• Lists

    YA Beach Reads

    We Were Liars by e. Lockhart The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler The Summer After You + Me by  Jennifer Salvato Doktorski Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han Sixteenth Summer by Michelle Dalton Nantucket Blue by Leila Howland Be True to…

  • Lifestyle

    Snow Day!

    We have a snow day today! And it’s the perfect timing – I’ve had a rough couple of days and without going into a lot of details, work has been absolutely crazy and stressful, so I’m planning to spend my snow day with a pile of books, a cozy sweatshirt…

  • Lifestyle

    Mini-Vacation Reflections

    We’re on our way to Michigan this morning, having stopped overnight at my parents’ home in western PA for a quick overnight visit. We’re heading out for a surprise birthday party and to spend some time with good friends and their new baby!  I’m so ready for a long weekend…

  • Lifestyle

    Mini-Vacation

    It’s been a crazy summer so far and we still have a few weeks left of summer reading, so I’m taking a little break “down the shore” (as they say in the Philly-area) this weekend! Hopefully to get some reading done! See you Monday!

  • Lists

    25 Summer Reads from Picture Books to YA Novels

    The Raft by Jim LaMarche Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse Summer Days and Nights by Wong Herbert Yee To the Beach by Linda Ashman The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach by Melanie Watt Pool by Chi-hyŏn Yi One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab by…

  • Lifestyle

    Best Decision I've Made (How to Prevent Burnout)

    I’ve been feeling the stress of summer reading planning for a little while now, we’re starting to use new software which will allow patrons to register and record their summer reading online, we’re installing a brand new self check out stations and we’re missing a few of our staple employees…