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reading round-up, January-March 2023

Here are the standouts from the 49 books I read during the first quarter of 2023.
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ten top tens

Just for fun, I’m listing ten of my Top Tens. Here we go!
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my favorite middle grade books of the year and all-time

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…
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“I should have read that book…” tag

Just a few of the books I’ve been putting off reading…
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the longest books I’ve read

A while back, Forever Lost in Literature posted a list of the the ten longest books they had read. This week, I’m adding my own list.
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stranger books

What to read when you’re jonesing for a new season of Stranger Things.
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the horse story formula

With my very first infographic!
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you can’t have a werewolf book without…

Werewolves in fiction have yet to escape their many trappings and rules of their mythology. If you pick up a book about werewolves, you will most definitely find at least three of these things.
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book aesthetics!

What they are, how to make them, and some I made!
