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    Director’s Thoughts – 2/20/19

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    This week, I held my third staff training day. We close the library on President’s Day and I spend time training staff on customer service ideals, weeding practices and whatever else I need to discuss! Unfortunately, because much of my staff is part-time, I can’t ask them to spend a…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/18/19

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    Last Week Over the past week, I didn’t get to many books, but the two I read were great and I started a third. The Next Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin is a story about finding your story and learning how to tell your truth. Check out my review…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/10/19

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    Last Week Last week was an amazing reading week for me! I read so many titles and loved all of them! The wee started off by finishing up The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo – a beautiful and powerful story about the power of finding your voice. I can’t believe it took…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/4/19

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    Last Week I actually read both books I had planned on reading for the week! And I started another one last night as well. I read fast-paced Inkling at the beginning of the week and you can check out my thoughts about it on my review from Saturday. Then I…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/28/19

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    Last Week I had every intention to read four titles this week. Did I? Nope! I did read Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier and The Secret of Dinswood by Ellen Alexander, but didn’t get to the other titles. There were nights I was…

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    Reaching a Wider Audience

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    I’m really trying to find a wider audience this year for my blog. Literacious started off with a focus on providing children’s librarians with ideas from early literacy to middle school programming and booklists that span the childhood. But as my day job has changed and I’ve started focusing more…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/21/19

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    Last Week I finally was able to get some reading in this week. My favorite part of the week is Saturday morning after I’ve walked and fed Aria. I’ll grab some juice or tea and head up to the office to sit in my big comfy chair-and-a-half with a blanket…

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    Literacious Flavor of the Month

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    Did you know that beyond the awesome content posted on my blog each and every day that you can also sign up for my monthly newsletter called Literacious Flavor of the Month? I only started my newsletter a few months ago, but it’s chock full on NEW content that you’ll never see posted…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/7/19

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    Last Week It was an extremely successful first week of 2019 in terms of reading! I was able to read three middle grade titles – an e-galley (a book being published in the next few months) and a couple of titles that you’ll find at your favorite library or independent…