• Reviews

    Kids’ Review: Smile

    I’m going to try starting a new aspect of my blog with some of the kids I know at the library reviewing books they love (or don’t!).  My first reviewer is “S”, a coworker’s daughter who I’ve known for a number of years.  She’s in middle school now and is…

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    Kids' Review: Bake Sale

    I’m going to try starting a new aspect of my blog with some of the kids I know at the library reviewing books they love (or don’t!).  My first reviewer is “S”, a coworker’s daughter who I’ve known for a number of years.  She’s in middle school now and is…

  • Lists

    Building a Home Library

    Check out the Children’s Book Council’s 2016 Building a Home Library booklist created by the  ALSC’s Quicklists Consulting Committee and the  ALA-Children’s Book Council (CBC) Joint Committee, of which I am a part of.  These booklists are created every other year and include not only classic stories, but newly published material…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/23/16

    This week instead of reading, I spent a lot of time getting ready for a work happy hour hosted at my house.  Between cleaning the house, mowing the lawn and cooking/baking, it left me with a lot less time to read than I wanted to, but I did get to…

  • Lifestyle

    National Readthon Day

    Today is National Readathon Day, the second annual event hosted by Penguin Random House and the American Library Association.  I’m apparently not a very good blogger because I didn’t pay attention to this until this week and haven’t had time to check out the website with great ways to throw…

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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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    Book Review: The Nameless City

    You may have heard me say before that graphic novels are not my favorite format to read.  I read very quickly and it’s almost as if the images get in the way of the text.  But, I appreciate graphic novels and although I may not be drawn to them, many…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/28/16

    I feel like I’ve been in a reading rut, but I finally got some quality reading done this week and have a few books to hit up before PLA next week!  This week I read – Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi, a crazy story about zombie cows, small town life,…