• Lifestyle

    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/20/2020

    Last Week I’ll be the first to admit, I’m tired. I’m tired of COVID-19. But, I know I’m also extremely lucky and blessed, my family is healthy, I have access to the food and resources that I need, and I’ve had the opportunity to spend time with friends and family…

  • Lifestyle

    Books & Cooks Letter N: Nutmeg

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    This year I’m going to be combining two of my passions – cooking and kid lit for Books & Cooks! I’ll be bringing you great recipes based on spices of the alphabet that pair perfectly with kid lit books! Next up? The letter N and cozy nutmeg! Spice: Nutmeg I love what…

  • Lifestyle

    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/13/2020

    Last Week Alright, I continue moving forward with my insane TBR list and still managed to throw in a little guilty pleasure for the fun of it too! This week I read Home for Goddesses and Dogs by Leslie Connor, Owly: The Way Home by Andy Runton, and Lily to…

  • Lifestyle

    Books & Cooks Letter J: Jerk

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    This year I’m going to be combining two of my passions – cooking and kid lit for Books & Cooks! I’ll be bringing you great recipes based on spices of the alphabet that pair perfectly with kid lit books! Next up? The letter J and island fresh Jerk! Spice: Jerk Similar to…

  • Lifestyle

    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/6/2020

    Last Week I’m getting back to my groove and almost finished everything I set out to do this past week! I keep telling my family and friends, I’m working just as much as I have before COVID-19 and probably more, honestly. Which actually means, I’m doing really well in terms…

  • Lists

    36 East Asian Young Adult Authors

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    Introduction I wanted to do something after hearing about East Asian and Asian American people being harassed because of the coronavirus. I think it’s ridiculous that people are using a global pandemic as an excuse to be racist. So I’m choosing to spend the next week being an ally of…

  • Lifestyle

    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/30/2020

    Last Week I did it! I read more than 0.5 of a book! On Monday our Governor put our county under a stay at home order which, honestly was the best thing to happen. Once I got everything figured out staff-wise and technology-wise, I was a lot calmer this week.…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Characters I’d Follow On Social Media

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    This was such a fun topic to think about! I wanted to really look at some young adult characters as I thought many of the middle school characters probably shouldn’t be on social media quite yet. Plus, young adult novels have a lot of great characters that I’d love to…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Gave Me a Book Hangover

    Top Ten Tuesday

    A book hangover, for those who aren’t familiar, is when you finish reading a title and you just can’t bring yourself to pick up another book. The book you just finished sticks with you as you mull over characters, plot, setting, etc. I’m a pretty fast reader, so when a…

  • Reviews

    The Gravity of Us

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    Synopsis:  “As a successful social media journalist with half a million followers, seventeen-year-old Cal is used to sharing his life online. But when his pilot father is selected for a highly publicized NASA mission to Mars, Cal and his family relocate from Brooklyn to Houston and are thrust into a…