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    Titanic Books for Curious Kids

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    The Titanic is a historical event that will live on forever. If you’re a millennial like myself, you’ll probably have some really strong memories of Celine Dion singing My Heart Will Go On with young Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in your mind. I think it’s one of those things…

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    12 Graphic Novels for Developing Readers

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    Graphic novels are some of the most favorite books in our library and for good reason! Kids love being able to support their text reading with illustrations! While the jury’s still out on whether or not it takes more brain power to read a graphic novel, there are studies that…

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    2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Time Travel

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    Time travel, for me, brings together two very different genres and, if done correctly, is a wonderful thing! Time travel often combines the science of science fiction with the history of historical fiction. And as someone who isn’t necessarily a big science fiction reader, this is one way I’ll get…

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    16 Books About Time Travel

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    Full of adventure, time travel books have a little something for everyone! I personally love time travel books that travel to the past and preferably more than one place in the story. One of my favorite time travel YA books is The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig. On her…

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    Slice of Life Day 18: St. Patrick’s Day Feast

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    I made a St. Patrick’s Day feast for dinner last night, despite having worked in the garage all morning and then heading into work for a few hours in the afternoon. I got my corned beef in the slow cooker before getting to work on the garage reno, and after…

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    Slice of Life Day 17: The Ikea Effect

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    I’m convinced Ikea has found a way to time travel because I spend more time in that place than any other store! We went to Ikea yesterday afternoon for one specific thing, a cute little rolling cart to organize my office space and to get a few ideas for a…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/6/17

    I read two amazing young adult books this week. I finished up The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig – and fell completely in love with the story, the characters, the plot, absolutely everything. I definitely want to spend more time talking about this book, so I’ll be writing up a…

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    Found

    I finally got around to reading the first book in The Missing series – Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix.  I definitely need to read the second one – I couldn’t put it down!  Granted, I really enjoy Haddix’s writing.  Her books are fast-paced with interesting plot lines and characters. In…