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Director’s Thoughts – 12/13/24
I’d have to say one of favorite things about working in a library is selecting new books for the collection. It’s a lot of fun unboxing new books and checking out titles that get automatically added to my TBR list. But, coming in a very close second is the opposite…
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Director’s Thoughts – 11/22/24
Since it’s November and a time for gratefulness, I decided to share ten reasons why I’m thankful for libraries. I grew up visiting my home library since I can remember and I started working in libraries when I was 14 years old. I have had a passion for libraries for…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Oldest Books On My TBR
I don’t keep a very active TBR or to be read list because inherently I ignore the list and just grab whatever strikes my fancy and whatever is available when I’m ready for my next book. But, I was able to scrounge up ten books on my shelves at home…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Destination Titles
Some Top Ten Tuesday themes are simple to pull together and I know exactly what titles I’m going to pull for the list. While others, like this one are a little more difficult to pull together. I ended up browsing through my Goodreads account to pull together ten middle grade…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Trees on the Cover
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was a little open in terms of what we could choose to do. All we needed to do was pick something that graced the cover of books. I chose trees because there is a HUGE number of books with trees on the cover as they…
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Top Ten Tuesday: 2024 Middle Grade Horror
It’s a Halloween Freebie week for Top Ten Tuesday! And today I’m sharing middle grad horror books that have been published this year. Which also means that I haven’t read any of these books because I’m a complete scaredy-cat in terms of reading scary books and watching scary movies. I…
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Top Ten Tuesday: How My Reading Habits Have Changed Over Time
I’m sure my reading habits have changed similarly to other people’s as they’ve gotten older. I have less time to read, but I still make it a priority to spend time reading each day. I think that’s probably one of the only things that hasn’t changed! So many people are…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Was Assigned In Class
While the books on this list weren’t necessarily my favorite, they left a lasting impression on me and this was an easy list of books to pull together. While I loved to read throughout school, I didn’t really enjoy required reading usually because it got in the way of what…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Confessions
Today’s theme started out as a little daunting to me, but after I gave it a few minutes to percolate, I really enjoyed this writing prompt and came up with some really great bookish confessions. So, learn a little bit about my own bookish confessions and maybe share one of…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Avoided Because of the Hype
Now, before anyone comes at me, really the main reason I haven’t read these books is that the waitlist is/was so long that I just never added my name! All the books listed below are from the current New York Times Best Sellers list and are all adult fiction and…
