• Lists

    2026 Summer Reading 6th – 8th Grade Guide

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    While this is a newer project for me, I’ve been having a really great time creating these reading guides for this summer! Its fun sifting through different genres, checking out award winning titles from a variety of places and seeing what kids, teachers, and librarians are saying about these books.…

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    2026 Summer Reading 3rd -5th Grade Guide

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    I’m hoping you all love this summer reading guide! It took me a good amount of time to pull together, but I am so proud of how this one turned out! I think it’s important for kids, especially in the 3rd – 5th grade range to really be excited about…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Buzzwords for Romance Titles

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    For today’s theme I focused on bookish buzzwords for romance titles and I’m sharing seven of which will make me want to pick up a title and three of which don’t really hold much interest for me as a reader! What I love is that even within a specific genre,…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Discoveries I Made in 2025

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    I couldn’t think of ten different discoveries for this post, but I did share five about my reading habits, fun concepts, and my thoughts on books as a whole! I don’t mind eBooks as much as I originally thought. I always thought that I’d read eBooks as a last resort…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Goals for 2026

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    Inevitably, I always want to do better with my new year’s resolutions or goals than I actually do. Here’s my list of goals for 2025. Let’s got through them and you can see just how not great I did! Log reading for the year on The Storygraph – Didn’t do…

  • Reviews

    Like – Picture Book Review

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    Summary: “Are you like a tin can?Not really. How about a swimming pool?Like a swimming pool, you are filled with water and chemicals and dirt, so you are a little bit like a swimming pool. How about mushrooms, excavators, hyenas . . .  Hey, wait a minute! You know what…

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    Big and Small and In-Between

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    Summary: “This wide, wonderful world contains many things. Some things are as big as a family of bears; some are as small as a reflection in a puddle. Some things are felt rather than seen. In between it all is . . . you. What kinds of things will you…

  • Lifestyle

    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/27/2021

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    What I Read I’m ending 2021 with some great books! Not to mention, a list that looks more like what I typically read (pre-pandemic, of course). Honestly, the only reason I was able to get this much reading done was because of a long couple of days in D. C.…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/20/2021

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    What I Read It’s been another interesting week of reading! I was proud of myself, I was able to snag some of the nonfiction titles I mentioned in last week’s Top Ten Tuesday! This week I read 13 Ways to Eat a Fly by Sue Heavenrich, illustrated by David Clark,…