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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/19/18
This week I finished up Saint Philomene’s Infirmary for Magical Creatures by Bill Cotter, read A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi which was very well-written, but hard to read as it’s the story of Syrian refugees trying to find a safe and welcoming place to start a new life, Checked by…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/12/18
It’s been a rough week – we finally got power back on Monday night after 75 hours without electricity and heat – it was a welcome relief. Tuesday I was back at work after taking Monday off and then we had a snow day on Wednesday where I think I…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Surprised Me
I love when books surprise me (in a good way). Most likely I’m surprised because I’ve either heard SO MUCH about a book and I just don’t expect it to live up to it’s hype or it’s such an out-there book that I don’t expect to like and I enjoy…
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Bringing Middle Grade Books Into Every Classroom
A few weeks ago, I got the distinct pleasure of presenting to future teachers at St. Joseph’s University outside of Philadelphia. The young lady who invited me to speak is a junior at St. Joe’s this year and we just realized that I’ve known her for ten years already! She…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Could Re-read Forever
When I was a kid, I was a big re-reader – I loved The Babysitter’s Club, The American Girl books and a ton of other titles that I checked out probably more times than anyone else at the library. As an adult, I’m trying so hard to stay up-to-date with new titles, that…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/26/18
I definitely need to spend some more time reading as a couple of late nights and an all day work event on Saturday tied up most of my reading time! Sadly, I didn’t get a chance to read much at all and so I still have a TON of things…
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28 Social Justice Titles in YA Lit
It doesn’t seem like teens these days need any inspiration to fight to protect their rights as they’re demanding their voices be heard over gun control laws in America. But, it never hurts to read about people who may be different than you, so grab a title from this list…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/19/18
I feel like my to-read pile keeps shifting on me as books that I placed on hold over a month ago, pop up on my desk at work and then I shift everything I’m planning to read to fit in this one book! Plus, the Olympics – I am not…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/12/18
I’m getting back into my reading after a slow week from #24in48 recovery! This week I managed to read a good amount and now I’m planning on returning what was left in that pile – I’m not going to get to it before they become overdue and I’ll start a…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Have Been On My TBR the Longest and I Still Haven’t Read
I’ve got a lot of YA titles on my TBR list that I just haven’t managed to read yet, so here’s a list of just ten of them that I still need to get to – it’s just new books are constantly being published! Too many books, too little time!…
