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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/3/19

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    Last Week I did it! I finished 18 middle grade and YA titles in May for the Bookémon Badgeathon! I read over 4,700 pages in 31 days and I had such a great time reading titles that have been on my TBR for quite a while and I even picked…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/27/19

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    Last Week I’m so close! I have to finish just one more book for my Bookémon Badgeathon! I’ve loved this challenge as it has helped me to plan my month of reading, cross off some of my long-standing TBR list, and tried a few titles that I probably would have…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/20/19

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    Last Week I’m continuing my quest to finish 18 books this month as part of my Bookémon Badgeathon. It was a busy week with a great long weekend spending time with extended family for my cousin’s wedding! Even with the busy-ness of the weekend, I finished four more titles and…

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    Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Booklist

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    Check out the Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month booklist to celebrate May! The month of May celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, which actually includes people from a lot of different countries and cultures all rolled into one month. With that said, I wanted to share…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/13/19

    IMWAYR

    Last Week I’m still going strong in my quest to read 18 books this month as part of my Bookémon Badgeathon. Even with all the other things happening this week, I was able to read: A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi Two Can Keep a Secret by…

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    2019-20 #ProjectLITBookClub

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    ProjectLIT Book Club has been announcing new titles for the 2019-20 school year for the past few weeks! And today, the list is complete with 40 new middle grade and young adult titles to share with tweens and teens. I’m currently using this list as a guide for my Bookémon…

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    Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Reflection

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    I survived another year of the Blogging From A to Z April Challenge (scroll to the bottom for a complete list)! This year, I dove deep into the world of diversity in children’s and young adult literature. I was surprised to see as much diversity as I did, but we’ve…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/6/19

    IMWAYR

    Last Week I’ve read so many books this week! Having a readathon happening has forced me to choose to read instead of sitting on the couch and binge-watching Netflix. It’s been, honestly, wonderful to read this much! I read Over the Moon by Natalie Lloyd to start off my week…

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    A New Kind of Challenge… Bookémon Badgeathon

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    So after two months of blogging challenges, I am blogged out! That’s not to say that I won’t be blogging all month long, but I’ve turned my attention to a cool, new reading challenge during the month of May – the Bookémon Badgeathon. Your goal in this challenge is to…

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    Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Young Adult

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    There are so many amazing and diverse young adult books out there! So, for the Letter “Y”, I decided to highlight even more titles that I didn’t get to share this month yet! Check out these 12 diverse young adult books. Stick around for tomorrow for the last day of…