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Top Ten Tuesday: Books that Bring Me Happy Memories
This was such a fun list to pull together! It was kind of fun to reach back into my childhood, pulling books out that I’ve loved and make me happy. You’ll see a quick not after each title to give you some context to all my happy memories! I read…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Cottagecore Middle Grade
My Middle Grade Books with Autumn Vibes list has been really popular this season! And with this week’s Fall Freebie prompt for Top Ten Tuesday, I thought it might be a good idea to share some more titles for this type of reader! So, today, I’m sharing ten middle grade…
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Middle Grade Genres: Realistic Fiction
New month, new book list series! This month we’re moving on to middle grade genres! I’ve already shared picture book genres and chapter book genres, so let’s dive into middle grade. Middle grade books is a term used in the book industry to describe titles that are written for an…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Fall 2026 To-Read List
There are so many great middle grade books coming out this fall! And I’m only sharing a couple of them! I love exploring new authors and titles and seeing what some of my favorites authors have written next. I’ve included publication dates on titles that haven’t been published yet, so…
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Chapter Book Genres: Realistic Fiction
So, last month I focused on highlighting genres for our picture book readers, this month I’ll be focusing on newly independent readers and offering up some genre suggestions in the chapter book arena. Let’s start with what is a chapter book. While the term gets thrown around for any book…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Cover Freebie (YA Releases for Fall 2026)
Today’s prompt is a Cover Freebie, which means we get a little creative license to decide what direction we want to go! And, since I’m exhausted, I decided to go for the easiest route I could – promoting some upcoming releases in the YA book world! Check out these YA…
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Picture Book Genres: Realistic Fiction
While genres become more of an interest as kids become independent readers, I love the idea of sharing picture books that can also fall into genres as well. And maybe your young readers don’t have a strong opinion about the genres they read, I think exposing them to a wide-variety…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I HAD to Have Immediately but Still Haven’t Read
Last year at the ALA Conference, I grabbed all of these ARCs from the exhibit hall and I still haven’t read them! It’s like a curse, if a book is mine to own, it sits on the shelf and I don’t tend to read it. If it’s a library book,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Live in My Head Rent-Free
For today’s prompt, I wanted to focus on some back list YA titles, a few of which might be better known than others, but ones that I really enjoyed and would recommend to others looking for something to read. What’s interesting is that my taste in YA titles, runs the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Summer 2026 To-Read List
Summer is here and with it comes more time to read and relax… if you don’t work in a public library! We’re headed into our busy season with our Summer Reading Program having kicked off last week! And while it may be busier than usual at work, I’m hoping to…
