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48 Hour Book Challenge Review #3
140 Character Synopsis/Review: Hank has no super powers, but that doesn’t stop him mom from wanting him to become a superhero to save Chinatown from the “emperor.” Title: The Shadow Hero Author: Gene Luen Yang & Sonny Liew Publisher: First Second Publication Date: 2014 Page Number: 158 pgs.
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10th Annual 48 Hour Book Challenge
This is going to my first year challenging myself to read as much as I can during the next 48-hours. Of course, I’ve got graduation parties, babysitting and a few other things that will get in the way a little bit, but I’m going to try and read for 12…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/15/15
Today is our official Summer Reading Kickoff! It’s been pretty busy already, but I’m going to try and post now before I forget! I got a lot of reading done this past week – and it was amazing! This week, I finished: Nimona by Noelle Stevenson The Great Good Summer…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 5/11/2015
Last week was an insanely busy week and I got very little reading done. On top of that, I grabbed The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos as an audio CD to listen to on my way to a meeting and about an hour in, I realized that although…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 4/20/15
I’ve decided that if I had another eight hours in a day I’d be able to get a lot more done – four extra hours of work/play and four extra hours to sleep would be perfect! Last week I didn’t get as much reading done as I wanted to, hence…
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Winner of the 2015 BoB!
I don’t have any clever April Fool’s joke for today, but excitingly the winner of the School Library Journal’s 2015 Battle of the Kids’ Books was announced today! Drumroll please….. the winner is The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin. And of course,…
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2014 CYBILS Awards
The 2014 CYBILS – the Children and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards were announced on February 14th – a perfect day for some book love! And because it was the weekend, a few days got away from me, but I’m finally posting about it today! For a list of all…
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Boxers & Saints
As I’ve said in the past, graphic novels are not my favorite format for reading, but the companion stories Boxers and Saints is a really interesting take on a historical event, that I did not know much about. Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese, wrote about the Boxer…
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Bad Girls
This was such an interesting title, I just had to pick it up! Written in (very) short chapters, the authors cover 26 “bad” girls of history with graphic novel conversation between the authors as to their own opinions on each of the women. Many of these women I have heard…
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May the Fourth be with you!
Happy Star Wars Day everyone! If you haven’t gotten a chance, definitely check out Star Wars: Vader’s Little Princess. An awesome book that takes quotes from the movies and new graphic novel illustrations to create a story that will make you laugh out loud. Title: Star Wars: Vader’s Little Girl…