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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Black Characters
The Letter “B”! I’m only highlighting a few titles because I’ve created a number of other lists with a focus on Black protagonists for different age groups as well as a number of nonfiction titles for both middle grade and young adult readers. I’ll share links to those lists below!…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Biracial Characters
Today I’m going to focus on providing a list of books with biracial characters. I tried very hard to find books that shared a variety of different experiences and from different cultural backgrounds. It’s not always easy- especially if you’re looking for a character who isn’t half white. Most characters…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Things That Make Me Pick Up a Book
Historical Fiction – I have always loved a good historical fiction book. Fairy Tale Retellings – I’m always curious to see how similar and different a new fairy tale retelling will be. Pretty Cover – I’m a sucker for a pretty cover – usually some sort of swirl of color…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Anxiety
It’s the first official day of the Blogging From A to Z Challenge and I’ve got a few areas of diversity I want to focus on. Anxiety affects everyone differently and also can manifest with other mental illnesses, stress, or other factors. This means everyone’s story with anxiety is different,…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Adoption
It’s the first official day of the Blogging From A to Z Challenge and I’ve got a few other areas of diversity I want to focus on. Here’s a quick peek at just a few books with an adoption theme. The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/1/19
Last Week With family visiting this weekend, I had no time to read as I spent most of the week cleaning the house, grocery shopping and trying to get to a good place at work so I could relax for the weekend! I haven’t gotten to read any more of…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Asian Protagonists
It’s the first official day of the Blogging From A to Z Challenge and I’m focusing on Asian Protagonists. Asia is a HUGE continent and there was no way I could represent the entire continent, but take a look at these twelve books from across the continent. I purposely left…
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Slice of Life Day 31: One Challenge Down…
I’m so glad I tried a new challenge this year! A lot of my family enjoyed reading the posts and I’ve had more comments on these posts than many of my other posts on my blog. Tomorrow starts the next challenge on my blog. The Blogging from A to Z…
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Slice of Life Day 30: Full House & a Busy Day
My parents, brother, sister-in-law, niece, nephew and my parent’s dog are staying at my place for the weekend! It’s been a very busy day already – we went out for breakfast, walked down to the playground, played outside, ran to the grocery store, had lunch, went back outside to play,…
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Slice of Life Day 29: How Much Do Windows Cost?
So yesterday afternoon we had a meeting about replacing a few of our windows in the house. Since buying the house we’ve been slowly updating it. Of course, spending money on a new furnace replacing all the exterior doors and the biggest window known to mankind (6 ft. tall x…
