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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/22/2020
Last Week It was another busy, busy week and although I did get some reading done, I’m realizing that it’s just not enough. I tend to get much crabbier without reading on a regular basis, so this week, I plan on putting aside a little time every day to read.…
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20 Titles for Young Activists – Summer Reading 2020
I’ve been mulling around the idea of creating summer reading lists this year. It’s been slow going as so much of m energy is put into figuring out how to run a library during a global pandemic! But, I didn’t want to re-create the wheel offering “Summer Reading for 5th…
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15 Children’s Titles About Grief
I’m processing a very difficult time, the only way I know how – by sharing books. Today I’m sharing both picture books and middle grade titles about grief. My library lost an amazing staff member this week. She was one of the kindest, strongest, most genuine people I’ve ever met…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Summer 2020 TBR
I’m so excited to see the following titles available this summer! I went with all newly published 2020 titles for my Summer 2020 TBR list. Some of these I’ve already got on my list, while others I just came across and now can’t wait to read! I don’t know what…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/15/2020
Last Week My full-time staff is officially back in the library this past week and even with a second power outage, all I managed to read was one book. We’re supposedly working shortened hours right now as our building isn’t fully open, but with only nine of us at work,…
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
Synopsis: “Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Kwame Mbalia’s epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods. Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/8/2020
Last Week What’s the best way to jump start your reading? Losing power for four days! We lost power in a massive storm that blew through the area on Wednesday at lunchtime and we finally got our power back on Sunday around 5pm. Even though we lost everything in our…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’ve Added to my TBR and Forgotten Why
I try to purge my TBR list every once in a while. There are always so many new books being published, I usually just end up giving up a few titles that I put on my list months ago. Here are some that I revisited making this list and now…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/1/2020
Last Week I definitely haven’t caught up with my reading, but I have read all of my ARCs that were published in April. I’m still a month behind in my reading, but I’m whittling down the books on my TBR shelves. This week, I read: This Is My Brain In…
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16 Books with Black Characters Written by Black Authors
My heart hurts every time I have to address police brutality, like school and gun violence, these situations keep happening and nothing seems to get better. People across the country are hurting right now and it can be seen in the number of peaceful protests and the more violent looting…
