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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Titles of 2017
I took the time to promote some titles that I haven’t seen as much buzz about (that also fit together as they all have blue-ish, green covers). I wanted to steer clear from some of the titles and authors that EVERYONE has heard about – Rick Riordan, Alan Gratz, Katherine…
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"What does it mean to be a family?"
Synopsis: Grace has had a rough few months – she misses the Homecoming Dance because she gives birth to her daughter the same night and puts her up for adoption, finds out that although she grew up an only child is actually the middle child with an older brother in foster…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/11/17
I’m working on a new system for my reading habits. I’ve been taking out a stack of books for up to three weeks and then from the stack, choosing the titles that best fit my mood when I need to read something new! It seems to be working better for…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/4/17
Have you ever read a book that’s really good, it just takes you a while to get through? That’s how I felt this week with the title Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson – it was really well done, it just seemed to take me a while to read.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Winter TBR List
Besides the Best of 2017 lists and the ALA Youth Media Awards on February 12th, I’ve included ten new middle grade titles that I’m excited about! Check ’em out! Flower Moon by Gina Linko (January 2, 2018) The Truth As Told By Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor (January 23, 2018)…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/27/17
As expected, I didn’t get as much reading done as I expected to this week, as I was spending much of my week with family for Thanksgiving. I was able to finish The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar which are both set in the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I'm Thankful For
This list could go on forever, so I tried to force myself to keep to titles that I’m thankful for that were published this year in middle grade fiction. I still had a lot more titles that I would love to highlight, but here’s what I came up with for…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/19/17
I wasn’t able to get to all my reading this week, but I got to finish a few titles and honestly didn’t expect to finish as much as I did. This week I read: Me and Marvin Gardens by A.S. King Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry Patina by Jason…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Want My Future Children to Read
There are so many amazing books available to kids in this day and age. It was hard to pick just ten, but I focused on ten titles that show a wide diversity in terms of culture, gender, race, ability, socioeconomic status and more. It’s important for kids to see all…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/13/17
I must say, I kicked butt reading this week and boy does it feel good! Work has slowed down a little bit and with few evening commitments and a cell phone sitting in a bag of rice (phones + toilets don’t mix), I read more than I have in a…