It’s been a big week for books in our house!

As I look at all of these new books on our shelves, I know I have to write a Stacking the Shelves post!

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First, my team and I received copies of professional development books at work.

We’ve been waiting for these titles to arrive for quite some time, so it was a really exciting day to come back from spring break and find the books waiting for us!

The first of the three titles that we are going to read is Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros (@gcouros). This book appeals to me, largely, because of my graduate work studying creativity and innovation. Besides discussing the book with one another, several of my coworkers and I are also participating in the #reflectiveteacher book study for this book on Twitter, Tuesday nights through the month of April.

I’ve already read Daring Greatly by Brené Brown (@BreneBrown), and I’m looking forward to re-reading it with the rest of my team. I had many take-aways and ah-ha moments the first time I read it. I’m sure that as I read it a second time it will be with a new lens, especially because I will get to reflect and discuss with my colleagues.

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Then, another colleague of mine gave me a copy of her novel…that I’ve been really wanting to read. I’m so excited about this one as well!

I put Quantum Leaps in Princeton’s Place on my to-be-read list as soon as I learned that Donna Clovis (@clovid01) had written it.

It’s historical fiction and set in nearby Princeton, NJ. Over the years, I’ve become more and more interested with reading historical fiction (a lot of that began when I started researching my own family history), and I especially love local history and historical fiction.

I hope to start reading it tomorrow!

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As if it wasn’t already a very, very exciting week for books with those first few titles, I also received a couple more amazing professional books.

I started participating in a book study for Effective Digital Learning Environments: Your Guide to the ISTE Standards for Coaches this week, so The Art of Coaching by Elena Aguilar is going to be a nice, related read! (I think it’s also interesting to note that Effective Digital Learning is my ONLY digital book for the week.)

Teacherpreneurs looks like it will be a related read as well; The Innovator’s Mindset is all about innovation in education, so I’m looking forward to seeing what ideas these two books will have in common.

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Finally, I visited a book sale at one of my local libraries this morning. It was packed! (Both with books and with people shopping for books!) My mom came with me, and we spent about an hour and a half there, sorting through tables and tables of books.

I managed to find a few interesting titles. (Actually, the greater feat is that I managed to leave some of the books there at the sale!)

I added two new books to my cookbook collection. While I normally look for older cookbooks, I couldn’t resist these two.

I love ordering risotto when I go out to eat, but I’ve only tried making it at home a few times (and it wasn’t easy!). I’m hoping that reading a book all about risotto will inspire me to try again.

My husband and I are both crazy about onions, so how could I possibly resist an entire cookbook dedicated to one of our favorite foods? (He got a really big kick out of this one when I showed it to him.)

I found plenty of #Read4Fun books at the book sale, too.

After a week like this one, I’m sure that I’m not going to have any problem completing my goal of reading #SixtyBooks* this year. My only problem is going to be trying to decide which book to read next!

Are you familiar with any of these titles? Have you already read any of them? What books did you stack the shelves with this week?

I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Thanks and happy reading!

~Melissa 

*If you haven’t already taken the #SixtyBooks pledge, you can visit the website for more information and to sign up today.