• Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Titles of 2017

    I took the time to promote some titles that I haven’t seen as much buzz about (that also fit together as they all have blue-ish, green covers). I wanted to steer clear from some of the titles and authors that EVERYONE has heard about – Rick Riordan, Alan Gratz, Katherine…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/11/17

    I’m working on a new system for my reading habits. I’ve been taking out a stack of books for up to three weeks and then from the stack, choosing the titles that best fit my mood when I need to read something new! It seems to be working better for…

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    2017 Goodreads Choice Awards – And the Winner Is…

    With over 3,000,000 votes cast, Goodreads has announced this year’s winner of the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards – And the Winner Ss… in the following categories: Fiction Mystery & Thriller Historical Fiction Fantasy Romance Science Fiction Horror Humor Nonfiction Memoir & Autobiography History & Biography Science & Technology Food & Cookbooks…

  • Lifestyle

    LibraryCon Live!

    A VIRTUAL FESTIVAL FOR BOOK NERDS, LIBRARIANS, AND FANS OF GRAPHIC NOVELS, SCI-FI, AND FANTASY Yesterday I got a chance to participate in LibraryCon Live, an event hosted by School Library Journal and Library Journal. It was really well put together with some awesome presenters, authors, and illustrators – the keynote speaker…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Winter TBR List

    Besides the Best of 2017 lists and the ALA Youth Media Awards on February 12th, I’ve included ten new middle grade titles that I’m excited about! Check ’em out! Flower Moon by Gina Linko (January 2, 2018) The Truth As Told By Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor (January 23, 2018)…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/19/17

    I wasn’t able to get to all my reading this week, but I got to finish a few titles and honestly didn’t expect to finish as much as I did. This week I read: Me and Marvin Gardens by A.S. King Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry Patina by Jason…

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    12 Somewhat Scary Stories for Middle Grade Readers

    I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a scaredy-cat – I don’t like haunted houses, scary movies, or even scary books! But I know tons of readers who love books that creep them out, so if that’s something you love – check out these creepy titles for middle grade…

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    It's Monday! What Are Your Reading? 10/30/17

    It’s been a week – trying to work on our library budget, library programming and a busy weekend left very little time for reading. I was able to finish The Traitor’s Game by Jennifer A. Nielsen and A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold. I also started working on  The Vanderbeekers…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/23/17

    This week I read some really great middle grade titles – Race to the Bottom of the Sea by Lindsay Eagar, All’s Faire In Middle School by Victoria Jamieson, Ban This Book by Alan Gratz, and Posted by John David Anderson. These titles were all very well written and ones that I can’t wait…

  • Reviews

    Book Review: The Littlest Bigfoot

    Synopsis: Alice lives life almost invisibly – her family ships her off to school, she doesn’t have a single friend and she knows that she isn’t pretty with her big, bulky frame and her wild hair she calls a mane. So when she saves Millie Maximus’s life at her eighth boarding…