I know the plan was to write reviews of all of the books I was reading, but obviously, I didn’t keep up my end of the bargain since you haven’t heard from me in forever. While there really is no excuse, I am going to tell you why.
This past year I was the co-chair of the intermediate section of the 2024 nutmeg committee. The Nutmeg Book award is a Connecticut book award that runs annually. We were reading in 2022 to select top candidates for student voting in 2023. A winner will be announced in 2024.
However, because this is a book award, I am not allowed to discuss all of the books that I was reading for it. It’s against the bylaws and is generally bad practice. So for a long time, all I was reading were intermediate level (4th-6th grade) books. It would have been nearly impossible for me to write reviews for all of the books, while keeping the list secret.
That all being said, I read approximately 112 middle grade books for this award. We selected our top 10 and 10 alternates recently, so now I’m able to start reading grown-up books again. But now that I’ve been plowing through middle grade books for so long, I’m having some serious trouble getting into new books. I’ve finished some, but none of them excited me, and to be honest, I don’t remember much of them. So be patient with me, as I try to get through this massive reading slump.
I will be back with you soon!
Jenn V. Reads 