "us" that we don't know how to teach. 
6.  Christina's Secret (Ray Golden)--Mr. IM and the kids bought it for me at the Al-Mart.  It was entertaining and set in Colorado.
7. Good Me, Bad Me (Ali Land)--Very entertaining and suspenseful! A good mystery.
8.  Hunting Prince Dracula (Kerri Maniscalco)--A young adult mystery about a girl training to be a doctor in the 1880's.  Ok, maybe not realistic, but another good mystery.
9. A Tangled Mercy (Joy Jordan Lane)-I think this was an Amazon book pick.  It was good--a bit of a historical mystery and a present-day mystery connected.
10 and 11.  Missing Person 0 and 1 (James Hunt)--I really wanted to like this book, but it is broken down into 50-page sections that Amazon gave away the first two sections and wants $2.99 for each of the next..
12.  Silent Child (Sarah A Denzil) About a boy who disappears when he is six and reappears when he is sixteen.  Lots of twists and turns, might make the top ten!
13. Laura Ingalls is Ruining My Life (Shelley Tongas)--cute young adult book about a family that moves to Walnut Gove Minnesota. 
14. Disrupting Poverty (Kathleen M. Budge)--Great book for teachers--nothing super exciting or new, but a good read and good reminder of why I teach.  Worth the read if you work with people.