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Top Ten Tuesday: Sibling Relationships In Middle Grade
As the oldest of four, this was an extra special Top Ten Tuesday topic this week. My siblings and I are pretty close even though we live spread out across the country. Today, I wanted to create a book list of titles in middle grade that show a variety of…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Defied My Expectations
All of these middle grade books surprised me in the best way possible! They are all books that defied my expectations when I read them, in that I liked them more than I expected to. Many on the list lean toward the fantasy and science fiction genres. Both genres, which…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Water
I’ve been doing Top Ten Tuesday for years and this is probably one of my most favorite topics ever! I love being around water – I’m not even picky, a creek, river, pond, lake, ocean, I’ll take whatever I can get! Water really grounds me and destresses me in a…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Inspired by Folk & Fairy Tales
With a genre freebie this week, it took me a minute to figure out which direction I wanted to go in. I’ve recently created lists based on some of my favorite genres – historical fiction and mysteries. So I wanted to give you something different. And while fantasy and science…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Characters from Different Books Who Would Be Friends
This was a tricky theme and rather than choose ten different groups of characters, I made my life just a little bit easier and only chose five groups based on interests! I’m excited to see what characters other bloggers choose because it’s such a fun way to bring books together…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Want to Read Because of Top Ten Tuesday
Top Ten Tuesday is an amazing blogging group to be a part of because you will never be lacking in book recommendations! With 80+ people linking their blog over to That Artsy Reader Girl each week, you’ll find a little bit of everything. Today, I’m sharing ten books that are…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Forgotten Backlist Titles
With so many books being published each year and sometimes each month, it can be hard to remember all the amazing forgotten backlist titles that also exist. Browsing a used bookstore or public library is a great way to discover some of these older titles that amazing stories you don’t…
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2023 Blogging A to Z: Daredevil
I am by no means a daredevil, I’ve always been a cautious person – not a fan of roller coasters or haunted houses, it’s just not who I am. I’ve started rock climbing at a local gym a little over a year ago. And while I don’t necessarily see it…
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12 Read-Alikes for the I Survived Series
Today I’m sharing 12 Read-Alikes for the I Survived series. The I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis is a popular one in my library. At just over 100 pages, these books are quick reads that bring history to life in action-packed text. And now they’re also being re-released as graphic…
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16 Captivating Middle Grade: Survival
With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…