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Top Ten Tuesday: Mainstream Authors I Haven’t Read
This was the easiest Top Ten Tuesday theme I think I’ve ever done! I’m not one for reading a lot of the mainstream authors that you’ll find on the New York Times Best Sellers list. Usually, it’s because there’s such a long holds list at the library, and by the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Titles That Would Make Great Newspaper Headlines
I like this spin on the Top Ten Tuesday theme! And while my titles may be a little bit of a stretch in some places or bylines in others, it was fun to think about book titles in a different way. I found that the middle grade novels seemed a…
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12 Best YA Historical Fiction
Since I was young, I’ve always loved historical fiction and read a lot of it growing up. It can be more difficult to find YA historical fiction as much of YA leans toward fantasy/science fiction and realistic fiction. But, I’ve pulled together a list of titles from backlist to recently…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Are a Treat to Read
Today is a Halloween freebie for Top Ten Tuesday! And while I was thinking about what to focus on for this week’s theme, I decided to go with a Halloween theme of trick-or-treat and focus on really fun picture books. These ten picture books are fun, interactive titles that will…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Atmospheric YA Reads
When I saw today’s theme, I started laughing because I had literally just created a list of 9 Atomspheric Middle Grade Titles last week. For today’s list, I decided to focus on YA titles. And while, I’m a scaredy cat when it comes to creepy books, I wanted to pull…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Lightning on the Cover
Today’s theme was to choose weather-related covers or titles. I wanted to do something fun and interesting, so I chose to find kids’ books with lightning on the cover. This was such a fun list to pull together with titles spanning age groups and genres. I have fun pulling together…
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18 Young Adult Books by Hispanic Authors
Last week I got the chance to highlight some Hispanic authors of middle grade authors. This week, I’m focusing on YA titles. This is just the smallest number of authors, there are dozens more that you definitely should be checking out. If you’re looking for a great resource, check out…
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18 Zombie Books for Kids & Teens
Halloween is right around the corner and for many, that means pulling out all the stops for all things spooky and scary. As I’ve mentioned in the past, I’m a pretty big scaredy-cat, so I’m not a big fan of the horror genre. That being said, I’ll give most things…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Secondary Characters Who Deserve Their Own Book
I really enjoy books with multiple perspectives, so this was a little more difficult of a list to pull together! But, I found a variety of middle grade and young adult titles that I found had characters I really wanted to learn more about. I’m not sure they necessarily all…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ice Cream Covers
It’s a Top Ten Tuesday Freebie week which means I’ve got to get creative! And being that it’s summer, and it’s hot, and the fact that I absolutely LOVE ice cream, I knew exactly what this week’s theme would be – ice cream covers! And not only are they ice…
