4. Glad it was "short". Took me a while to figure out the organization. Which wasn't very organized. If it had been more >200 pages I probably wouldn't have finished. Topic was good and interesting. Was good to learn about the lives of each of these pilots gone way too young. #rootrootread
Book cover of Rebellion: the History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution by Peter Ackroyd
A passage about Charles II: "The king was at first diligent in his duties but he soon tired of the details of his administration. He grew easily bored at the meetings of his council and disliked the paperwork of office; it was reported by the marquis of Halifax that his ministers 'had to administer business to him as doctors do physic, wrap it up in something to make it less unpleasant.' It was also a convenient way for him to disown responsibility for certain policies. As he once said, 'My words are my own but my acts are my ministers.'"
The Stuarts, Scottish descendants who ignored the English people's wishes & rule of law. A civil war removed one only for the next to return more corrupt than the last, lying to parliament & removing legit members of gov't.
And all the while he was on the payroll of a foreign power. #RootRootRead
Absolutely loved The Measure by Nikki Erlick! Mysterious boxes that appear worldwide. Their origin and purpose are unknown. Inside each box is a string. Soon people realize length = lifespan. It’s both unsettling & heartwarming & she geniously weaves characters’ lives together. #RootRootRead
Read another book for #rootrootread Book Bingo! I've made a lot of progress but now I've got most of the "easy" ones
Displacement, by Kiku Hughes
A middle grades graphic novel about a girl who travels through time to a WWII Japanese Internment Camp. It's an interesting exploration of identity
A Talent for Murder is my neighborhood book club read & I gotta admit I groaned through the 1st 40 pages. But then it got good! I see now the beginning trope fest was on purpose. Multiple plot twists that made this enjoyable. Almost missed the boat—it’s wildly popular on Goodreads! #RootRootRead
Root root read Bingo card for 2026
#rootrootread @itsallaboutde.bsky.social
A book less than 200pgs - A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
A book with an orange cover - Turtles All The Way Down by John Green
I may have to attempt #rootrootread with @itsallaboutde.bsky.social reposting all these this morning. Let me see if I can check off any from the last week.
Finished another #rootrootread Book Bingo book!
Safiyyah's War is a middle grades novel based on the real life heroic efforts of Muslims in Paris to save the lives of around 1,000 Jewish people during the Nazi occupation of France. It was very interesting and exciting!
This book really grabbed me in the best way! Denny Voss is a 30 yr old mentally challenged gem of a human that is thoughtful and legitimately funny. Wait till you read about him kidnapping Tom Hanks. 😂 Read this book!!! You have to find out why he’s in jail and who got murdered! #RootRootRead ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Book reading bingo card with one square marked complete.
Square one complete!
Finished a book with an orange cover, Caught Up by Liz Tomforde. It’s the third in her Windy City series. #RootRootRead
Book #5 for this season's #rootrootread is Master of Evil, a Star Wars book, and my first book on the sheet not written for 3rd-6th graders.
The cover goes hard but the book, like most Star Wars books, does not. It was readable, at least!
Book #4 for #rootrootread bingo!
Paper Wishes, by Lois Sepahban
A relatively short middle grades novel set in the WWII Japanese internment camps. It's full of heart!
#rootrootread book #3 for Book Bingo is complete!
The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, by Adrianna Cuevas
It's another middle grade book. This one I read aloud to my class as a fun read aloud for when we get our work done efficiently. It's a great one!
The British author's weird thesis is that the French get their history wrong because they're jealous of 🇬🇧's constitutional monarchy. 🙄
But he makes a good case that the pervasiveness of fake news consistently undermined good faith reform before & after Louis XVI lost his head. #RootRootRead 1/5
Read book #2 for #rootrootread bingo.
The Adventures of Cipillino by Gianni Rodari
Another middle grades book, this one was written in Italian 75 years ago but only recently translated to English. It's an allegory of fascism told through anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables. Not my favorite.
Posting the update for my read bingo
#RootRootRead
Frank e o Amor
Read 30 minutes uninterrupted: Everyday
Encruzilhada
A Escola do Bem e do Mal
Dear American: Notes of an undocumented citizen
The Death of the True
Circe
Heated Rivalry
I’ve read 5 books! 🎉
Lovely War
Book cover for Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Illustrated astronaut floating in space with a tether attached.
Root root read bingo card showing various reading challenges.
First book for this season’s #RootRootRead complete. I just wanted to read Project Hail Mary before seeing the movie. Coinciding with the Artemis mission and finishing on the day they rounded the moon was an unintentional bonus. Amaze, amaze, amaze!
My 2026 #RootRootRead bingo card with my first box checked off: A book checked out from the library.
First book of the 2026 #RootRootRead season! The Second Life of Mirielle West is set in 1920s Hollywood. Her glamorous life is rocked when she’s diagnosed with LEPROSY! Then she’s shipped off to a leper colony in Louisiana & has to start a whole new life! It was wild & surprisingly heartwarming.
My #rootrootread thread for the '26 season 📚💙🧡✔️
Finished All In Her Head by Dr. Elizabeth Comen for the reading uninterrupted for 30 min. square. It’s a history of the bullshit way women have been treated by medical profession when they were seeking help. It will make you very ragey. #RootRootRead
My first #rootrootread bingo square for the season. This board might get filled with middle grade books because I have a huge stack I "need" to read in the next couple of weeks.
I read Busted by Dan Gemeinhart. It was fun but had a lot of questionable content for younger middle grade readers
Now’s as good a time as any to start the new #RootRootRead, so for book less than 200 pages I read the mess that is We Hold Our Breath, which is kind of about Houston and Hurricane Harvey but mostly not.
Book #2 could fall into several categories, but I'll use it as my book by an author of a different race/ethnicity/religion. This is another one I really enjoyed. A cute, silly murder mystery (or is it?). #RootRootRead
I need to start not finishing books so I have something to read for that square in #rootrootread
The new #RootRootRead 2026 Baseball Season Bingo is here!! I'm gonna count what I've read since opening day. So #1 for book turned into a movie is Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Love, love, loved this one!
Here it is! 2026 season of #RootRootRead!!
Follow the bingo card or just read what you love! The point is to have a conversation about books!
Post what you’re reading with the hashtag so everyone can follow along! Happy Reading!
Hi guys. I’ll have #RootRootRead ready no later than Thursday. I’ve been swamped all weekend and at a conference for the next two days! So sorry it’s late but keep reading!!
