Summer Reading Bingo 2021
Dude! It's finally here!
The end of this pandemic-wacky school year is finally here. I can't wait to leave behind app-based education and teacher-approved books and sit back with some awesome summer reading!
Of course, I'll be hosting Dude-a Rrific Summer Reading Bingo again. You can download and print the bingo card for this year at the Dudes website: https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
If you read a Dudes book for the first time, you can mark a spot on your bingo card, but there are so many other books too. And you need 5 to win. That's why I offer reviews of what I've been reading. (You can also find previous reviews on the website or in earlier posts of this blog.) Don't worry, I'll give you a Dude's point of view.
Actually, my school isn't quite over yet, but I got my first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine last week and had to wait the required 15 minutes after, so I couldn't really help getting started on a good book:
The Secrets of Alaburg, by Greg Walters.
This book is translated from German. In fact, it's billed as the "German Harry Potter", and I would say it is not that. But it is long (488 pages - which is not a problem for me), and there is a magic school, and there is a crew of classmates who live together and struggle to pass their classes and develop their magic skills. Oh, and there is a magic tournament!
On the other hand, outside of this hidden school in the mountains, there is not a modern muggle world like ours. Instead, there is a medieval world of hamlets and dark forests where a new evil menace is growing.
The main character, Bryn, and his friends are in training to take on this menace, so, awesome.
I really liked the diverse group of misfits that become Bryn's friends--a human (Bryn), a dwarf, an orc, and a half-fairy. (Like the Dudes, they don't really have girls who are friends -- at least in this first book). But there is a girl Bryn "like-likes" who needs to be rescued.
The kids have to learn to work their different skills together to be effective in battles. And I liked the idea that the school is meant to combat racism (like between the magical races and humans) but, like all schools, it sometimes makes things worse.
The second book in the series is coming on September 1, and I'm looking forward to it!
On the Dudes Summer Book Bingo card, here's how this book qualifies: THE OLD COUNTRY, NOT A HUMAN STORY (except for Bryn), NOT WHAT I EXPECTED (because, even though it is Hogwarts-like, it is pretty different).
I'll be sending out another review every Friday of the summer. But I might be busy this weekend what with the Welcome Summer Block Party and all. (The Dudes and I are building a tank!) Hope you all have a Memorial Day blast too!
The end of this pandemic-wacky school year is finally here. I can't wait to leave behind app-based education and teacher-approved books and sit back with some awesome summer reading!
Of course, I'll be hosting Dude-a Rrific Summer Reading Bingo again. You can download and print the bingo card for this year at the Dudes website: https://emilykayjohnson.com/TheDudesC...
If you read a Dudes book for the first time, you can mark a spot on your bingo card, but there are so many other books too. And you need 5 to win. That's why I offer reviews of what I've been reading. (You can also find previous reviews on the website or in earlier posts of this blog.) Don't worry, I'll give you a Dude's point of view.
Actually, my school isn't quite over yet, but I got my first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine last week and had to wait the required 15 minutes after, so I couldn't really help getting started on a good book:
The Secrets of Alaburg, by Greg Walters.
This book is translated from German. In fact, it's billed as the "German Harry Potter", and I would say it is not that. But it is long (488 pages - which is not a problem for me), and there is a magic school, and there is a crew of classmates who live together and struggle to pass their classes and develop their magic skills. Oh, and there is a magic tournament!
On the other hand, outside of this hidden school in the mountains, there is not a modern muggle world like ours. Instead, there is a medieval world of hamlets and dark forests where a new evil menace is growing.
The main character, Bryn, and his friends are in training to take on this menace, so, awesome.
I really liked the diverse group of misfits that become Bryn's friends--a human (Bryn), a dwarf, an orc, and a half-fairy. (Like the Dudes, they don't really have girls who are friends -- at least in this first book). But there is a girl Bryn "like-likes" who needs to be rescued.
The kids have to learn to work their different skills together to be effective in battles. And I liked the idea that the school is meant to combat racism (like between the magical races and humans) but, like all schools, it sometimes makes things worse.
The second book in the series is coming on September 1, and I'm looking forward to it!
On the Dudes Summer Book Bingo card, here's how this book qualifies: THE OLD COUNTRY, NOT A HUMAN STORY (except for Bryn), NOT WHAT I EXPECTED (because, even though it is Hogwarts-like, it is pretty different).
I'll be sending out another review every Friday of the summer. But I might be busy this weekend what with the Welcome Summer Block Party and all. (The Dudes and I are building a tank!) Hope you all have a Memorial Day blast too!
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