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2017 bookish goals

December 31, 2016 by Amy 5 Comments

I haven’t made many goals the past few years, mostly because they go the way of most new year’s resolutions–I don’t actually fulfill them.  However, I do love the month of January for reading, and the new year seems like a good time to set some new intentions. I plan to participate in Read-At-Home Mom’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: bookish plans, Bookish Thoughts, To Be Read

A birthday project

February 23, 2015 by Amy 8 Comments

I contemplated several different birthday posts for this year, but honestly, forty-one of anything (facts about me, books I want to read, places I want to go) seems like a lot.  Instead, I’m sharing eleven books (you know, forty-one minus thirty) I intend to read this year.  I’m limiting myself to books I really, really … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Birthday project, To Be Read

2015 ALA Youth Media Awards

February 2, 2015 by Amy 2 Comments

The ALA Youth Media Awards were announced today, and as is usual, I am late to the party. Of the many awards the ALA gives, I have read exactly TWO of this year’s award books: The Right Word:  Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant and illustrated by Melissa Sweet, winner of a Caldecott Honor … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Newbery Award Tagged: Award Book, Caldecott Award, Coretta Scott King Award, Newbery Award, Pura Belpre Award, To Be Read

Circle Time: 4th Six Weeks

January 6, 2015 by Amy 3 Comments

We’ll work on memorizing “The Duel” by Eugene Field.  It’s a humorous piece, and I thought we could use that given what else we’re working on. 🙂 We’ll continue with the preamble to the Declaration of Independence.  We didn’t work on this at all during the Christmas season, so we’ll probably have to backtrack a bit. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: circle time, Organization and Scheduling, To Be Read

December 2014 Nightstand

December 30, 2014 by Amy 5 Comments

Since last month’s Nightstand, I’ve read Greenglass House by Kate Milford –middle grade speculative fiction; slow, thoughtful, and entertaining, if cumbersome at times The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier–middle grade specultive fiction; suspenseful, creepy, and well written Hope Is a Ferris Wheel by Robin Herrera–middle grade realistic fiction with my favorite, hope, as a theme Rain … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: To Be Read, What's on Your Nightstand?
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer


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