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    It's Monday! What Are Your Reading? 11/6/17

    As expected long days at work, plus an awesome KidLitCon left me with very little extra time for reading this week. I finished The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Glaser – and all I can say is I would love to live in the Vanderbeekers brownstone in Harlem with lots…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: YA Thrills & Chills

    This week’s Top Ten Tuesday theme is a Halloween Freebie, so I went in a direction that I usually steer far away from – YA Thrillers and Horror Books. I am not a huge fan of being scared, so most of these titles I haven’t read, but I do like…

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    12 Somewhat Scary Stories for Middle Grade Readers

    I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a scaredy-cat – I don’t like haunted houses, scary movies, or even scary books! But I know tons of readers who love books that creep them out, so if that’s something you love – check out these creepy titles for middle grade…

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    It's Monday! What Are Your Reading? 10/30/17

    It’s been a week – trying to work on our library budget, library programming and a busy weekend left very little time for reading. I was able to finish The Traitor’s Game by Jennifer A. Nielsen and A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold. I also started working on  The Vanderbeekers…

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    25 Picture Books for Halloween

    I know so many little ones who love to dress up for Halloween! If that’s one of your little ones, stop by your local library or bookstore to pick up some of these great Halloween titles! Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler, illustrated by S.D. Schindler…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Unique Book Titles

    I went with play-on-word titles or titles that have words that don’t belong together (or maybe don’t make sense together) and other titles that are just unexpected. I haven’t read most of these books, so they’ll get put on my TBR list too!

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/23/17

    This week I read some really great middle grade titles – Race to the Bottom of the Sea by Lindsay Eagar, All’s Faire In Middle School by Victoria Jamieson, Ban This Book by Alan Gratz, and Posted by John David Anderson. These titles were all very well written and ones that I can’t wait…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Yummy Foods Mentioned In Books

    A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd – Blackberry Sunrise Ice Cream A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff- Cady’s Chocolate-Almond-Cherry Cake The Candymakers by Wendy Mass – Oozing Crunchorama Pie by Sarah Weeks – Key Lime Pie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl – Ever-Lasting Gobstoppers Close…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/16/17

    I was surprisingly able to get a little reading done last week, even with how busy I was. I read What Girls Are Made Of by Elana K. Arnold and The Littlest Bigfoot by Jennifer Weiner and started Race to the Bottom of the Sea by Lindsay Eagar. I’ve got some catching up to…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Picture Books with Fall Covers

    This was not an easy post to work, I first started by checking out middle grade and young adult titles with fall-looking covers, but it got too difficult, so I made my life a little easier and went with fall-themed picture books! Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak The …