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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?-January 9, 2017 Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. Books Completed Last Week Blog Posts From This Week Quote of the Week: Booked by Kwame Alexander  Quote of the Week: Deathly Hallows December Wrap-up and January TBR  I also posted a lot for my…
QOTW: Booked by Kwame Alexander

QOTW: Booked by Kwame Alexander

  “Books are fun, Nicholas,” he says, “they’re like amusement parks.” 
”Yeah, well, maybe they would be fun if I got to pick the rides sometimes,” you answer. -Booked by Kwame Alexander I chose this quote because it spoke to me as a teacher. One thing I have always advocated…
Book Review Template

Book Review Template

What Should Be In A Book Review? Title of Book Author publication date Insert Picture of Book Cover (reduce size) Copy the summary from the back on the book. Can copy from Amazon and had link Why I chose this book: Overall Review: including a star rating (out of 5):…
3rd Quarter Reading

3rd Quarter Reading

We have started the second half of the school year and now have a quarter long reading goal instead of a monthly one. 3rd Quarter reading Due March 8. There are 45 school days and 63 total days (counting weekends) to read. Students have made goals, listed books to read,…
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?-January 2, 2017 Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. It’s the first Monday of the new year! Welcome 2017! Here’s how my last week of Christmas break went (a lot of reading was done these past two weeks!) and my goals for the first…
REVIEW: Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

REVIEW: Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

Sisters by Raina Telgemeier (Smile Book 2) Published 2014 Raina can’t wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren’t quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she’s also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship…
Top Ten Best Books of 2016

Top Ten Best Books of 2016

Top Ten Tuesday-December 27 Top Ten Tuesday is a meme created by The Broke and The Bookish. Top Ten Best Books of 2016 These are my top ten books. They are not ranked however, because I cannot rank them anymore than being in a top ten. They were all such…
2016 Wrap-Up

2016 Wrap-Up

Looking back It has been a great year for me for reading. I used to be an avid reader and then I found less and less time (and motivation) when I became a mother and a teacher-in the same year! Now, three years later, I am finally back to my…
Read Harder Challenge 2017

Read Harder Challenge 2017

Book Riot released their third annual Read Harder Challenge. Here is the list! Check back to see the books I’ve read and if I meet my goal and let me know if you are also participating. Here goes! Read a book about sports. Read a debut novel. Read a book…
Blogging Tips

Blogging Tips

I am new to blogging so I have compiled a list of things that I have learned to help make blogging easier. Please comment with additional tips! Reading Journal I have been keeping a reading journal since I started my blog and I don’t know where I would be without…