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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/11/2021
What I Read Alright, so no surprise, I didn’t spend a lot of time reading. Even with a book on my nightstand, I only read a few pages every night! I did get a chance to work out twice this week – yoga and running and was planning another day…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/4/2021
What I Read I’m not sure why I even plan to read anything lately! Work has sucked up so much of my time, by the time I have time to read, I’m too tired! Although I reviewed two books for the blog this week – Melville and Change Sings, they…
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9 Books to Give as Retirement Gifts
Today’s a special day at my library! We are saying farewell to a long-time employee as she retires. She’s been with our library for 40 years. We had a wonderful party for her yesterday – doughnuts in the morning and a pizza party for lunch. With special treats from other…
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30 Middle Grade Books about Immigration and Refugee Experiences
Let me start off by saying I know that immigration and refugee experiences are two vastly different things. In fact, for every single person and family, the situation is different. But, what’s important is that for kids who are hearing the news about the U.S. and Mexico border, or what’s…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/27/2021
What I Read I finished up Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and read Fix Her Up by Tess Bailey and I might be getting to end of my romance reading phase. I also re-read The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen. I like that I don’t have to…
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9 Young Adult Books for National Cooking Day
It’s National Cooking Day and this is one holiday that I couldn’t ignore! I think most of you know how much I enjoy spending time in my kitchen cooking. I love finding flavorful recipes and sharing them with the people I love. In fact, I think Penzeys Spices has one…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/20/2021
What I Read I finally read Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo and I honestly don’t know why it took me so long! It’s currently on the long list for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. I loved how the story moved between characters and…
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Activity Corner – Owls
I love owls, especially ones found in picture books. I’m honestly not sure why because I’m not a huge fan of birds, to begin with, but I really like owls! A quick side note, for about a year and a half, I mistakenly thought my brother’s then-girlfriend (now wife) loved…
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9 Middle Grade Books featuring Dragons
I’ve got dragons on the brain! Back in August we planned much of our programming and displays for the children’s department of the library and we decided to focus on the fantasy genre for September. We have an adorable fire-breathing dragon craft as a grab-and-go activity this month and we’re…
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6 Books for Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur begins this evening at sunset. While many non-Jewish people put an emphasis on Hanukkah, Yom Kippur is one of the most important holidays of the Jewish faith. Although I’ve created a book list for Rosh Hashanah, twice! I’ve never created a book list for Yom Kippur. So today’s…
