It's Monday! What are you reading?

We have been lucky to host not one, but two authors so far this month--with one more to visit this week!

Connor Hoover, a.k.a. PJ Hoover, visited with our second and third graders and talked about her new choose-your-story-path style books.  Before she left, she slipped me an ARC of The Hidden Code, due out in September.

The description on the back is spot on; three chapters in, and I am getting "Tomb Raider" vibes.  A fan of Lara Croft and Indiana Jones here, so I'll definitely keep reading to find out if Hannah, the main character, discovers the true fate of her missing parents.  Luckily, she's got good friends to help her out--and a strong curious nature to keep her going.  This book is a pick for middle grade-on-up lovers of adventure, mystery, and a touch of the fantastic.

Dan Gemeinhart came to visit our campus just before Spring Break, and I couldn't resist getting a signed book.  I'm now five chapters into The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, and enchanted by the characters.

Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, are driving around the country in a remodeled school bus.  They've been doing so since Coyote's mom and sisters were killed in a car accident.  Hannah starts telling the story just before her thirteenth birthday, the loneliness of life on the road beginning to catch up with her.  The plot of the book is about to thicken as she discovers that her box of memories, buried in a park near her home, may be destroyed soon in the destruction of the park for development.  Problem is, she and her dad are on the other side of the country...I'll just have to keep reading to find out what happens.

It's Monday, and I've got too many books going on at once, again!  When will I ever learn?  Do you read more than one book at a time?