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Top Ten Tuesday: Indie & Self-Published Books
This theme was a little tricky for me this week. I don’t tend to read a lot of self-published titles because I’m typically reading what I borrow from the library. But, I do read some independently published titles. Although again, not too many as they aren’t purchased as often at…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books for People Who Like Victoria Jamieson
There are many past posts in which I state graphic novels are not my favorite format. And honestly, they’re not. And that’s not because I think graphic novels are any less than prose, it’s more of what works best for me as a reader. But, I can’t argue with the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: TTT Rewind
Today is a fun Top Ten Tuesday theme: TTT Rewind. Today I’m taking an old theme – Top Ten Books For Every X To Read and recreating it for today! Today, my theme is Top Ten Books for Every Nonfiction Tween to Read. I really enjoy reading young reader’s editions…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring 2023 To-Read List
Time is flying! I’m still trying to catch up on some winter reading. And now I’m having to create a list for the spring – I’m not ready yet! But, time keeps on ticking. So here we are with a middle grade list of titles that are being released over…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish People I’d Like to Meet
I’ve been really lucky to meet a lot of amazing authors at conferences across the country. I also “know” a lot of authors, illustrators, and other bookish people on social media. But, for today’s Top Ten Tuesday post, I pulled together a list of people I’d love to meet and…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Art Heist Middle Grade Mysteries
In today’s blog post for Top Ten Tuesday, we had the chance to choose a “genre freebie.” And I’ll tell you how I ended up in sharing books in this tiny little niche of a sub-genre – art heist middle grade mysteries. When I sat down to choose a genre,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Heroes & Heroines
Today’s theme Favorite Heroines got adjusted just a little to Favorite Heroes & Heroines so that I could share some of my favorite middle grade fantasy titles! I tend to claim that I’m not much of a fantasy reader, but in truth, I am. I’ve found that I can find…
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Top Ten Tuesday: First Crush Middle Grade Novels
It’s a Valentine’s Day freebie for Top Ten Tuesday today. And at first, I was at a loss as to what to share today. But then, I realized that first crushes was a perfect theme for today’s Top Ten Tuesday. Some might think that middle grade readers are too young…
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Top Ten Tuesday: 2023 Debut Books I’m Excited About
When I realized today’s theme was all about debut books, I was super excited! I spent a good part of January sharing A LOT of debut authors and books, which means I’ve got a great idea of some of the fantastic titles coming out this year from debut authors. In…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Youth Media Award Books I Want to Read
Yesterday the ALA Youth Media Awards were announced! And just like every year, there are always titles that I add directly to my TBR list. This year there were so many books I want to read! But for this Top Ten Tuesday freebie theme, I wanted to focus on middle…
