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Building a Home Library
Check out the Children’s Book Council’s 2016 Building a Home Library booklist created by the ALSC’s Quicklists Consulting Committee and the ALA-Children’s Book Council (CBC) Joint Committee, of which I am a part of. These booklists are created every other year and include not only classic stories, but newly published material…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Feel Differently About After Time Has Passed
I chose to stray just a little from this week’s topic because my feelings towards books usually stay fairly similar from when I read them and as time passes. As I’ve said before graphic novels aren’t my favorite format for reading, but I’ve read many graphic novels that I really…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/23/16
This week instead of reading, I spent a lot of time getting ready for a work happy hour hosted at my house. Between cleaning the house, mowing the lawn and cooking/baking, it left me with a lot less time to read than I wanted to, but I did get to…
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National Readthon Day
Today is National Readathon Day, the second annual event hosted by Penguin Random House and the American Library Association. I’m apparently not a very good blogger because I didn’t pay attention to this until this week and haven’t had time to check out the website with great ways to throw…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/16/16
I spent last week participating in Bout of Books and although I didn’t hit my goal (by one book), it was a great week of prioritizing reading and I got to read a number of great books! This week, I’ve read: Sweet Home Alaska by Carole Estby Dagg School of…
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Book Review: The Nameless City
You may have heard me say before that graphic novels are not my favorite format to read. I read very quickly and it’s almost as if the images get in the way of the text. But, I appreciate graphic novels and although I may not be drawn to them, many…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/28/16
I feel like I’ve been in a reading rut, but I finally got some quality reading done this week and have a few books to hit up before PLA next week! This week I read – Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi, a crazy story about zombie cows, small town life,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Enjoyed Recently That Weren’t My Typical Genre/Type
Roller Girl by Victoria JamiesonI am not a huge fan of graphic novels; I’m a quick reader and I think I don’t spend enough time looking at the art, feeling as though it gets in the way. But I loved Roller Girl! The Tapper Twins Go to War (With Each Other) by…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/22/16
I read SO many books this week! I, unfortunately, got the 24-hour bug as well which left me down-and-out (of work) for two days when all was said and done, but I definitely put the second day to good use, getting a lot of reading done! This week I read:…
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2015 CYBILS WINNERS
Definitely take time to check out the amazing list of CYBILS winners for 2015! This was the first time I’ve been a part of an award committee and although it was a lot of work, it was great working with librarians, teachers, and bloggers who all care as much as…