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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books All About Trees

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Today’s official theme for Top Ten Tuesday is “Covers/Titles with Things Found in Nature” and because there were so many different possibilities, I decided to narrow it down a bit and focus on trees. There are some absolutely amazing nonfiction books for kids out there specifically about tree communication. This…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: 2024 Contemporary Romance Titles

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Today’s a love freebie for Top Ten Tuesday and what a perfect choice for the day before Valentine’s Day. In the past, I’ve highlighted middle grade friendships, first crushes in middle grade books, fun romance reads, and picture books about self-love, and picture books for Valentine’s Day. Today, I’m excited…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Quick Kids’ Nonfiction

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Today’s theme was quick reads or books to read when time is short and I’ve done a similar book list for middle grade titles, so I wanted to take some time to try something a little different. Today I focused on quick nonfiction reads that I think are not only…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2023

    Top Ten Tuesday

    I spent a lot of time reading contemporary romance titles in 2023 and discovered a bunch of new-to-me authors this past year. I love how easy contemporary romances are to read, you always know the general format and what’s going to happen, but I love discovering new characters and settings.…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books of 2023

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Here are just a few of the books I loved this year. I try to keep my Goodreads account updated (it’s super easy when you’re reading on Kindle because they’re linked up!). I read a handful of picture books and a lot of contemporary romance titles, but very few middle…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Most Recently Read Books

    Top Ten Tuesday

    I don’t often receive a lot of books for the holidays because I’m running out of shelf space and because I work at a library where I borrow most of my books! So instead of sharing my most recent additions to my bookshelf, I’m sharing the books I read most…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Most Recent Books I Finished

    Top Ten Tuesday

    I know, I know, this isn’t exactly what this week’s theme is, but I don’t often track the books I haven’t finished. So instead, I chose to highlight the books that I just recently finished, most of which I read over my vacation last week! Since COVID, I’ve been really…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Contemporary Romance Beach Reads

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Summer time is for reading whatever you want! And what I want is to read some summery contemporary romances! Below are a few titles I’ve already read. But, I’ve also included some new (to me) titles that I can’t wait to read this summer. I’ve got a couple of trips…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: First Crush Middle Grade Novels

    Top Ten Tuesday

    It’s a Valentine’s Day freebie for Top Ten Tuesday today. And at first, I was at a loss as to what to share today. But then, I realized that first crushes was a perfect theme for today’s Top Ten Tuesday. Some might think that middle grade readers are too young…