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Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Winter 2020-2021 TBR
Typically in December, I begin searching for “Best of” and “Favorites” lists to see what titles I’ve missed over the course of the year. I love ending (and beginning) with some really great titles that my colleagues and friends on social media are gushing about. This year, with everything going…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/14/2020
What I Read Alright, I’m kicking butt right now getting my reading done! This week, in the midst of getting some holiday cheer by watching While You Were Sleeping with my mom and sister over the phone and baking with family friends over Zoom I actually read too! I finished…
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2020 Sydney Taylor Book Award
Happy Hanukkah to all my readers who are celebrating this year! I love learning about cultural and religious celebrations throughout the year. Every family has their own traditions surrounding how they celebrate holidays which means you’ll never find a book that accurately portrays every holiday experience. But, I think it’s…
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2020 Gift Guide: Middle Grade Novels
There are so many amazing middle grade novels that were published in 2020! I’m highlighting just 25 that would make amazing gifts this holiday season on my 2020 Gift Guide: Middle Grade Novels. Middle grade novels are some of my favorite books to read. Authors writing for this age group…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/7/2020
What I Read This week I read Eleanor, Alice, and the Roosevelt Ghosts by Dianne K. Salerni – which was an awesome, page-turning supernatural historical fiction! You can read my review from yesterday. I loved this story and stayed up late to finish it! I then read The Puffin Plan:…
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Eleanor, Alice, and the Roosevelt Ghosts
Synopsis: “Murderous ghosts and buried family secrets threaten young Eleanor and Alice Roosevelt in this thrilling middle-grade novel that puts a supernatural spin on alternate history. It’s 1898 in New York City and ghosts exist among humans. When an unusual spirit takes up residence at the Roosevelt house, thirteen-year-old Eleanor…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/30/2020
What I Read Can I have just a few more days of my holiday weekend? As weird as it was to not have our typical weekend full of traditions with extended family, it was so nice to just relax a little bit. With how crazy work has been, it was…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/23/2020
What I Read This past week I read three more books and can see the light at the end of my 2020 TBR shelf! I was a little worried that Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams would be too much to read right now. It’s the…
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Jayla Jumps In
Synopsis: When eleven-year-old Jayla finds out that her mother used to be a Double Dutch champion, she’s stunned. Her mom, who’s on doctor’s orders to lower her blood pressure, could move like that?!? Jayla decides to follow in her mom’s footsteps, thinking that maybe double Dutch can make her stand…
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The Mutant Mushroom Takeover
Synopsis: “Stranger Things meets The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl in this lightly spooky debut about Maggie, an aspiring young naturalist, and her YouTuber best friend, Nate, who use their smarts and science to solve the mystery behind a mutant fungus that’s threatening the town. Ever since Magnolia Stone’s scientist dad left Shady Pines…
