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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I'm Looking Forward To For the First Half of 2017
I get so excited looking at the new books being released over the next few months! Now, to just get my hands on a couple ASAP! Booklist Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart The Warden’s Daughter by Jerry Spinelli Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan NewsPrints by Ru Xu A Rambler Steals…
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Top Ten Tuesday: New-To-Me Authors I Read For the First Time in 2016
Some of these authors are new to me because they’re new to the publishing world (and I can’t to read more!) Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’ve Added To My To-Be-Read List Lately
Booklist A Study In Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry Learning to Swear in America by Katie Kennedy The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman The Land of Forgotten Girls by Erin Entrada Kelly The Reader by Traci Chee The Bookshop On the Corner by Jenny Colgan Tell…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books To Read If Your Book Club Likes Fairy Tale Retellings
I absolutely love reading fairy tale retellings or fractured fairy tales as they are sometimes called. Here’s a list of ten titles that you might just have to share with your book club. A Curse Dark As Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine Enchanted by…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Picture Books for Halloween
There are probably a billion Halloween books for little ones – some a little more scary than others, but these are some that I think are great to share with kids as this fun holiday and celebration nears! Check them out at your local library or independent bookstore! Ghosts in…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Characters I’d Name A Child/Dog/Cat/Car/Etc.
Although my list is leaning toward girls names, I adore every single one of these names and the qualities they represent from the characters they portray in their stories. Arya from the Game of Thrones series by George R. R. MartinA caveat to this one – my dog’s name is Arya, although we…
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Top Ten Tuesday: All About Books You Read Because of Recommendations
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn MillerThis is a title that is one of my favorite professional resources because it’s so relatable and makes so much sense! Although it’s definitely geared toward teachers, there is plenty of information for librarians as well about creating…
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Top Ten Tuesday: All About the Villains
I wanted to focus on villains in more of a fantasy setting than in realistic fiction and you’ll see that’s kind of where I leaned for this list. The problem with that is I’m not a huge fan of anything scary – books, TV shows, movies, haunted houses, etc. So, this is definitely not…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books on My Fall TBR List
My fall booklist is also a list of books that have not yet been released which makes me even more excited for them! Check out the picture books, middle grade readers, and the young adult books too! Madeline Finn and the Library Dog by Lisa Papp We Found a Hat…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Audiobooks for Kids
I grew up traveling around the United States and have vivid memories of listening to audiobooks in the car – what else were my parents supposed to do with four kids in the car for 10+ hour road trips? My parents also really loved The Phantom of the Opera and I…