Book Reviews

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Looking Back to Look Ahead

June 26, 2023 ♦

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I love reflecting back on my reading and this week I was SHOCKED at what all I finished! Before I get into it, make sure to visit the IMWAYR hosts Unleashing Readers and Teach Mentor Texts to find other blogs to follow that use this weekly wrap up. Alright, let’s get into what I…

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (And other updates)

June 19, 2023 ♦

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Hello reading friends! It’s a new week, which means it’s time to review last week and set my goals for this week. I always love reflecting, even if most of the time I look back on the week and ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING I set out to…but I also have to focus…

Happy Book Birthday Chris Baron!

June 13, 2023 ♦

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Chris Baron has written some of my favorite novels in verse and now he has a book not in verse, but in prose! And it comes to the world TODAY! Give this book a warm welcome by adding to your TBR, checking from the library (or requesting your library to…

Happy Book Birthday Reem Faruqi!

June 13, 2023 ♦

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Middle Grade author Reem Faruqi’s newest novel in verse is out in the world today! Make sure you put this book on your TBR and read it soon! For fans of Planet Omar and The Ethan I Was Before, award-winning Pakistani author Reem Faruqi of Unsettled delivers a middle grade novel in verse about table tennis…

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

June 12, 2023 ♦

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I have had a WONDERFUL week of reading! A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry: (MG)I read this with my daughter and it was such a great one to read together. We both got very emotional, but had some great conversations. Pet by Akwaeke Emezi : (Upper MG) I listened…

May Reads 2023

June 7, 2023 ♦

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May was a really great reading month! It was also my last month teaching before SUMMER BREAK! I did a reading challenge where I swapped my previous week’s screen time for reading time-that video is linked at the bottom. It really helped me pick up a better habit of reading…

GIVEAWAY and Blog Tour: How to Survive in the Age of Dinosaurs

May 26, 2023 ♦

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Welcome to the blog tour for How to Survive in the Age of Dinosaurs, part of National Geographic Kids’ DinoMAYnia – a month-long celebration of all things prehistoric! All week blogs are hosting fun excerpts from this handy guide so you will know just what it takes to…

I read 100+ pages a day for a week!

April 30, 2023 ♦

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I was watching Tori Between Pages on YouTube while waiting for…Love Is Blind reunion (don’t get me started) and was inspired to try a 100 page a day reading challenge! Watch my newest episode on my book tube channel below. I also have the books I read linked to Goodreads…

February Reads 2023

April 4, 2023 ♦

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Books I read in February as well as some challenges. Have you read any of these books? Happy reading!

March Reads 2023

April 4, 2023 ♦

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A great month of reading! I am sorry for not posting on here more steadily- life is happening but trust-reading is happening too! Check out my graphics below to see what I read and watch my video sharing what I thought about each book. I would love to hear what…