tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67752782007201935012024-02-22T13:09:47.079-05:00All Who Wander Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.comBlogger394125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-2488061672916980832022-09-03T08:00:00.001-04:002022-09-03T08:00:00.146-04:00Stacking the Shelves #83<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2ZARECm5cdYHd8xUOjIyqPPikqusZRgX32mrjLXJRhorGnhJmr3bOJ6XVzo5f1EQBKoXKZWX8nLY9-RjIV6jCYXKQWl2MDjN6VZEVp1dX-ENppZmiFP86h3yj_yxhiiBbHxjIqo_whPF9GTA8AWTJflz-e5Dwpq0LNCn7Bi2nSs3fexfaFINJ8qr/s768/Marlene-StackingShelvesFinal-768x524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="768" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2ZARECm5cdYHd8xUOjIyqPPikqusZRgX32mrjLXJRhorGnhJmr3bOJ6XVzo5f1EQBKoXKZWX8nLY9-RjIV6jCYXKQWl2MDjN6VZEVp1dX-ENppZmiFP86h3yj_yxhiiBbHxjIqo_whPF9GTA8AWTJflz-e5Dwpq0LNCn7Bi2nSs3fexfaFINJ8qr/s320/Marlene-StackingShelvesFinal-768x524.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: left;">Stacking the Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical stores or online, books you borrow from the library, review books, and of course e-books! This is a weekly meme hosted by </span><a href="https://www.readingreality.net/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3964c1; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Reading Reality</a><span style="text-align: left;">.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Purchased Copies:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAZk9l2ncvTlOtfI8UrWF4tCcAly5SoxUB4tCrOWxhF4ibtOIN5jdcu8y-hDGYV7YQSLMoOn_geVeIokU-TO2rMVCgT_XZQrBO935LnYnGGPPMgkGEceBuUhCCuBgLd2kHKmCWkWHOO2m9G23EGPCU8gBW-5_vE-TmPwJQDaxL9Orw2xy1tvqRLir/s475/59571699._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="301" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAZk9l2ncvTlOtfI8UrWF4tCcAly5SoxUB4tCrOWxhF4ibtOIN5jdcu8y-hDGYV7YQSLMoOn_geVeIokU-TO2rMVCgT_XZQrBO935LnYnGGPPMgkGEceBuUhCCuBgLd2kHKmCWkWHOO2m9G23EGPCU8gBW-5_vE-TmPwJQDaxL9Orw2xy1tvqRLir/s320/59571699._SY475_.jpg" width="203" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vYxqTqh60DpYmTIrZqJLCu-1CkyPx-61cORLvLXdLNU9ntMQHmRLQrkv_amkIDcIKLKVM14oC1JIcty5yA1h21aUWXt7cegue4Ja4LWrm_VL6UJcmGcd0BbT6tLievQgeNcnq9VWtmKKJ3auzBPIDtd1WCDDotSeLBaEIi13PcNDZ75RB3F8Migh/s1200/55119872.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vYxqTqh60DpYmTIrZqJLCu-1CkyPx-61cORLvLXdLNU9ntMQHmRLQrkv_amkIDcIKLKVM14oC1JIcty5yA1h21aUWXt7cegue4Ja4LWrm_VL6UJcmGcd0BbT6tLievQgeNcnq9VWtmKKJ3auzBPIDtd1WCDDotSeLBaEIi13PcNDZ75RB3F8Migh/s320/55119872.jpg" width="213" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWrjORXkaWwOVGpRo4x69Z4jNVA_bx2aFHFhm1nQ6Oyp6YocUYZkOwRwccSzEd-xyR3DMyUZ3gMAo_KLfjHCTWXppGivPXAbPQUSk6EjZwewuRHmggzhtK-_Fy-8-Z5LwRI2Cl8w6fl0y0D-zlWapimR9OMr1mWeAEWkPI82fNN3bY4a325mGomHf/s475/59908479._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWrjORXkaWwOVGpRo4x69Z4jNVA_bx2aFHFhm1nQ6Oyp6YocUYZkOwRwccSzEd-xyR3DMyUZ3gMAo_KLfjHCTWXppGivPXAbPQUSk6EjZwewuRHmggzhtK-_Fy-8-Z5LwRI2Cl8w6fl0y0D-zlWapimR9OMr1mWeAEWkPI82fNN3bY4a325mGomHf/s320/59908479._SY475_.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What books have you added to your shelves lately?