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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Unique Books I've Read
Ghost Knight by Cornelia Funke Nuts To You by Lynne Rae Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Bunny – Detective Extraordinaire! by Polly Horvath, illustrated by Sophie Blackall Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Skottie Young Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger, illustrated by Jen Wang The Adventures of a South Pole…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/9/17
I really enjoyed The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge this week – a mystery story with a fantastical element set in 19th century Victorian England. It’s an interesting look at gender roles at a time when women were not expected or encouraged to be educated. I also, finally, got my…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/3/17
I feel like this is all I say, but it was a crazy week – we’re making some policy changes (to make our library more accessible) and there’s always a little confusion among staff and opinions from patrons. Hopefully, everything has sorted itself out, we’ll see what tomorrow morning brings!…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I'd Love to Meet
I’ve been so lucky to meet some of my favorite authors already (conferences, BEA, festivals, etc.) But I wanted to create a list of authors that I haven’t yet met that I’d really love to meet in person! Anna McQuinn – Her Lola & Leo series is one of my…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/27/17
I finally finished Carmer and Grit: The Wingsnatchers by Sarah Jean Horowitz – it took me quite a while to finish and it wasn’t because I didn’t enjoy reading it, for whatever reason it just took me some time. It’s the perfect book if you have a middle grade reader who likes fairies…
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SLJ's Battle of the Kids' Books
Where do I even begin? This somehow got past me this year, so we’re in the think of round 1 matches right now. A little background behind this fun event – The School Library’s Battle of the Kids’ Books is a competition among 16 of the very best titles published…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books Read In One Sitting
Granted, I probably didn’t read all of these in one setting, but most I read in large chunks and just couldn’t put down! Check out these awesome titles. Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon Weekends with Max and His Dad by Linda Urban Wish by Barbara O’Connor Moo by Sharon Creech Ghost by…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/20/17
Still didn’t get to a lot of reading this week – we had friends stay over during our snowstorm, which only led to a lot of shoveling and very little reading and then my mom came to visit for a long weekend which also lent itself to very little reading.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Spring TBR
I’m so glad Top Ten Tuesday is back and I’m so looking forward to these new middle grade and young adult titles published during the first half of 2017! Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan Scar Island by Dan Gemienhart The Warden’s Daughter by Jerry Spinelli The Last Boy at St.…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/13/17
I’ve had little to no time to read this week, but I did get a chance to crack open Carmer and Grit: The Wingsnatchers by Sarah Jean Horowitz which I’m enjoying already (but haven’t gotten too far into yet!). It’s about a faerie with one wing and a magician’s apprentice in…