July Favorites & August Goals | 2018

This is my monthly wrap-up post, where I’ll be sharing some of my favorite reads & other bookish things from the past month, and talking about some of my reading goals for the upcoming month. I read/listened to a total of 15 books in July. Here’s the breakdown: 7  were graphic novels 5 were YA […]

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Top Ten Tuesday | Books That Lived Up to the Hype

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where book bloggers are invited to share their top ten lists centered on a certain theme. This week’s theme is books that were worth the hype. This was a really fun topic for me, because there are so many hyped-up books that I […]

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It’s Monday! What are you reading? July 30, 2018

“It’s Monday! What are you reading?” is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date. The folks at Teacher Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers have given #IMWAYR a new lens by focusing on books for kids & teens. Check out their blogs to see what they’re reading! I use #IMWAYR mostly to organize my reading list for the week and set […]

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Review | Things Jolie Needs to do Before She Bites It

Things Jolie Needs to Do Before She Bites It by Kerry Winfrey Published by Feiwel Friends, July 10, 2018. 288 pages. Jolie is finally about to have the surgery that she’s been waiting for her whole life: the one that will fix her underbite, thus ridding her of chronic headaches, jaw pain, trouble eating and […]

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Top 10 Tuesday | Best Sensory Memory Books

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where book bloggers are invited to share their top ten lists centered on a certain theme. This week’s theme was sensory reading memories—books that you have a strong memory attached to or that evoke your senses. This was a tough theme at first, […]

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? July 23, 2018

“It’s Monday! What are you reading?” is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date. The folks at Teacher Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers have given #IMWAYR a new lens by focusing on books for kids & teens. Check out their blogs to see what they’re reading! I use #IMWAYR mostly to organize my reading list for the week and set […]

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Top Ten Tuesday | Best Quick Reads

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where book bloggers are invited to share their top ten lists centered on a certain theme. This week’s theme was novellas/short stories. I rarely read novellas or short stories, so I decided to talk about my top ten quick reads. These are all […]

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? July 16, 2018

“It’s Monday! What are you reading?” is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date. The folks at Teacher Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers have given #IMWAYR a new lens on books for kids & teens. Check out their blogs to see what they’re reading! I’ll be using #IMWAYR mostly to organize my reading list for the week and set out […]

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Library Display | Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

This month, I did a YA book display centered around Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health awareness is obviously important for all, but is particularly important for folks from marginalized backgrounds; people of color, LGBTQIA+ folks, and people with disabilities may be more likely to struggle with their mental health and may have more […]

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Top 10 Tuesday | Best Books of 2018 (so far)

  Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where book bloggers are invited to share their top ten lists centered on a certain theme. This week’s theme is best books of 2018 (so far). 2018 has already been an amazing book year, and it was tough to narrow it […]

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