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    Top Ten Tuesday: 2024 Contemporary Romance Titles

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Today’s a love freebie for Top Ten Tuesday and what a perfect choice for the day before Valentine’s Day. In the past, I’ve highlighted middle grade friendships, first crushes in middle grade books, fun romance reads, and picture books about self-love, and picture books for Valentine’s Day. Today, I’m excited…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Quick Kids’ Nonfiction

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Today’s theme was quick reads or books to read when time is short and I’ve done a similar book list for middle grade titles, so I wanted to take some time to try something a little different. Today I focused on quick nonfiction reads that I think are not only…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2023

    Top Ten Tuesday

    I spent a lot of time reading contemporary romance titles in 2023 and discovered a bunch of new-to-me authors this past year. I love how easy contemporary romances are to read, you always know the general format and what’s going to happen, but I love discovering new characters and settings.…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Goals 2024

    Top Ten Tuesday

    It’s that time of year to set goals, resolutions, “words of the year”, basically a great big reset! Check out my word of the year – I think it’s going to be a word I have to work at this year, but I’m ready to trust myself. I love getting…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books of 2023

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Here are just a few of the books I loved this year. I try to keep my Goodreads account updated (it’s super easy when you’re reading on Kindle because they’re linked up!). I read a handful of picture books and a lot of contemporary romance titles, but very few middle…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Most Recently Read Books

    Top Ten Tuesday

    I don’t often receive a lot of books for the holidays because I’m running out of shelf space and because I work at a library where I borrow most of my books! So instead of sharing my most recent additions to my bookshelf, I’m sharing the books I read most…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Hope Santa Brings

    Top Ten Tuesday

    While I don’t necessarily need all of these books under the tree, what I could use is a little more time to spend reading for fun! Between my full-time job, blogging, climbing, and all the other things that keep me busy, I’d love a few more hours a day to…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Winter 2024 To-Read List

    Top Ten Tuesday

    There are some amazing looking titles that are getting published this winter! I pulled just a couple of the middle grade and young adult titles that caught my eye, but I’m sure there will be plenty more. That’s probably one of the best parts about working in a library –…