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafIvd_7V7PgKzmo-GfdDpBH2POWeRHVZ2kxBtgG9rqXbFAAR3occANuvFSc3jst0oARHG6vMPg0koJ2Dd0ptxFWXK2XlIxXqeTr_bulRlF2UDnlWBX00JsXS-CRoWDVp1fr8z0q9I0MmvPuV-ra3sxbSqy1gntlGvuMWijRZaImYQWCVbPAGy2Q4u/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafIvd_7V7PgKzmo-GfdDpBH2POWeRHVZ2kxBtgG9rqXbFAAR3occANuvFSc3jst0oARHG6vMPg0koJ2Dd0ptxFWXK2XlIxXqeTr_bulRlF2UDnlWBX00JsXS-CRoWDVp1fr8z0q9I0MmvPuV-ra3sxbSqy1gntlGvuMWijRZaImYQWCVbPAGy2Q4u/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-48183112283127953782022-08-27T08:00:00.001-04:002022-08-27T08:00:00.162-04:00Stacking the Shelves #82<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZpXT9zHtjcmJwum68mCEikwUbiNM9oeeDlt6EpN7A7Zhi7zfV65Snjv-_W4EgX4BpFDp7pC0gkOkMnW4DAiwo4FPHr4T1SvFeeGuEmDhPca9KSJWpib25PSDLAfHTWxz3h2FXnyNLfaFVJf3zpVcZxflMlvm1DKy1scdAS-6kJQf0iVY9tWGedmbT/s768/Marlene-StackingShelvesFinal-768x524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="768" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZpXT9zHtjcmJwum68mCEikwUbiNM9oeeDlt6EpN7A7Zhi7zfV65Snjv-_W4EgX4BpFDp7pC0gkOkMnW4DAiwo4FPHr4T1SvFeeGuEmDhPca9KSJWpib25PSDLAfHTWxz3h2FXnyNLfaFVJf3zpVcZxflMlvm1DKy1scdAS-6kJQf0iVY9tWGedmbT/s320/Marlene-StackingShelvesFinal-768x524.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Stacking the Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical stores or online, books you borrow from the library, review books, and of course e-books! This is a weekly meme hosted by </span><a href="https://www.readingreality.net/" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3964c1; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Reading Reality</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">ARCs:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWBA_6MhCCiW_KvssOksEeAWBTA7rh4wLzhzkoBiNteqK91NV3s1ICSZ0SgW_b3vzGjVjqkv6NMvSVKlzPoX3cxpDeEdJU_vBCZca2Kwfey_svLY5aOVQxi17AoQ3YniJM5RSrjtXgaJgYELAeZ2TmICHiUpmHVVTAQmQRqgceP7OsVGupEwBBBuE/s2475/59806073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWBA_6MhCCiW_KvssOksEeAWBTA7rh4wLzhzkoBiNteqK91NV3s1ICSZ0SgW_b3vzGjVjqkv6NMvSVKlzPoX3cxpDeEdJU_vBCZca2Kwfey_svLY5aOVQxi17AoQ3YniJM5RSrjtXgaJgYELAeZ2TmICHiUpmHVVTAQmQRqgceP7OsVGupEwBBBuE/s320/59806073.jpg" width="213" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggic2UAahYvl54arRTlTRXgfGciY1w8gNc2cYUqyOSqOfmWoS_xXG7lhE670JY4JDpNgUY_CfzB0Xwv9rGgQ2Yf1TC_AbGj2nYGo-4PsYIa_L_5OkvMVrgSbU1fb9dpiOIDV7-Jtf8LE6xY2w-0ZnRESdBnBb5GTdmD564PkKEOtWZIWY4K7RUbuy4/s475/56226906._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="312" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggic2UAahYvl54arRTlTRXgfGciY1w8gNc2cYUqyOSqOfmWoS_xXG7lhE670JY4JDpNgUY_CfzB0Xwv9rGgQ2Yf1TC_AbGj2nYGo-4PsYIa_L_5OkvMVrgSbU1fb9dpiOIDV7-Jtf8LE6xY2w-0ZnRESdBnBb5GTdmD564PkKEOtWZIWY4K7RUbuy4/s320/56226906._SY475_.jpg" width="210" /></a></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Library Copies:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGUFa3BLi3lp6ry8IdSjlyiUT6-J37C4-wKps6daGR8sKfTyM12l8aYUtvwSexKzgXUKyKsmx4yRhqWFW9qlgUs_CAacEgTfvWcnexwvctvW9DEcvViV40_AZ6MVVV8fSpezDOPRLVbz9jxGno0Q8OKluAo8gQKLYK0kZWfKGLtv0xULi-rMYmXNW/s400/44890023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGUFa3BLi3lp6ry8IdSjlyiUT6-J37C4-wKps6daGR8sKfTyM12l8aYUtvwSexKzgXUKyKsmx4yRhqWFW9qlgUs_CAacEgTfvWcnexwvctvW9DEcvViV40_AZ6MVVV8fSpezDOPRLVbz9jxGno0Q8OKluAo8gQKLYK0kZWfKGLtv0xULi-rMYmXNW/s320/44890023.jpg" width="211" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What books have you added to your shelves lately?