June 2025 Reading

Published: 2025-09-03 8:40 PM

Category: Books | Tags: harry potter, peter pan, raymond e feist, adam higginbotham, chernobyl

I realized that I never wrote a June reading blog post, so here it is three months late.

Classic Starts: Peter Pan - Tania Zamorsky (Adapter)

This was a modified version of the Peter Pan story by JM Barrie. It was approachable for the kids and they were able to hear the original plot without too much old English getting in the way.

Magician: Apprentice - Raymond E. Feist

I first read this book years ago. On a re-read, I remembered feeling like the first third followed The Lord of the Rings formula closely - elves, dwarves, forests, mines. Then, the story picks up its pace and falls into it's own unique plot. The tension is relentless as characters are split and the danger levels rise. The book ends with a huge cliffhanger and made me want to find the next book immediately.

Midnight in Chernobyl - Adam Higginbotham

I teach Chernobyl in my chemistry class each year and I should really just read this book to my students. Higginbotham goes into wonderful detail about what happened in the accident and why from the technological and the political angles. The conflict between the Soviet apparatus and the engineers on site brought tension through the whole narrative. This is absolutely worth reading.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling

Another read-aloud for the kids. I think this is one of the better books. Lots of interwoven plots that all build up into a good finish. My kids were enraptured during the rescues of Buckbeak and Sirius.