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    2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Time Travel

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    Time travel, for me, brings together two very different genres and, if done correctly, is a wonderful thing! Time travel often combines the science of science fiction with the history of historical fiction. And as someone who isn’t necessarily a big science fiction reader, this is one way I’ll get…

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    2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Quintessential

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    The letter “Q” is always a tricky one when it comes to the A to Z Challenge. But this year, the word quintessential came to me right away and worked out perfectly for my adventurous readers theme. I’m using the definition of quintessential to mean classics, so I’m sharing some…

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    2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Imaginative

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    Imagination is a gift once must have when writing and these authors are full of it. With stories of games, zombies, spies, history brought to life, and an overnight in Ikea, the imagination knows no bounds! I enjoy creating lists such as this one when you pull together books that…

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    2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Historical Fiction

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    Historical fiction has always been one of my favorite genres. I love learning and with historical fiction the storytelling aspect makes me enjoy it all the more. I often find myself diving into further research about a time period after having read a book set during it. I’ve been really…

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    2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Girl Characters

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    This might look a little similar to a post from last week, just with female characters, rather than male. If you didn’t get a chance to see last week’s post, make sure you stop by for 12 additional adventure titles that you might enjoy. But, I’ll reiterate what I said…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books of 2023

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    Here are just a few of the books I loved this year. I try to keep my Goodreads account updated (it’s super easy when you’re reading on Kindle because they’re linked up!). I read a handful of picture books and a lot of contemporary romance titles, but very few middle…

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    21 Middle Grade Mysteries

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    Some of my favorite books growing up and even now are mysteries. I’m not a huge fan of thrillers in the scary sense, but I do love the idea of solving a puzzle. And whether you’re looking for classic middle grade mysteries like From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil…

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    13 Winter Break Reads for Tweens

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    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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    Books About Libraries for All Ages

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    As a book lover myself (obviously), this book list is a lover letter for my heart – books about libraries for all ages! Whether you’re reading aloud a picture book or searching for some fiction or nonfiction for adults, there’s a little something for everyone on this list. What I…