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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/22/16
I read SO many books this week! I, unfortunately, got the 24-hour bug as well which left me down-and-out (of work) for two days when all was said and done, but I definitely put the second day to good use, getting a lot of reading done! This week I read:…
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Book Review: Symphony For the City of the Dead
I’ll be honest, this book took me a while to read. Not because it was boring, it was very informative and fairly dense. But, I now feel lke I know a lot more about the eastern front of World War II against Nazi Germany than I ever did. This is…
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2015 CYBILS WINNERS
Definitely take time to check out the amazing list of CYBILS winners for 2015! This was the first time I’ve been a part of an award committee and although it was a lot of work, it was great working with librarians, teachers, and bloggers who all care as much as…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/8/16
I read exactly what I had planned this week, plus a few picture books thrown in! I got the chance to read On the Run by Tristan Bancks, check out my review. I also read The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate and The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate both by Jacqueline Kelly a turn of…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’ve Recently Added To My TBR
I’m constantly adding new books to my ever-growing to be read (TBR) pile. These are just a few of the books I’ve come across in the past month or so that I’m interested in reading. Will I get to them all? Not likely, but I can’t complain that I have…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/18/16
Over the past week I finally got to read I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson – a world that I was so intrigued by, with two protagonists sharing the same story from two time periods with two points of view. I think John Green, Sarah Dessen and the like…
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Top Ten Tuesday: 2015 Releases I Meant To Get To But Didn’t
The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett The Girl Who Could Not Dream by Sarah Beth Durst The Unlikely Hero of Room 13-B by Teresa Toten I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli The Zodiac Legacy: Convergance by Stan Lee The…
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2016
Wow! I’m not even sure where to start. I got up extra early, skipped my gym workout and got to work by about 7:15 so I could listen to SLJ’s pre-game show before the live webcast of the Youth Media Awards at 8:00am.It was so worth it. I know everyone…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Debut Authors Who Have Me Looking Forward To Their Sophomore Novel
Sadly, I had written a list last week and now can’t seem to find it, so I had to re-create my list again (and couldn’t remember a few of the authors), but I found a few more that I would be excited about as well! Natalie Lloyd, author of A…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/28/15
Over the course of the week, I finished Serafina and the Black Cloak and absolutely loved it! I also read Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas, which made me want the sequel immediately! And I started working on Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones. I didn’t get to any…