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Chapter Book Genres: Fantasy
So, last month I focused on highlighting genres for our picture book readers, this month I’ll be focusing on newly independent readers and offering up some genre suggestions in the chapter book arena. Let’s start with what is a chapter book. While the term gets thrown around for any book…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Book Series I Want to Catch Up On
I am notoriously horrible at reading series. I am not great at remembering the details of storylines and usually by the time I get to the next book in a series, I’ve read a number of other things in between and can’t remember the details of the last book! Or,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Cover Freebie (YA Releases for Fall 2026)
Today’s prompt is a Cover Freebie, which means we get a little creative license to decide what direction we want to go! And, since I’m exhausted, I decided to go for the easiest route I could – promoting some upcoming releases in the YA book world! Check out these YA…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I HAD to Have Immediately but Still Haven’t Read
Last year at the ALA Conference, I grabbed all of these ARCs from the exhibit hall and I still haven’t read them! It’s like a curse, if a book is mine to own, it sits on the shelf and I don’t tend to read it. If it’s a library book,…
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Picture Book Genres: Fantasy
While genres become more of an interest as kids become independent readers, I love the idea of sharing picture books that can also fall into genres as well. And maybe your young readers don’t have a strong opinion about the genres they read, I think exposing them to a wide-variety…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Live in My Head Rent-Free
For today’s prompt, I wanted to focus on some back list YA titles, a few of which might be better known than others, but ones that I really enjoyed and would recommend to others looking for something to read. What’s interesting is that my taste in YA titles, runs the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Summer 2026 To-Read List
Summer is here and with it comes more time to read and relax… if you don’t work in a public library! We’re headed into our busy season with our Summer Reading Program having kicked off last week! And while it may be busier than usual at work, I’m hoping to…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books by Favorite Authors
It’s so hard to chose my favorite authors! I love all different types of authors for different reasons and at different times of my life. But, these ten books by these ten authors are ones that have stuck with me. I wanted to highlight some of my favorite middle grade…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring 2026 To-Read List
I always create these posts with so much hope for my future reading life! I get so excited about all the great, new titles that are being published and then something else catches my eye and time passes and before I know it, I’m writing up the post for the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: 2026 YA Fantasy Titles
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday theme is a genre freebie and while I’ve done a number of middle grade genre book lists, I don’t spend a lot of time on young adult titles. But, I had to share some of these great YA fantasy titles that are being published this year!…
