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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books on My Fall TBR List
My fall booklist is also a list of books that have not yet been released which makes me even more excited for them! Check out the picture books, middle grade readers, and the young adult books too! Madeline Finn and the Library Dog by Lisa Papp We Found a Hat…
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25 MG & YA Titles for Hispanic Heritage Month
September has really gotten away from me! I’ve been planning on doing some booklists for Hispanic Heritage Month and I realized that we’re heading toward October and I need to do them now! So, without further ado, here are 25 MG & YA Titles for Hispanic Heritage Month that feature…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/19/16
I’m was clearly in need of some massive amounts of reading because I’m feeling a lot less tired, stressed and crazy and have been reading a heck of a lot more than I have pretty much all summer. This past week, I read Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm, Summer of…
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Paralympic Games Inspired Booklist
I am a huge fan of the Paralympics – historically hosted a few short weeks about the Olympic games in the same host city, the Paralympics are the world’s greatest athletes with disabilities who come together to compete. For those of you who don’t know too much about the Paralympics,…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/5/16
I’ve had As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds on my TBR list for most of the summer, but I’m finally reading it. I’ve also been working my way through Start With Why which has some really great tips and tricks as to how to motivate staff and create a positive work…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books on My Long-Standing TBR List
It’s probably not too surprising that my Long-Standing TBR shelf is filled with adult books… and most I’ve started, just haven’t finished yet ever. Maybe in my new position, I’ll allow myself to stretch out into adult literature a little more and finally cross these off my TBR list, we’ll see!…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Books Guaranteed to Make You Ugly Cry
I have one young lady who I have known since I started at the library eight years ago, she LOVED to read funny picture books for years, even as she grew up and was perfectly capable of reading chapter books – she LOVED funny picture books, so much so, that…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’d Buy Right This Second If Someone Handed Me a Fully Loaded Gift Card
There would be so many books I would buy if I didn’t have to worry about how much they cost. Usually I am very specific about what is added to my personal library at home – I have to have already read it and liked it enough to be added…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/1/16
Eventually (I hope), my life will slow down just a little and I’ll be able to read more. I don’t see that happening any time soon, but one can hope. I didn’t get a lot of reading time this week as I had something happening after work every night this…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/25/16
Well, I was right about my cupcakes from last week… they were delicious, but they did not look pretty – it was 97 degrees the day of the bridal shower. Needless to say, it was a very warm shower. And was another busy and tiring week, so I didn’t get…