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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/12/17
Even with a directors’ institute and a lot of work – I got through five books and loved them all! I read: The Great Library Race by Chris Grabenstein The Perfect Score by Rob Buyea Auma’s Long Run by Eucabeth A. Odhiambo To All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny Han…
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BEA in a Day
My co-worker and I went up to Book Expo America (BEA) on Friday, just for the day. We couldn’t go for all three days and got up extra early on Friday to drive to New Jersey to grab the NJ Transit up to Penn Station and then walked the few…
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ARCs, What Are They and What Do You Do With Them?
ARCs have been discussed on Twitter over the past few days because a blogger grabbed an over-abundance of ARCs at a conference (multiple copies of each title) and are now trying to send them to people for $20 and up. The cost to send books through media mail is under…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/16/16
I spent last week participating in Bout of Books and although I didn’t hit my goal (by one book), it was a great week of prioritizing reading and I got to read a number of great books! This week, I’ve read: Sweet Home Alaska by Carole Estby Dagg School of…
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Bout of Books – Round 2
I had a great time participating in Bout of Books in January and with summer coming I want to try and get as much reading done now as I can, so here’s for Round 2 for Bout of Books ~ May 9 – May 15! I’ve got a lot of…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/2/16
I have a lot of reading to do! Especially since I picked up a bunch of ARCs at PLA in Denver a few weeks ago! I try and read each one before it’s actually published and then either pass it on to a reader at work or send them…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/8/2015
I got a lot read this past week and am excited about a few other books for this upcoming week! And then, next Monday, all heck breaks loose as Summer Reading officially begins! (I’m not quite ready yet!) Anyway, this week I read The Detective’s Assistant by Kate Hannigan – a historical…
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BEA – My Experience!
Last Thursday marked my first time experiencing the fun, crazy BookExpo America! I wasn’t really sure what to expect going into it, but after a lot of planning and figuring things out the day of, I had a great time! My co-worker and I drove to New Jersey to take…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/1/2015
Last week was madness as Memorial Day was Monday, I worked Tuesday and Wednesday, went up to BookExpo America on Thursday and traveled to an out-of-state wedding Friday-Sunday. Thankfully, sitting in airports and on airplanes leaves me with a lot of time to read! I read The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart,…
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My First BEA
Last year, right after BookExpo America (BEA) was over, I was talking to a co-worker and mentioned that I’d love to go, she was in agreement so we decided to trek to NYC for BEA this year. Unfortunately, due to scheduling, we’ll only be able to go for just Thursday,…