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    Holiday Reading

    I made it to my parents after six hours in the car yesterday and am enjoying myself immensely already. I grabbed (just a few) books for the holiday week, hoping that I can at least get to a few of them.  These are all books that I’ve either seen on…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/19/16

    I spent another great week reading!  This is becoming a trend (again) and I love it!  I’m still working my way through The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman, but I also read Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina, Ghost by Jason Reynolds, Dory Fantasmagory: Dory Dory Black Sheep by Abby Hanlon and Some Writer!: The…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/12/16

    I am so proud of myself – I actually got some serious reading done this week!  I read The Land of Forgotten Girls by Erin Entrada Kelly, which was awesome.  Check out my review here! And then I started an adult novel – I know! I actually voluntarily picked up an adult…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/5/16

    After posting every day for Picture Book Month, I now have to come up with my own content again! At least today is easy, check out the hashtag #IMWAYR on Twitter to see what others are reading this week! I always end up adding a bunch of books to my…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’ve Added To My To-Be-Read List Lately

    Booklist A Study In Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry Learning to Swear in America by Katie Kennedy The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman The Land of Forgotten Girls by Erin Entrada Kelly The Reader by Traci Chee The Bookshop On the Corner by Jenny Colgan Tell…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/31/16

    I got a lot of reading down  over the past 24 hours (not so much throughout the week)… I finally finished Start With Why – not a book that was easy for me to get through, it seemed a little all over the place and wasn’t as well organized as I…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/24/16

    This was a strange week in terms of reading – I’m still struggling my way through Start With Why by Simon Sinek.  For whatever reason, I’m not drawn to pick this book up, but when I do, I enjoy reading it.  But, I did get a chance to read The Mighty Odds…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/10/16

    IMWAYR

    It was a great week in reading! I finally was able to sit down over the weekend and finish up The Evil Wizard Smallbone by Delia Sherman which had a great surprise toward the end that I wasn’t expecting at all! I also got a chance to start A Fierce and Subtle…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: All About the Villains

    I wanted to focus on villains in more of a fantasy setting than in realistic fiction and you’ll see that’s kind of where I leaned for this list.  The problem with that is I’m not a huge fan of anything scary – books, TV shows, movies, haunted houses, etc.  So, this is definitely not…