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Finding What Brings Me Joy
I’ve mentioned a few times over the past couple of weeks that I’m finding it difficult to have enough energy to open a book. This has led to an average of reading one book a week and if you know me at all, that is extremely low. That being said,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Colors In the Titles
What a fun topic! I pulled together just a few picture books each with a different color in the title. I also loved how diverse these titles are as well! What other books with colors in the titles would you include in this list? Maybe Red by Michael Hall, Green…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/3/2020
Last Week This week I read the YA debut, My Summer of Love and Misfortune by Lindsay Wong. The publishers describe it as Crazy Rich Asians meets Love & Gelato. Ivy is sent to Beijing to stay with her extended family after a difficult start to her summer. It is there that…
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Four on Friday: Summer Camp
My parents were both professors at a university growing up, so they never sent my siblings and me to camp. We did some classes and activities, but never a day camp or sleep away camp. I love reading about these settings because it’s something I never got to experience as…
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Netflix’s Baby-Sitters Club
I’m a child of the 90s which means The Baby-Sitters Club series was regular reading material for me growing up. I didn’t have many on my bookshelves at home, but I read dozens of them from the public library. Basically devouring them as fast as I could (even faster when…
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Dudley’s Day at Home
Synopsis: “’What does Dudley do all day while we’re away?’ Sam wonders. Mom explains that Dudley does ordinary dog things: he eats, naps, guards the house, and plays. But in Sam’s mind, Dudley’s day at home is anything but ordinary. Delightful digital paintings depict the human activities Sam imagines Dudley…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Wordless Picture Books
Last week, I shared that I’m working with Bookroo and got the chance to highlight my wordless picture book list on their website! But, what I didn’t get to do, was pull together a pretty image that I can share on Pinterest too. So because today is a Top Ten…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/27/2020
Last Week Historical fiction when well written has always taught me something new. And that’s exactly what happened when I read The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee. I had never heard that during Reconstruction plantation owners looked to Chinese Americans for labor. After reading about Jo’s story, I did more…
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Four on Friday: Gone Fishin’
I’m not much of a fishing person – worms and taking fish off hooks is a little too gross for me. But, what I do love is being anywhere near water with a book! So, for today’s Four on Friday theme we’ve Gone Fishin’! Four on Friday: Gone Fishin’ A…
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Adulting So Hard
There are some things I never thought I’d get excited about. Things like a freshly mowed lawn, getting a new roof installed, and buying kitchen appliances. But, they do! Which I think means that I’m adulting so hard in my thirties! I don’t necessarily love the act of mowing my…