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKc5k0H_oKvCbzIJiVpo5mOODTH_KqLceosIPkF538UydmrfVI5xIycX2gHbcOx4D0yl0pW8rSeK9Cpavx3tZlygr_HVlVEr1HqmPEi-A-Azm41W_IIwefUJblLNbAUs3W0gkQOrK30-i0Be16u2N8yQF3E_UwAr0jdEPkRBsyKp2yfxwdHvG64gx/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKc5k0H_oKvCbzIJiVpo5mOODTH_KqLceosIPkF538UydmrfVI5xIycX2gHbcOx4D0yl0pW8rSeK9Cpavx3tZlygr_HVlVEr1HqmPEi-A-Azm41W_IIwefUJblLNbAUs3W0gkQOrK30-i0Be16u2N8yQF3E_UwAr0jdEPkRBsyKp2yfxwdHvG64gx/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-15394481187895920312022-08-22T09:00:00.001-04:002022-08-22T09:00:00.159-04:00It's Monday! What Are You Reading?<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfunKePvGrGAZ_yxIwhqYx5R-opqb_xUIkyVMehn-qybnHfkP07hTLcU7WK262BsHsfoKaOO4orSmfK3e8Z4NNLCKaz0Yfuqag-o0-IMJXjeWOFSUZ_uXBucn7xgz-i_IkbXlGM8m83cu_CbJt98peKeDNwG_qnrXwZ_ANrIzaiIn8EiCRWzmG6OZD/s320/IMWAYR.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="320" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfunKePvGrGAZ_yxIwhqYx5R-opqb_xUIkyVMehn-qybnHfkP07hTLcU7WK262BsHsfoKaOO4orSmfK3e8Z4NNLCKaz0Yfuqag-o0-IMJXjeWOFSUZ_uXBucn7xgz-i_IkbXlGM8m83cu_CbJt98peKeDNwG_qnrXwZ_ANrIzaiIn8EiCRWzmG6OZD/s1600/IMWAYR.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from </span><a href="http://bookjourney.net/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #bf8b38; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Journey.</a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at </span><a href="https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/" style="background: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; text-align: start;">The Book Date</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">.</span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: 16px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Jen Vincent, Teach Mentor Texts, and Kellee of <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #bf8b38; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Unleashing Readers</a> decided to give It’s Monday! a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels or anything in those genres – join them.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Well, we're nearing the end of summer - Ethan begins school on Tuesday, and Isobel on Thursday - and we're preparing to adjust to new school schedules! Isobel wants to join an additional after-school club, Ethan wants to continue taking fencing lessons on Saturdays, and I am a brand-new member of our district's school board! There will be some juggling, but I think we'll have another successful school year. Fingers crossed. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">What I read last week:</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZFrE3FxrSCn6UJyYTmrdiPUgx2mzn50a2ESlPoUW1kDjkb_N75V65Vul0V10HGUaTQ3ntEsDxNIeXiLNb-qexfKuJlfxsuS9fLFl0sWDqOMSG5wKL1yCgaTZMXZkggC5c4uWuhsN_EYXRl6ywH_76YrZQIxV4TeZzCLm0idPuGGIpodR8T_bD8qt/s475/53952338._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">What are you reading?