Discussion: What was the best book you read in May?

Plus the Anderberg family's favorites

Hey there, readers!

Once again, it’s time to chat about our favorite reads of the previous month. Here’s what our family most enjoyed in May:

JEREMY: Jonathan Weiner’s The Beak of the Finch was awesome and mind-blowing. I wrote more about it in last week’s newsletter. I also really enjoyed Huck Finn, our Big Read pick for the last seven weeks or so. I hadn’t read it since high school and I was very pleasantly surprised by the maturity and growth within its pages.

JANE: Kevin Fedarko’s The Emerald Mile was a fantastic book club read. Who knew that water engineering could be so interesting?! It really helped that we had a hydro-engineer in the group who could give us the real expert view — and it turns out that Fedarko really nailed it. Anyways, Jane loved it, I loved it, and our whole book club loved it.

GRAHAM (9.5 years old): New Kid, a graphic novel by Jerry Craft, was the oldest kiddo’s favorite of May. In G’s words: “It talks about how not being racist or exclusive includes not acting like all African-Americans are the same.”

WILLA (7 years old): Middle kiddo has started reading on her own at night (big deal!) and has really been enjoying The Baby-Sitters Club graphic editions. She’s flying through them (with some help from big brother) and it’s been so fun to see.

BO (4 years old): After having an architecture section in pre-school, Bo got obsessed with some of the world’s most famous buildings. As such, Ashley Gish’s Burj Khalifa kids book has been a big-time hit at bedtime.

Your turn! What was your favorite May read?