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Top Ten Tuesday: Family Relationships
This week’s theme was to focus on platonic relationships and I decided to take a close look at family relationships after just spending a long weekend with a lot of my own family. The families in these books are either blood-related or adopted, but just as important are chosen families –…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/26/18
Last Week It was such a busy week for me! For my family, Thanksgiving isn’t just a one-day event. It starts at dinner on Wednesday and lasts through Sunday. My family does not live close, so when we get the chance to get together, we spend a lot of time…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’m Thankful For
These are ten titles that I’m thankful were published this year. I wanted to highlight diverse titles that were published – highlighting different races, religions, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, socioeconomic statuses and more. Diverse titles are still not as easy to find as I’d like, especially when you only have a handful…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/19/18
Last Week This week I started with The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee – which I thoroughly enjoyed – historical fiction mixed with magical realism and some kick butt women make for a great adventure YA novel. My fingers are crossed that Mackenzi is going to write a…
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Gods and Heroes
Goodreads Summary “Journey through ancient lore in this hilarious, illustrated encyclopedia of world mythology. It’s the perfect way to introduce kids to legendary lands, powerful gods, brave heroes, wild creatures, and more! Skillfully told and illustrated by Korwin Briggs, it’s the who’s who and what’s what of ancient culture, organized…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/12/18
Last Week I finished up The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon – about a pair of brothers who have a wild adventure of a summer after befriending the secretive and worldly Styx Malone. I liked this diverse title for its share of brother-brother relationships and how something new and…
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Never Too Young!
Goodreads Summary “From Picasso, who changed the art world forever, to Malala Yousafzai, the brave teen who was shot for advocating education for girls, the 50 kids profiled in Never Too Young! will inspire and empower young readers. Some, like Anne Frank, Ruby Bridges, and Stevie Wonder, are prominent figures, while others…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Backlist Books I Want To Read
I’m constantly wishing I had more time in each day to get to all the books I want to read. But sadly, I haven’t quite figured out how to do that yet! I’ve got a host of backlist titles I’d love to read, but then they keep publishing new titles!…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/5/18
Last Week I did get to finish 24 Hours in Nowhere by Dusti Bowling – it’s about a boy who is bullied. When someone stands up for him, he wants to help her in return and ends up getting stuck in a mine with a few kids from school. The…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Spooky Middle Grade Titles
This week’s theme is spooky, scary books, a genre, I admit, is not one that I read that often. I’m not a huge fan of spooky books, tv shows, and movies, so it was honestly difficult to come up with ten titles that I’ve read recently! I focused on middle grade…
