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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books That Celebrate Diversity/Diverse Characters
I’ve finally taken the plunge into Top Ten Tuesday and thankfully I didn’t have to rate these books, so they’re alphabetical. This week’s list focused on celebrating diversity or diverse characters and I chose to focus solely on disabilities as I feel books that feature children with disabilities are overlooked…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/22/2015
After 20 solid hours of reading for this year’s 48 Hour Book Challenge, I’m thinking that I’ll be taking it easy this week with my reading, maybe picking up a book or two, but not as many as I usually do. Over the weekend, I knocked out nine books and…
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Book Review – “Piper Green and the Fairy Tree"
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree written by Ellen Potter tells the story of a second grader name Piper who lives on a small island off the coast of Maine. She loves her family, misses her older brother, and tells it like it is which makes her a interesting character…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/15/15
Today is our official Summer Reading Kickoff! It’s been pretty busy already, but I’m going to try and post now before I forget! I got a lot of reading done this past week – and it was amazing! This week, I finished: Nimona by Noelle Stevenson The Great Good Summer…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/8/2015
I got a lot read this past week and am excited about a few other books for this upcoming week! And then, next Monday, all heck breaks loose as Summer Reading officially begins! (I’m not quite ready yet!) Anyway, this week I read The Detective’s Assistant by Kate Hannigan – a historical…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/1/2015
Last week was madness as Memorial Day was Monday, I worked Tuesday and Wednesday, went up to BookExpo America on Thursday and traveled to an out-of-state wedding Friday-Sunday. Thankfully, sitting in airports and on airplanes leaves me with a lot of time to read! I read The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart,…
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Sarah Dessen – In Person!
I’m a pretty nerdy individual… I’m sure if I walked down the street in L.A. and passed by television and movie actors, I would know or probably even care that much. But, give me the opportunity to hear an author talk by an author I admire and I turn into a…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 5/4/2014
This week was a great week of reading! I got though a lot of awesome books and can’t wait to keep reading this week. I was able to read Dodger and Me by Jordan Sonnenblick. We’re excited to have Jordan visiting our library this summer and I’ll be offering a book…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 3/30/2015
I’m actually in the middle of an adult book right now, crazy right? But, my coworker told me I just had to read The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. I have about a third of the book left and I’m really enjoying it so far. I love mysterious,…
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Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
Jordan Sonnenblick doesn’t skirt around the difficult issues in this book – coming to terms with denial, anger, and bargaining among the everyday and all-consuming world that middle school can be. Thirteen year old, Steven does not only have to focus on getting good grades, but also practicing for the All-Star…