• Lists

    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/8/18

    This week I read through a couple of titles (still have a bunch on my desk though!) as it’s been below freezing for days on end and that’s not much else to do but snuggle up and read! I read: Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova Brave by Svetlana Chmakova Restart by Gordon…

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    #blogbookaday: Town Is By the Sea

    Summary: “A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather’s grave after lunch and comes home to a simple family dinner with his family, but all the while his mind strays to his father digging for coal deep down under the sea. Stunning illustrations by Sydney…

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    The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue

    Synopsis: After being kicked out of Eton, Henry “Monty” Montague has one last chance to drink, gamble, and sleep around before his ever-disapproving father teaches him to run the family estate or so he thought. Armed with everything you could possible need for a trip to the continent (mainland Europe) with…

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    Book Riot's Gift Giving Guide: Middle Grade Titles

    I love the format of this list! It takes common classic middle grade titles and offers a number of options that haven been published this year that are similar! It’s a well thought out, diverse list of titles, many of which I’ve already read, but some are new to me…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/4/17

    Have you ever read a book that’s really good, it just takes you a while to get through? That’s how I felt this week with the title Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson – it was really well done, it just seemed to take me a while to read.…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Winter TBR List

    Besides the Best of 2017 lists and the ALA Youth Media Awards on February 12th, I’ve included ten new middle grade titles that I’m excited about! Check ’em out! Flower Moon by Gina Linko (January 2, 2018) The Truth As Told By Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor (January 23, 2018)…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/27/17

    As expected, I didn’t get as much reading done as I expected to this week, as I was spending much of my week with family for Thanksgiving. I was able to finish The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar which are both set in the…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books I'm Thankful For

    This list could go on forever, so I tried to force myself to keep to titles that I’m thankful for that were published this year in middle grade fiction. I still had a lot more titles that I would love to highlight, but here’s what I came up with for…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/19/17

    I wasn’t able to get to all my reading this week, but I got to finish a few titles and honestly didn’t expect to finish as much as I did. This week I read: Me and Marvin Gardens by A.S. King Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry Patina by Jason…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/13/17

    I must say, I kicked butt reading this week and boy does it feel good! Work has slowed down a little bit and with few evening commitments and a cell phone sitting in a bag of rice (phones + toilets don’t mix), I read more than I have in a…