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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Would Hand to a Reluctant Reader

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    So today’s theme’s official title was “Books I Would Hand to Someone Who Claims to Not Like Reading”. But that was an awful lot, so I shortened it a bit. I’m not necessarily a huge fan of the term “reluctant reader” because I think it’s got a little bit of…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/1/2021

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    What I Read Alright, everyone! I finally read more than a couple of chapters this week! I finished up Archibald Finch and the Lost Witches by Michel Guyon and although it stopped on a cliffhanger – I really enjoyed the story overall. It’s a fantasy middle grade book that you’ll hear more…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Plot Twists & Unreliable Narrators

    Top Ten Tuesday

    With a number of other book lists on my blog featuring all things Halloween, I decided to take a different route today! Plus, as I’ve mentioned before, I’m a huge scaredy-cat, so my knowledge of scary Halloween-y books is at a minimum. I’ve got lists about ghosts, witches, bats, monsters,…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/25/2021

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    What I Read Another week of working six days which, as usual, equates to less reading time! I know I’m lucky in that this is just for a short time and I won’t always be working six days a week. I got further into Archibald Finch and the Lost Witches…

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    Cybils Nominations

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    It’s that time of year! When the public nomination phase is available for the Cybils! With ten different categories to nominate in, there is definitely a category for you. So let me tell you about the Cybils and why you should be nominating titles. The Cybils Awards are the Children’s…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/4/2021

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    What I Read I’m not sure why I even plan to read anything lately! Work has sucked up so much of my time, by the time I have time to read, I’m too tired! Although I reviewed two books for the blog this week – Melville and Change Sings, they…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/27/2021

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    What I Read I finished up Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and read Fix Her Up by Tess Bailey and I might be getting to end of my romance reading phase. I also re-read The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen. I like that I don’t have to…

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    9 Young Adult Books for National Cooking Day

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    It’s National Cooking Day and this is one holiday that I couldn’t ignore! I think most of you know how much I enjoy spending time in my kitchen cooking. I love finding flavorful recipes and sharing them with the people I love. In fact, I think Penzeys Spices has one…