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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/29/2021

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    What I Read I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend! Because my family travels for the holiday weekend, Thanksgiving begins on Wednesday and doesn’t end until Sunday for me. It was a little different this year, just due to everyone’s schedule, but it worked out. I got to spend…

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    NYPL Best Books 2021

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    As I mentioned when I released my gift guide last week, it’s that time of year when all the “Best of” lists are being published from organizations, libraries, blogs, and more! Today I saw the New York Public Library’s Best Books 2021 list is available. With suggestions for kids, teens,…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Characters I’d Love an Update On

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    This was such a fun list to pull together! I wanted to know about how these characters are faring after big things have happened in their lives. I want to explain, but don’t want to say too much about each of the characters in case you haven’t read these yet.…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/22/2021

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    What I Read A little work/life balance leads to some amazing things! Even working late a little bit this week, I actually read four middle grade books! That’s a great reading week for me, especially lately! I even got a lot of the house cleaned up and organized. I’ll have…

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    Goodreads Choice Awards 2021

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    It’s the time of year when you start seeing “Best of” lists and “2021 Favorites” almost everywhere you turn! The National Book Award winners were announced last night. I don’t tend to read a lot of the National Book Awards as they focus primarily on books for adult readers. And…

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    2021 Holiday Kids’ Book Gift Guide

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    I love sharing books as gifts! Partially, because I love books and reading, but also because books can be extremely personal gifts. I regularly gift books to readers in my life. Last year, all of my friends received books from me – titles that I thought they would enjoy based…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/15/2021

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    What I Read Well, the best-laid plans! I was planning to be off from Thursday – Sunday this week and was super excited to work on some blogging ideas and get a lot of reading done! But, unfortunately, I had a few staffing situations that required me to head back…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Quotes About Libraries

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    Today’s official theme was “Memorable Things Book Characters Have Said” and while I can quote entire movies, I’m not as great at remembering book character quotes. Most likely because I don’t re-read as many books as I re-watch movies. So, I went rogue today, and instead, I’m going to share…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/8/2021

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    What I Read I finished Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera and loved it all the way through. I’m a huge fan of books that bring to life multicultural folk and fairy tales or books that have that “folk tale” feel. I didn’t have a lot…