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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/3/2020
Last Week This week I read the YA debut, My Summer of Love and Misfortune by Lindsay Wong. The publishers describe it as Crazy Rich Asians meets Love & Gelato. Ivy is sent to Beijing to stay with her extended family after a difficult start to her summer. It is there that…
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Four on Friday: Summer Camp
My parents were both professors at a university growing up, so they never sent my siblings and me to camp. We did some classes and activities, but never a day camp or sleep away camp. I love reading about these settings because it’s something I never got to experience as…
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Netflix’s Baby-Sitters Club
I’m a child of the 90s which means The Baby-Sitters Club series was regular reading material for me growing up. I didn’t have many on my bookshelves at home, but I read dozens of them from the public library. Basically devouring them as fast as I could (even faster when…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Wordless Picture Books
Last week, I shared that I’m working with Bookroo and got the chance to highlight my wordless picture book list on their website! But, what I didn’t get to do, was pull together a pretty image that I can share on Pinterest too. So because today is a Top Ten…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/27/2020
Last Week Historical fiction when well written has always taught me something new. And that’s exactly what happened when I read The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee. I had never heard that during Reconstruction plantation owners looked to Chinese Americans for labor. After reading about Jo’s story, I did more…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Book Festivals I’d Love to Go to Someday
I’ve been to a handful of book festivals in my life and I absolutely love them! Being surrounded by people with the same passion is truly invigorating. Some of the book festivals on my list, I’ve been to before, but’s its been a few years. And a few are festivals…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/20/2020
Last Week This week I read Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite. I was so looking forward to this book and really enjoyed it! It’s the story of a graduating senior who makes a mistake at school and spends a few months in Haiti with her…
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Middle Ground Book Fest
I love book festivals! It’s a chance to meet your favorite authors, sometimes you get a chance to hear them on a panel and of course, get your books signed! I’ve been to a number of book festivals over the years and enjoyed being around so many people who love…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Make Me Smile
Writing and researching this post made me smile so much! 🙂 I decided to go with picture books that I love to read aloud and often make kids giggle too. I had so many more that I wanted to include, but I kept the list to just ten titles for…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/13/2020
Last Week I did it! I’m finally out of my reading slump! I contribute my reading slump to working long hours for the library and being utterly exhausted from making decisions that keep changing every single day! This week I finished Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys – a YA…
