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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Civil Rights
The letter of the day is “C”. I decided to take a quick look into Civil Rights. And before you say anything, I know you can’t really take a quick look at the Civil Rights Movement. And, people fight for civil rights throughout time and around the world. I chose…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Black Characters
The Letter “B”! I’m only highlighting a few titles because I’ve created a number of other lists with a focus on Black protagonists for different age groups as well as a number of nonfiction titles for both middle grade and young adult readers. I’ll share links to those lists below!…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring 2019 TBR
There are some amazing titles coming out this spring! I can’t wait to take a look at these great middle grade and young adult titles coming out between March – June. Pie In the Sky by Remy Lai (Release Date: May 14, 2019) Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby (Release Date:…
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Level Up: Pairing Video Games with Children’s and YA Books (Fortnite)
I spent the summer of 2016 creating booklists that paired with video games. If you want to check out the many lists of books I created based on video games, check out my Thematic Lists page and scroll down to the Level Up booklists. I decided to return to this…
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Disney Princess Readalikes
The better part of the fall was spent curating some really great lists of books based on Disney Princess Readalikes, specifically looking at character traits. So many young girls absolutely adore Disney princesses, so I wanted to help families find books with characters that exhibit the same character traits whether…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Movie Adaptations
This week was a freebie week for Top Ten Tuesday and since I’ve actually been posting regularly each week, I din’t have any topics to go back to and cover. So I decide to focus on (mostly) YA books that have movie adaptations out currently or that are coming out…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/26/18
Last Week It was such a busy week for me! For my family, Thanksgiving isn’t just a one-day event. It starts at dinner on Wednesday and lasts through Sunday. My family does not live close, so when we get the chance to get together, we spend a lot of time…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/19/18
Last Week This week I started with The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee – which I thoroughly enjoyed – historical fiction mixed with magical realism and some kick butt women make for a great adventure YA novel. My fingers are crossed that Mackenzi is going to write a…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Longest Books I’ve Ever Read
I’m not a HUGE fantasy reader, which is where a lot of those really long titles are, but I’ve created a list of books that are all close to or over 500 pages (which, I think, is still a lot!). Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I’d Like to Meet
I’ve been blessed to meet a number of authors and illustrators in my career at conferences, book festivals and expos. But a few who I would love to meet (and haven’t yet) include the authors below. I chose my list based on the titles they’ve published (which I’ve loved), interviews…
