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incorrect circus book covers

January 13, 2021January 12, 20211 Comment

As a person who dabbles in the circus world, I have a huge pet peeve when it comes to reading circus books - their covers!

3 on a theme: fortune cookies

July 23, 2020July 22, 2020Leave a comment

Most of the time, my 3 on a themes are books with similar elements that I read at almost the same time. Nearly a year later I finally found a third book to complete this one!

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2020 reading so far

July 10, 2020July 9, 2020Leave a comment

feel like I'm finally back up to pre-pandemic reading levels, and we're halfway through 2020, which means... time to do a reading round-up!

3 on a theme: snakes (and songbirds)

June 25, 2020June 24, 20202 Comments

It's always so amazing to me when I read several books in a row with a similar element. Recently, I read three books that all involved snakes!

My Reading Rules

my reading rules

June 10, 2020June 3, 20202 Comments

This Book Riot post made me start thinking about my reading rules and what they say about me. 1. Never crack the spine. When I was in middle school, I had a friend who would grab the brand-new paperback I was reading out of my hands and crack the spine. It was horrifying. I don't … Continue reading my reading rules

3 on a theme: Eleanors

3 on a theme: Eleanors

March 23, 2020March 22, 2020Leave a comment

It's been a while since my last 3 on a theme, but this was a good one: three books read almost concurrently. And such a simple theme: characters named Eleanor.

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my favorite middle grade books of the year and all-time

December 12, 2019December 11, 2019Leave a comment

As a young adult librarian and a writer of YA books, I don't often venture into middle grade territory. But I have been reading more, because a lot of the "teens" who come to my library programs are middle schoolers, and they aren't always ready for YA books. Over on The Page Half Full, the … Continue reading my favorite middle grade books of the year and all-time

31 days of Halloween, day 31: writing horror

October 31, 2019October 16, 2019Leave a comment

Since it is the last day of Halloween, and Nanowrimo Eve, the list today is horror books and movies about WRITERS!

31 days of Halloween, day 30: disability rep

October 30, 2019October 19, 2019Leave a comment

I've tried to collect horror here with positive (or at least, not damaging) portrayals of disability.

31 days of Halloween, day 29: based on Ed Gein

October 29, 2019October 16, 2019Leave a comment

I had originally meant to include multiple serial killers in this blog post, but then I found that all the books and movies were based on just one: Ed Gein!

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