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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Give Off Summer Vibes
So, I may have jumped the gun a little and skipped a week in Top Ten Tuesday world last week! Oops! Oh well, instead I got to focus on some awesome YA titles that totally give off a summer vibe! It’s just what I needed today! Top Ten Tuesday: Books…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/8/2020
Last Week What’s the best way to jump start your reading? Losing power for four days! We lost power in a massive storm that blew through the area on Wednesday at lunchtime and we finally got our power back on Sunday around 5pm. Even though we lost everything in our…
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Storytime Theme: Food
It’s been radio silence on my blog for the past few days! We had a massive storm blow through southeastern Pennsylvania on Wednesday around lunchtime. We were one of the over 1 million people who lost power and we still haven’t gotten it back. We tried to get our generator…
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Kidlit Rally for Black Lives
Kwame Alexander has organized a Kidlit Rally for Black Lives hosted by The Brown Bookshelf. As if I could love him anymore? Organized by Black authors and illustrators, the Brown Bookshelf was “designed to push awareness of the myriad Black voices writing for young readers.” They have some amazing book…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’ve Added to my TBR and Forgotten Why
I try to purge my TBR list every once in a while. There are always so many new books being published, I usually just end up giving up a few titles that I put on my list months ago. Here are some that I revisited making this list and now…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/1/2020
Last Week I definitely haven’t caught up with my reading, but I have read all of my ARCs that were published in April. I’m still a month behind in my reading, but I’m whittling down the books on my TBR shelves. This week, I read: This Is My Brain In…
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16 Books with Black Characters Written by Black Authors
My heart hurts every time I have to address police brutality, like school and gun violence, these situations keep happening and nothing seems to get better. People across the country are hurting right now and it can be seen in the number of peaceful protests and the more violent looting…
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12 Books All About Tree Houses
It’s an absolutely gorgeous day today. The sun is shining, the sky is a bright blue with puffy white clouds, and the birds are chirping. It’s the perfect day to spend in a tree house. I judge many a tree on whether or not it would make a good “tree…
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Virtual Author Visits
Last night was a busy night for me as I attended a couple of virtual author visits! I attended the Book Expo Children’s Author Breakfast turned virtual dinner with Judy Blume, Natalie Portman, Misty Copeland, Raj Haldar, Marie Lu, and Kwame Mbalia. It was so interesting to hear each of…
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Music for Tigers by Michelle Kadarusman
Synopsis: “Shipped halfway around the world to spend the summer with her mom’s eccentric Australian relatives, middle schooler and passionate violinist Louisa is prepared to be resentful. But life at the family’s remote camp in the Tasmanian rainforest is intriguing, to say the least. There are pig-footed bandicoots, scary spiders,…
