• Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books I Picked Up On A Whim

    Most of the books I read, I learn about through various blogs, Twitter mentions, and talking with colleagues, but every once in a while I’ll just pick something up as I ‘m assigning a call number to it.  Some of these are also ARCs that I received at ac conference…

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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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    Teacher Appreciation Week

    I’ve been lucky to have some amazing teachers in my lifetime, specifically my parents who along with raising four kids are both professors at a university.  My favorite school teachers (and the ones I can remember the best) are the ones who read aloud to us – a few even…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Love

    Today’s Top Ten Tuesday official title is: Ten Books I Really Love But Feel Like I Haven’t Talked About Enough/In A While.  I decided to head over to Young Adult (since I don’t get to talk about these books as much as I’d like!) Not If I See You First by…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Historical Settings I Love

    I love historical fiction (always have!) and these are some (keyword: some) of my favorite historical fiction I’ve read!  I’ve tried to include a diverse selection of books and a variety of time periods, but I will literally read about any time period.  I read all the American Girl books…

  • Reviews

    Book Review: In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse

    I think having New Year’s Eve fall on a Thursday is absolutely genius!  The library was closed yesterday (Friday) and I don’t have to work this weekend allowing me to begin 2016 in the right way – with lots of reading!  I read In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/31/15

    I got through a good number of books this week!  I really enjoyed Currents  by Jane Petrlik Smolik, a story interwoven between three young girls in the mid 1800s.  I have always loved historical fiction and this book was really interesting!   The next book I read was called  The Education of Ivy Blake…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Of Your Auto-buy Authors

    As a librarian, I have very strict rules about books that I purchase for my own library.  If I bought every book I wanted, my house would soon be overrun with books!  So, I always have to read a book before deeming it worthy of being added to my personal…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/10/15

      I’m really proud of myself for getting so much reading done in the past few weeks and this week I was able to read four more books.  Project Alpha is reminsicent of The 39 Clues series – with a fairly fast-paced storyline and characters you’re rooting for.  This series will definitely…