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    Top Ten Tuesday: Best of 2018 So Far

    The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds This Story Is For You by Greg Pizzoli Nature’s First Lullaby by Dee Leone Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel Turn This Book Into a Beehive!: Start a Living Colony in Your Own Backyard, Plus 19 Other Experiments and Activities to Make You a…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/9/18

    I finally got a little more reading done and now that I’m on vacation this week, I hope my reading continues! This past week, I read Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor which was really interesting – a fantasy adventure set in Nigeria. I’m going to have to track down Akata Warrior, the…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Red, White, and Blue Covers

    Capture the Flag by Kate Messner Auma’s Long Run by Eucabeth A. Odhiambo Escape from Aleppo by N.H. Senzai Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes The Cruel Prince by Holly Black Hour of  the Bees Lindsay Eagar A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore The…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/2/18

    I need more time in everyday!!!! I just don’t have enough time to do everything I need to get done! I did read From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon and I’m hoping to spend some more time with Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor this weekend – it’s not bad, I just…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/25/18

    It’s been another busy week – I had plans after work every night, plus I’m still working on painting the guest room – it’s almost done and I hope to finish it this week! And unfortunately I really didn’t have much time to read! I completely ditched my reading plan…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/18/18

    I’ve had a busy week filled with all sorts of things, plus trying to get the guest room painted (which is always more work than I expect it to be!). I’m absolutely in love with the color and hope my vision comes out the way I want it to when…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/10/18

    I love when I plan out my reading for the week and then totally toss it aside when I get my hands on some other titles! So you can ignore what I thought I’d try and read this week, because I didn’t get to any of those books, but instead…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/3/18

      It’s been a busy week – spending time with my family for Memorial Day, then a few short days at work and then heading to Florida to see a friend and her family for a long weekend! But through it all, I’ve actually spent a good amount of time…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/28/18

    I’m so proud of myself for actually getting some reading done over a holiday weekend – it so rarely happens! This week I was able to read Charlie & Frog by Karen Kane, The Basque Dragon by Adam Gidwitz, How We Roll by Natasha Friend and I’m in the middle of Breakout by Kate Messner.…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/21/18

    I didn’t get a chance to read everything I wanted to this week, but I’m not counting it as a total loss! I got through a little bit of The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean, but as it’s a more in depth history of the periodic table than I really need…