Meet a new reader selector for next year's Gateway nominees!

I am really excited because I have been asked to be a reader selector for the Gateway Committee this year!  I have been wanting to do this for awhile!  Basically, I will read 25 books that the committee has narrowed down for next year's nominees and rank them from best to worst.  I have until December 1st to read and rank the books, which I will admit, stresses me out a little.  I have started back to work full time at Kickapoo's library and will be starting my grad classes in a couple of weeks.  Busy stuff!  Luckily, reading is something I find to be very enjoyable.  Plus, reading these nominees will not only help me to suggest books for students to read, but also give me a head start for reading next year's Gateway nominees.  Instead of reading them next summer, I can be reading other things. I need to reread the classics, and I also have a list of random books that I have been wanting to read, like The Maze Runner by James Dashner, and Wicked by Gregory McGuire (yes, I still haven't read the series!), and several that my mom recommended whose titles I can't remember.  In a perfect world, I will have time to blog about them all on here.  We shall see what happens!