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25 Children's Books for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
I’ll be honest, I had to do some research to really understand what countries, heritages, cultures, and religions Asian Pacific American included. The Asian Pacific American Heritage Month website created in part by the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books I Picked Up On A Whim
Most of the books I read, I learn about through various blogs, Twitter mentions, and talking with colleagues, but every once in a while I’ll just pick something up as I ‘m assigning a call number to it. Some of these are also ARCs that I received at ac conference…
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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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Teacher Appreciation Week
I’ve been lucky to have some amazing teachers in my lifetime, specifically my parents who along with raising four kids are both professors at a university. My favorite school teachers (and the ones I can remember the best) are the ones who read aloud to us – a few even…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Love
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday official title is: Ten Books I Really Love But Feel Like I Haven’t Talked About Enough/In A While. I decided to head over to Young Adult (since I don’t get to talk about these books as much as I’d like!) Not If I See You First by…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Historical Settings I Love
I love historical fiction (always have!) and these are some (keyword: some) of my favorite historical fiction I’ve read! I’ve tried to include a diverse selection of books and a variety of time periods, but I will literally read about any time period. I read all the American Girl books…
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Book Review: In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
I think having New Year’s Eve fall on a Thursday is absolutely genius! The library was closed yesterday (Friday) and I don’t have to work this weekend allowing me to begin 2016 in the right way – with lots of reading! I read In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/31/15
I got through a good number of books this week! I really enjoyed Currents by Jane Petrlik Smolik, a story interwoven between three young girls in the mid 1800s. I have always loved historical fiction and this book was really interesting! The next book I read was called The Education of Ivy Blake…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Of Your Auto-buy Authors
As a librarian, I have very strict rules about books that I purchase for my own library. If I bought every book I wanted, my house would soon be overrun with books! So, I always have to read a book before deeming it worthy of being added to my personal…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/10/15
I’m really proud of myself for getting so much reading done in the past few weeks and this week I was able to read four more books. Project Alpha is reminsicent of The 39 Clues series – with a fairly fast-paced storyline and characters you’re rooting for. This series will definitely…