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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/20/16

    I got through two of the books I planned this week – The Cresswell Plot by Eliza Wass about a group of siblings who live with their parents, but you’ll learn as the story progresses that the father believes he hears messages directly from God and keeps the kids close to…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/13/16

    So, as I mentioned two weeks ago, my mom was visiting last weekend and I was so busy with her, I forgot to post an update last Monday, so here’s my two week update.  I read The Firefly Code by Megan Frazer Blakemore which was really interesting – I believe another…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Beach Reads Week

    Summer’s almost here and for most people that live in this area it means traveling “down the shore” for weekends and week-long vacations. Vacations are a distant memory and goal for the future as summer reading will be here in a few weeks and I’ll be at work answering reference…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/30/16

    I’m so proud of myself this week!  I read all three books that were on my list from last week.  Nothing But Trouble by Jacqueline Davies is a fun story about two girls who couldn’t be more opposite and yet become friends and co-conspirators to increase class spirit in a…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/23/16

    This week instead of reading, I spent a lot of time getting ready for a work happy hour hosted at my house.  Between cleaning the house, mowing the lawn and cooking/baking, it left me with a lot less time to read than I wanted to, but I did get to…

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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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    25 Children's Books for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

    I’ll be honest, I had to do some research to really understand what countries, heritages, cultures, and religions Asian Pacific American included.  The Asian Pacific American Heritage Month website created in part by the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books I Picked Up On A Whim

    Most of the books I read, I learn about through various blogs, Twitter mentions, and talking with colleagues, but every once in a while I’ll just pick something up as I ‘m assigning a call number to it.  Some of these are also ARCs that I received at ac conference…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/16/16

    I spent last week participating in Bout of Books and although I didn’t hit my goal (by one book), it was a great week of prioritizing reading and I got to read a number of great books!  This week, I’ve read: Sweet Home Alaska by Carole Estby Dagg School of…