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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/10/15
I’m really proud of myself for getting so much reading done in the past few weeks and this week I was able to read four more books. Project Alpha is reminsicent of The 39 Clues series – with a fairly fast-paced storyline and characters you’re rooting for. This series will definitely…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Fairytale Retellings I've Read
I absolutely love fairtale retellings and fractured fairytales. They’re some of my favorite stories. Below is a list of books I’ve read and there’s a bunch more on my TBR pile. I’m going to try and write up 140-character or less (a la Twitter) descriptions of each book. Find something…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/3/15
I got a lot of reading done again this week and I hope t finish up the last book today. I thought I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest was an amazing, fast-paced read described as a cyber-thriller and one I couldn’t put down. A Little Bit of Spectacular by…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Characters Who Are Fellow Book Nerds
So I survived my first Top Ten Tuesday and decided to try again this week! This one was much harder for me to think about all the characters I can remember and choose some that I would consider to be my fellow book nerds. I found a mix of old…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 7/27/15
I got a lot of reading done this week, mostly because I read a few shorter books and one that I didn’t want to put down. This week I read Friends for Life by Andrew Norriss about a boy who becomes friends with a ghost who has a reason for being there and…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books That Celebrate Diversity/Diverse Characters
I’ve finally taken the plunge into Top Ten Tuesday and thankfully I didn’t have to rate these books, so they’re alphabetical. This week’s list focused on celebrating diversity or diverse characters and I chose to focus solely on disabilities as I feel books that feature children with disabilities are overlooked…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?
This week I was able to get back on track with three books I read! The first book I read was called The Entirely True Story of the Unbelievable FIB by Adam Shaughnessy. A great story for those kids looking for mythology books – a specific focus on Norse mythology as…
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It's Monday What Are You Reading? 7/13/2015
i only got two books read this week… I was able to read The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz. I enjoyed this book, but it took me awhile to get through… Splendor and Glooms was faster to read I thought, but I have always enjoyed historical fiction which is exactly what…
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4th of July Books – Just to Get You Started!
Here are five books for the 4th of July! Some I’ve used for storytime, others are just really fun read alouds and still others make great resources with lots of quality information that is easily accessible for elementary school students. These are not by far, the best or only books…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/29/2015
This week I read, Rules for Stealing Stars by Corey Ann Haydu, The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin, A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord and The Boys in the Boat:The True Story of an American Team’s Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics by Daniel James Brown (Young Reader’s Edition).…