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Top Ten Tuesday: Books All About Trees
Today’s official theme for Top Ten Tuesday is “Covers/Titles with Things Found in Nature” and because there were so many different possibilities, I decided to narrow it down a bit and focus on trees. There are some absolutely amazing nonfiction books for kids out there specifically about tree communication. This…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Superpowers
When I first started thinking about Bookish Superpowers, my mind went immediately to fantasy novels with main characters that had magical abilities, but rather, this theme is about superpowers that have to do with books, not necessarily found in books. And I’ll admit, this was a trickier theme for me…
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Top Ten Tuesday: 2024 Contemporary Romance Titles
Today’s a love freebie for Top Ten Tuesday and what a perfect choice for the day before Valentine’s Day. In the past, I’ve highlighted middle grade friendships, first crushes in middle grade books, fun romance reads, and picture books about self-love, and picture books for Valentine’s Day. Today, I’m excited…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Quick Kids’ Nonfiction
Today’s theme was quick reads or books to read when time is short and I’ve done a similar book list for middle grade titles, so I wanted to take some time to try something a little different. Today I focused on quick nonfiction reads that I think are not only…
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Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2023
I spent a lot of time reading contemporary romance titles in 2023 and discovered a bunch of new-to-me authors this past year. I love how easy contemporary romances are to read, you always know the general format and what’s going to happen, but I love discovering new characters and settings.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Meant to Read in 2023 But Didn’t Get To
I’m really hoping to read more middle grade novels this year and I’d love to start with some of these titles. These books were all published in 2023. And I’m excited because a bunch of these titles just won awards this morning at the ALA Youth Media Awards! I’ve been…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Goals 2024
It’s that time of year to set goals, resolutions, “words of the year”, basically a great big reset! Check out my word of the year – I think it’s going to be a word I have to work at this year, but I’m ready to trust myself. I love getting…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2024
There are so many great books being published this year, my list doesn’t even get past February, let alone May and June! I decided to focus on young adult and middle grade titles, searching for books that caught my eye. I also tried to grab a little bit of everything…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books of 2023
Here are just a few of the books I loved this year. I try to keep my Goodreads account updated (it’s super easy when you’re reading on Kindle because they’re linked up!). I read a handful of picture books and a lot of contemporary romance titles, but very few middle…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Recently Read Books
I don’t often receive a lot of books for the holidays because I’m running out of shelf space and because I work at a library where I borrow most of my books! So instead of sharing my most recent additions to my bookshelf, I’m sharing the books I read most…