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    It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/22/2015

    After 20 solid hours of reading for this year’s 48 Hour Book Challenge, I’m thinking that I’ll be taking it easy this week with my reading, maybe picking up a book or two, but not as many as I usually do.  Over the weekend, I knocked out nine books and…

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    It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/15/15

    Today is our official Summer Reading Kickoff!  It’s been pretty busy already, but I’m going to try and post now before I forget!  I got a lot of reading done this past week – and it was amazing!  This week, I finished: Nimona by Noelle Stevenson The Great Good Summer…

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    It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/8/2015

    I got a lot read this past week and am excited about a few other books for this upcoming week!  And then, next Monday, all heck breaks loose as Summer Reading officially begins!  (I’m not quite ready yet!)  Anyway, this week I read The Detective’s Assistant by Kate Hannigan – a historical…

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    It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/1/2015

    Last week was madness as Memorial Day was Monday, I worked Tuesday and Wednesday, went up to BookExpo America on Thursday and traveled to an out-of-state wedding Friday-Sunday.  Thankfully, sitting in airports and on airplanes leaves me with a lot of time to read! I read The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart,…

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    Memorial Day – Books for Kids

    Although many people are excited about Memorial Day because they are off from school or work, spend time with family, have picnics, and more, it’s important to remember the reason we celebrate Memorial Day, so here are ten books for kids – fiction, nonfiction, picture books, middle grade and a…

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    It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 5/18/2015

    As the weekend nears, I always think I’ll have a lot of time to just sit and relax and catch up on my reading, but that’s never the case!  I ended up this weekend, hanging out with friends, planting vegetables in the garden and volunteering some time at a nature…

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    It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 5/11/2015

    Last week was an insanely busy week and I got very little reading done.  On top of that, I grabbed The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos as an audio CD to listen to on my way to a meeting and about an hour in, I realized that although…

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    It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 5/4/2014

    This week was a great week of reading!  I got though a lot of awesome books and can’t wait to keep reading this week.  I was able to read Dodger and Me by Jordan Sonnenblick.  We’re excited to have Jordan visiting our library this summer and I’ll be offering a book…

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    It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 4/27/15

    I buckled down last week and got a lot of reading done!  I read Rutabaga: The Adventure Chef by Eric Colossal, I’m excited to see the published copy as the ARC was not in full color.  It was a super cute idea and I loved the recipes at the end of the…