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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/28/16
I feel like I’ve been in a reading rut, but I finally got some quality reading done this week and have a few books to hit up before PLA next week! This week I read – Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi, a crazy story about zombie cows, small town life,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Love
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday official title is: Ten Books I Really Love But Feel Like I Haven’t Talked About Enough/In A While. I decided to head over to Young Adult (since I don’t get to talk about these books as much as I’d like!) Not If I See You First by…
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Book Review: Soar
Jeremiah has been dealt a difficult hand from the get-go, abandoned as a baby and later diagnosed with a heart condition requiring a heart transplant at the age of 11. And that’s where his dreams of playing baseball are put on hold. Jeremiah can’t play baseball, he can’t even run…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/7/16
This week I read Jackaby by William Ritter, which I absolutely LOVED! The book is described as a cross between Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Who – which I can definitely see. I loved the mix of mystery and fantastical elements and I’m really looking forward to the next in the series.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: In The Mood For Impactful Middle Grade Novels
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison LevyThis might be a funny one to start with, but I loved this beautiful story of everyday life with a family that includes two dads, and 4 adopted brothers. The impact for me was that the book didn’t scream “DIVERSITY!” It…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/29/16
It was a very busy week! Working late a few nights, working for a little bit on Saturday and a ton of birthday parties Saturday and Sunday to celebrate (which left me very little time to read!) I did read The Nest by Kenneth Oppel, a horror fiction story about wasps…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Enjoyed Recently That Weren’t My Typical Genre/Type
Roller Girl by Victoria JamiesonI am not a huge fan of graphic novels; I’m a quick reader and I think I don’t spend enough time looking at the art, feeling as though it gets in the way. But I loved Roller Girl! The Tapper Twins Go to War (With Each Other) by…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books I’d Give a Theme Song
Echo by Pam Munoz RyanThis books just begs for a theme song with the harmonica tying three stories together spread across multiple decades. This book needs a theme song. Crossover by Kwame AlexanderCrossover already has got such a great beat with the novel in verse, it’s another book that just has…
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Top Ten Tuesday, December 29: Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases For The First Half of 2016
Here’s my Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2016. I’m sure I’m missing some really great options, but these are the ones I found quickly and am really excited to read! Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics by Christ Grabenstein ~ Publication Date: January 5, 2016 The Girl in the…
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October is… Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Today I’m wearing purple in support of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, it’s not a big thing, but hopefully it brings people’s awareness to an issue that affects so many people. So, as I’m wearing purple, I thought I take a look and create a list of some middle grade books…