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January Read Alouds
I decided to try something new and create a giant list of read alouds for the month based on fun, silly, important, educational, and wacky holidays! I honestly have no idea who comes up with some of these things, but it’s a fun little factoid to share and it allows…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Reading Goals I Still Want to Accomplish Before the End of the Year
Looking back at my reading goals that I set back in January, I haven’t been reaching many of these goals. But, I’m still really happy with where I am in my reading goal. I’ve been reading more than I have been in the past few years and I’m just enjoying…
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Bit About Books Winter 2021 Reading Challenge
I’ve mentioned this winter reading challenge a couple of times over the past few days and I finally have time to talk more in-depth about it. I’m excited about a reading challenge that is both flexible and exciting! I’m also biased because I’m good friends with one of the creators,…
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Bookroo’s Reader Profiles for the Whole Family
I am so excited to share Bookroo’s new adventure today – reader profiles for the whole family! Think Goodreads for kids, but WAY BETTER! Bookroo asked me to take a sneak peek into the system and let me tell you, I’ve become addicted. It’s so fun to set up your…
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A New Kind of Challenge… Bookémon Badgeathon
So after two months of blogging challenges, I am blogged out! That’s not to say that I won’t be blogging all month long, but I’ve turned my attention to a cool, new reading challenge during the month of May – the Bookémon Badgeathon. Your goal in this challenge is to…
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It’s Not Too Late to Sign Up for the 24in48 Readathon
I took a giant step in my reading life and decided to sign up for my first 24in48 Readathon where it will be my goal to read 24 hours during a 48 hour period. Seems crazy, right? Well, I’ve had my eye on this challenge for a while and I…
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#ClassroomBookaDay
I just recently heard a podcast on Books Between about Classroom Book a Day with it’s creator, Jillian Heise. I love the idea of reading a book every day kids are in school and not only that, but reading picture books to middle grade students. Jillian was inspired by Donalyn…
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Reading Challenges – What's Your Reading Resolution?
There are a number of ways to plan your reading for 2017. Some people just pick up what they want, when they want without a care in the world. Others including bloggers, teachers and librarians feel the need to not only keep up with new titles, but to also fill…
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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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Bout of Books Twitter Chat
I just started getting involved in the Bout of Books this year. Basically it’s a week long event where you spend time reading (something I do every week as is). But, what I really like is that I am connected with readers from around the world and if you want…
