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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books With a Unit of Time In the Title

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    This one wasn’t easy! I mean, some titles just sprang to mind like One Hundred Years of Solitude or Around the World In Eighty Days, but realistically I had a harder time finding children’s books that fit the criteria! I found a number of books about telling time and with…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Comfort Reads

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    The past few years have definitely changed my reading habits as I’m leaning way more into contemporary romances. It’s like watching a romantic comedy – you typically know what’s going to happen, but it’s still fun to watch! I like knowing there’s going to be a happy ending and it’s…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Writing Quotes

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    I’ve done a number of posts about bookish quotes – you can check them out here, here, and here. You’ll even find more if you search for “quotes” on my blog. So, instead of focusing on quotes about books or libraries, I decided to focus on quotes about writing, which…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Characters

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    It’s no surprise that a book-loving librarian loves this type of Top Ten Tuesday theme! I’m a huge fan of books that talk about books! These are just a handful (ten to be exact!) of middle grade titles that feature books and/or libraries in some way. Disclosure: Some of the…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: One Word Book Reviews

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    Today was a really fun theme and one I haven’t tried before! In some of my book review posts, I’ve done Twitter-length reviews, but choosing only one word wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be! I focused on the most recent middle grade books I enjoyed and for…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Books with Pink Covers

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    I decided to go with a specific color! I’ve done this type of post before for a lot of different colors – red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, blue, red, white & blue, and purple, but I’ve never done pink! Surprisingly, there weren’t as many pink-covered books as I thought there…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Merchandise I’d Love to Own

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    I’ve got a few bookish pieces of clothing and some other things, but bookish merch is always fun to receive as gifts! Below are some of the things I’ve come across that are too cute not to own! I Read Kids’ Books t-shirt – Jarrett Lerner’s Custom Ink storeI’m absolutely…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I Haven’t Read, But Want To

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    Today’s list includes ten middle grade authors with books being published this year! There are always so many new titles coming out each year and I’m excited to add these to my TBR list. I know of some of these authors’ previous works, but I haven’t read those yet either,…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: April Showers

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    It’s a freebie week on Top Ten Tuesday! So with the weather forecast in my area showing rain for the next few days, I thought April Showers was the perfect theme! I’m a girl that needs to see the sun. But, I do love a dark and dreary day if…