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Top Ten Tuesday, December 29: Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases For The First Half of 2016
Here’s my Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2016. I’m sure I’m missing some really great options, but these are the ones I found quickly and am really excited to read! Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics by Christ Grabenstein ~ Publication Date: January 5, 2016 The Girl in the…
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October is… Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Today I’m wearing purple in support of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, it’s not a big thing, but hopefully it brings people’s awareness to an issue that affects so many people. So, as I’m wearing purple, I thought I take a look and create a list of some middle grade books…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/21/15
This week I read Appleblossom the Possum written by Holly Goldberg Sloan which is a very different style from her previous work County By 7s. It’s an adorable story about a little possum who accidentally falls down a chimney and with the help of her brothers is able to escape. It’s an…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/31/15
I got through a good number of books this week! I really enjoyed Currents by Jane Petrlik Smolik, a story interwoven between three young girls in the mid 1800s. I have always loved historical fiction and this book was really interesting! The next book I read was called The Education of Ivy Blake…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Of Your Auto-buy Authors
As a librarian, I have very strict rules about books that I purchase for my own library. If I bought every book I wanted, my house would soon be overrun with books! So, I always have to read a book before deeming it worthy of being added to my personal…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?
I started off the week with a light read called, Clayton Stone, At Your Service which was a fun, adventure story about a young boy who finds out his family works for the secret service. It’s not necessarily an earth-shattering story, but a quick story, perfect for a reluctant reader. The…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/10/15
I’m really proud of myself for getting so much reading done in the past few weeks and this week I was able to read four more books. Project Alpha is reminsicent of The 39 Clues series – with a fairly fast-paced storyline and characters you’re rooting for. This series will definitely…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/3/15
I got a lot of reading done again this week and I hope t finish up the last book today. I thought I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest was an amazing, fast-paced read described as a cyber-thriller and one I couldn’t put down. A Little Bit of Spectacular by…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Characters Who Are Fellow Book Nerds
So I survived my first Top Ten Tuesday and decided to try again this week! This one was much harder for me to think about all the characters I can remember and choose some that I would consider to be my fellow book nerds. I found a mix of old…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 7/27/15
I got a lot of reading done this week, mostly because I read a few shorter books and one that I didn’t want to put down. This week I read Friends for Life by Andrew Norriss about a boy who becomes friends with a ghost who has a reason for being there and…