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    Top Ten Tuesday: 2024 Middle Grade Horror

    Top Ten Tuesday

    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: Books I Was Assigned In Class

    Top Ten Tuesday

    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

    Top Ten Tuesday

    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

    Top Ten Tuesday

    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…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Fall 2024 To-Read List

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Fall is officially here and while my schedule has gotten crazier than I had imagined it would this year, I have some hope that I’ll get to a few of these great middle grade books this season. I’m so excited to see books written by some big name in the…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Great Books for Third Graders

    Top Ten Tuesday

    I very rarely completely ignore a Top Ten Tuesday prompt, but I just couldn’t get enough brain power around this week’s theme – Characters that Authors Surprisingly Redeemed. So instead, I went in a completely different direction. I think the most difficult age group to find books for is that…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Provide a Much-Needed Escape

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Work has been SO extremely stressful for me for the past few months. There’s a lot going on in a lot of different places, so I’ve been trying to read as much as possible! Here are some of my favorite adult novels (mostly romances) that I’ve enjoyed recently. And some…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Romance Books Involving Food

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Feeding people is my love language. I love to cook, I’ll bake, but I truly love to cook and love to spend time in my kitchen. I’m the type of person that (tries) to meal plan every week with well-loved recipes and new options that make both my partner and…