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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Surprised Me
I love when books surprise me (in a good way). Most likely I’m surprised because I’ve either heard SO MUCH about a book and I just don’t expect it to live up to it’s hype or it’s such an out-there book that I don’t expect to like and I enjoy…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/5/18
Well, I had every intention of spending most of my weekend reading, I was able to read during the week and felt great going into the weekend and then we got hit by the nor’easter on Friday leaving us without power. As, I’m writing this on Sunday evening at 8:30pm…
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Bringing Middle Grade Books Into Every Classroom
A few weeks ago, I got the distinct pleasure of presenting to future teachers at St. Joseph’s University outside of Philadelphia. The young lady who invited me to speak is a junior at St. Joe’s this year and we just realized that I’ve known her for ten years already! She…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Could Re-read Forever
When I was a kid, I was a big re-reader – I loved The Babysitter’s Club, The American Girl books and a ton of other titles that I checked out probably more times than anyone else at the library. As an adult, I’m trying so hard to stay up-to-date with new titles, that…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/26/18
I definitely need to spend some more time reading as a couple of late nights and an all day work event on Saturday tied up most of my reading time! Sadly, I didn’t get a chance to read much at all and so I still have a TON of things…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/19/18
I feel like my to-read pile keeps shifting on me as books that I placed on hold over a month ago, pop up on my desk at work and then I shift everything I’m planning to read to fit in this one book! Plus, the Olympics – I am not…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/12/18
I’m getting back into my reading after a slow week from #24in48 recovery! This week I managed to read a good amount and now I’m planning on returning what was left in that pile – I’m not going to get to it before they become overdue and I’ll start a…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/5/18
After all that reading last weekend for #24in48, I didn’t read much this week, I finished up Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe by Jo Watson Hackl, a Netgalley ARC that worked on my ancient Nook. My Nook is giving me some trouble still, so I tried downloading just one…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/29/18
I’m tooting my own horn today, because I participated in #24in48 and read for 24 hours during a 48 hour period this weekend! It was A LOT of reading and I’m really proud of myself for being able to do it! I’ll be talking more about my experience this week,…
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It’s Not Too Late to Sign Up for the 24in48 Readathon
I took a giant step in my reading life and decided to sign up for my first 24in48 Readathon where it will be my goal to read 24 hours during a 48 hour period. Seems crazy, right? Well, I’ve had my eye on this challenge for a while and I…
