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Top Ten Tuesday: Books You’d be a Fool Not to Read
I’m continuing my streak of making up my own Top Ten Tuesday themes! I just can’t seem to help myself by taking my own spin on these themes. So for today, while the official theme is “Books You’d be a Fool Not to Read” I felt like I tend to…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Reasons Why I Don’t Finish a Book
I may be becoming the person who never follows the exact prompt of Top Ten Tuesday! But, while today’s official prompt is “Books I Did Not Finish” I don’t like to be so negative on my blog and while I may not have liked some books, that doesn’t mean it…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring 2025 To-Read List
There are so many books being published and I’m excited to see some of my favorite middle authors are publishing new titles this spring! These are only ten of the titles that are being published over the next few months and if you’re looking for even more great middle grade…
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2025 Blogging A to Z April Challenge: Theme Reveal
Can you believe April is around the corner already?!?!?! Spring is almost h ere and I’ve got daffodils poking through my garden beds. Although I love seeing flowers everywhere, I also love April because it’s the Blogging A to Z Challenge month! This will be my 10th year participating in…
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Top Ten Tuesday: YA Mysteries
Today’s prompt is “Books that Include/Feature [insert your favorite theme or plot device here]” and while I’m intrigued to see what others come up with, I decided to focus on a specific genre rather than theme/plot device. Today I’m sharing some (fairly) new YA mysteries. Like the historical fiction genre,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Characters That Have Stuck With Me
While today’s official prompt is “Things Characters Have Said”, I had to adapt it a bit since I am the worst reader when it comes to remembering many details. And if I had tried to find ten things characters have said the list would be extremely disjointed and would have…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set In Another Time
Historical fiction titles have been some of my favorite reads for most of my life. I started reading historical fiction with books like Little House on the Prairie and the American Girl series and now I love to read middle grade and YA titles that expand beyond some of the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Never Reviewed
After years of book blogging, I’ve come to the realization that I really don’t like writing book reviews. I don’t necessarily think that I’m a strong enough writer to write quality book reviews and I don’t tend to read carefully enough to take in the details needed for a book…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Loving YA Families
Today’s prompt was a love freebie for Valentine’s Day and while I’ve done lists like 2024 Contemporary Romance Titles, First Crush Middle Grade Novels, 12 YA Couples for Valentine’s Day, and 12 Middle Grade Friendships for Valentine’s Day, I wanted to try something a little different and look toward supportive,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Was Excited to Read but Still Haven’t Gotten To
While today’s prompt is 2024 Releases I Was Excited to Read but Still Haven’t Gotten To, there are so many books I haven’t gotten to yet! So, I decided to create a list of ten middle grade titles that I really want to read and even have some of these…