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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2024
There are so many great books being published this year, my list doesn’t even get past February, let alone May and June! I decided to focus on young adult and middle grade titles, searching for books that caught my eye. I also tried to grab a little bit of everything…
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13 Winter Break Reads for Tweens
Winter break is just around the corner and with it comes a little free time for tweens! Today, I wanted to share some backlist titles (not the most recently published) that would make for 13 winter break reads for tweens. I wanted to choose titles that would be easier to…
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18 Middle Grade Books Featuring Cats
I’m going to start with a statement that might seem a little sacrilege as a librarian – I am much more a dog person than a cat person. That’s not to say that I don’t enjoy cats and will always give pets to any of my friends’ cats, but personally,…
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16 Graphic Novel Adaptations
Graphic novels can be contentious at times because so many people look down on them as “not serious reading.” In fact, studies have shown that you use more parts of your brain when reading graphic novels, than when you’re reading a typical novel. Not only is your brain decoding words,…
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2022 CYBILS Award Winners
The CYBILS or Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards were presented on Valentine’s Day (or February 14th). And with a crazy week at work, I’m finally getting a chance to sit down and check out all the winners this year! The CYBILS “aims to recognize the children’s and young…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2023
Graphic novels are insanely popular at our library! So much so, that we’ve had to move them multiple times as the collection continues to grow. So, taking my inspiration from that, I’m sharing my most anticipated books releasing in the first half of 2023, graphic novel style! These ten middle…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books of 2022
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read the full disclosure for more information. Favorite Books of 2022 Beach Read by Emily Henry Amazon | Bookshop Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary…
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Goodreads Choice Awards 2021
It’s the time of year when you start seeing “Best of” lists and “2021 Favorites” almost everywhere you turn! The National Book Award winners were announced last night. I don’t tend to read a lot of the National Book Awards as they focus primarily on books for adult readers. And…
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Cybils Nominations
It’s that time of year! When the public nomination phase is available for the Cybils! With ten different categories to nominate in, there is definitely a category for you. So let me tell you about the Cybils and why you should be nominating titles. The Cybils Awards are the Children’s…
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Just Pretend
Synopsis: “Tori has never lived in just one world. Since her parents’ divorce, she’s lived in both her mom’s house and her dad’s new apartment. And in both places, no matter how hard she tries, her family still treats her like a little kid. Then there’s school, where friendships old…
