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    Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Characters

    Top Ten Tuesday

    It’s no surprise that a book-loving librarian loves this type of Top Ten Tuesday theme! I’m a huge fan of books that talk about books! These are just a handful (ten to be exact!) of middle grade titles that feature books and/or libraries in some way. Disclosure: Some of the…

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    20 Amazing Middle Grade: Action & Adventure

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    With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…

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    15 Titles that Feature Found Family

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    I’m extremely lucky in my life to have a very loving and supportive biological family and a found family of close friends that I’ve gathered over time. Some of these friends are roommates from college and graduate school and some are friends that I met as an adult and their…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: One Word Book Reviews

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Today was a really fun theme and one I haven’t tried before! In some of my book review posts, I’ve done Twitter-length reviews, but choosing only one word wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be! I focused on the most recent middle grade books I enjoyed and for…

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    16 Out-of-This-World Middle Grade: Science Fiction

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    With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Books with Pink Covers

    Top Ten Tuesday

    I decided to go with a specific color! I’ve done this type of post before for a lot of different colors – red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, blue, red, white & blue, and purple, but I’ve never done pink! Surprisingly, there weren’t as many pink-covered books as I thought there…

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    20 Middle Grade Titles: Historical Fiction

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    With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…

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    20 Middle Grade Titles: Mystery

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    With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Merchandise I’d Love to Own

    Top Ten Tuesday

    I’ve got a few bookish pieces of clothing and some other things, but bookish merch is always fun to receive as gifts! Below are some of the things I’ve come across that are too cute not to own! I Read Kids’ Books t-shirt – Jarrett Lerner’s Custom Ink storeI’m absolutely…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I Haven’t Read, But Want To

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Today’s list includes ten middle grade authors with books being published this year! There are always so many new titles coming out each year and I’m excited to add these to my TBR list. I know of some of these authors’ previous works, but I haven’t read those yet either,…