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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Goals 2024
It’s that time of year to set goals, resolutions, “words of the year”, basically a great big reset! Check out my word of the year – I think it’s going to be a word I have to work at this year, but I’m ready to trust myself. I love getting…
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2024 Debut Picture Book Authors
It’s my favorite time of the year when my TBR list grows exponentially with all the amazing new books being published this year. For the past few years, I’ve made it a goal of mine to share debut authors’ and illustrators’ works. It is extremely difficult to get published and…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2024
There are so many great books being published this year, my list doesn’t even get past February, let alone May and June! I decided to focus on young adult and middle grade titles, searching for books that caught my eye. I also tried to grab a little bit of everything…
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January Read Alouds
I decided to try something new and create a giant list of read alouds for the month based on fun, silly, important, educational, and wacky holidays! I honestly have no idea who comes up with some of these things, but it’s a fun little factoid to share and it allows…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books of 2023
Here are just a few of the books I loved this year. I try to keep my Goodreads account updated (it’s super easy when you’re reading on Kindle because they’re linked up!). I read a handful of picture books and a lot of contemporary romance titles, but very few middle…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Recently Read Books
I don’t often receive a lot of books for the holidays because I’m running out of shelf space and because I work at a library where I borrow most of my books! So instead of sharing my most recent additions to my bookshelf, I’m sharing the books I read most…
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21 Middle Grade Mysteries
Some of my favorite books growing up and even now are mysteries. I’m not a huge fan of thrillers in the scary sense, but I do love the idea of solving a puzzle. And whether you’re looking for classic middle grade mysteries like From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Hope Santa Brings
While I don’t necessarily need all of these books under the tree, what I could use is a little more time to spend reading for fun! Between my full-time job, blogging, climbing, and all the other things that keep me busy, I’d love a few more hours a day to…
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13 Winter Break Reads for Tweens
Winter break is just around the corner and with it comes a little free time for tweens! Today, I wanted to share some backlist titles (not the most recently published) that would make for 13 winter break reads for tweens. I wanted to choose titles that would be easier to…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Winter 2024 To-Read List
There are some amazing looking titles that are getting published this winter! I pulled just a couple of the middle grade and young adult titles that caught my eye, but I’m sure there will be plenty more. That’s probably one of the best parts about working in a library –…