</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH45NMFi36dJ782bU63TOUt62wNhPag-WgRSs0oLzUBL3zgrNlQz5q7HJHUgJr_BAbu0MxprEstD37E1iab_1N8P-GRDIOkIA0fPdWyAaq3YRm8PKTQbIyjkvIP9QNZBinUFkUUyKDeqBHiRbzJ8BcFexkbROVsD_4L-fCgfGnAbzCAOTvVlhAAVy0/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH45NMFi36dJ782bU63TOUt62wNhPag-WgRSs0oLzUBL3zgrNlQz5q7HJHUgJr_BAbu0MxprEstD37E1iab_1N8P-GRDIOkIA0fPdWyAaq3YRm8PKTQbIyjkvIP9QNZBinUFkUUyKDeqBHiRbzJ8BcFexkbROVsD_4L-fCgfGnAbzCAOTvVlhAAVy0/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-33379564199429004162022-08-09T12:22:00.002-04:002022-08-09T12:22:52.232-04:00What YA Books Are Your Must-Haves in a Dream Library?<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It's not a secret to anyone who follows this blog that I'm a HUGE fan of young adult fiction. I started reading it when I was a tween, and I never stopped. So I was ecstatic when our local children's librarian asked me for young adult book recommendations. The library is planning on revitalizing their young adult room, and I'm so happy to help! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I decided to group my recommendations by genre. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Realistic fiction:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNEarWr_oinGnpxhe75vJX5WDJinfCqNJ2QsztoH1oxBAjL_eGy5aANWfGc2Q4r24whlBiGTb9WlLbrfs0zFsoJS9hDqM9Q9lVjOm5NxjMouUAGaedN4oXyzodhty_JnOJyTt1y_erCP7vGDvI44jmjEISZj2bpE_QyVwr5IjgcU67elYLJvmNukd/s475/54114247._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNEarWr_oinGnpxhe75vJX5WDJinfCqNJ2QsztoH1oxBAjL_eGy5aANWfGc2Q4r24whlBiGTb9WlLbrfs0zFsoJS9hDqM9Q9lVjOm5NxjMouUAGaedN4oXyzodhty_JnOJyTt1y_erCP7vGDvI44jmjEISZj2bpE_QyVwr5IjgcU67elYLJvmNukd/s320/54114247._SY475_.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This thought-provoking novel is set during the Rodney King trial and the L.A. riots. Ashley lives in a privileged neighborhood, and doesn't really think about race or racism until the riots affect every aspect of her life. Suddenly, the "jokes" her friends make about race aren't funny anymore. One of the only other Black kids at school gets framed for a crime he didn't commit, which prompts Ashley to take a deep look at her life, and the world around her. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5vEtoN97Omg9MVBkS_dlbNXRSXzgABMhzQqw1TCL6KzSggyUslNpwLZvg37Op3CloHNSpxHT_hkWjwpqG_suaMj3kZnVcgfXHNigflX1KP1Ir6nprDZm6acD-nVTvlxGiEhZ6Ne8nw7S8M94-cim5aBIEWLC_q6NsPDL_4y8hk8rRriS8DC1I0cu/s475/38739562.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5vEtoN97Omg9MVBkS_dlbNXRSXzgABMhzQqw1TCL6KzSggyUslNpwLZvg37Op3CloHNSpxHT_hkWjwpqG_suaMj3kZnVcgfXHNigflX1KP1Ir6nprDZm6acD-nVTvlxGiEhZ6Ne8nw7S8M94-cim5aBIEWLC_q6NsPDL_4y8hk8rRriS8DC1I0cu/s320/38739562.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span id="freeTextreview3159097145" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">"Although my food still doesn't give me any memories, it has always been looking back; it's infused with the people I come from. But it's also a way for me to look forward: to watch the recipes from my roots transform, grow, and feed the hungriest places inside of me."<br /><br />This great novel is about Emoni, a teen mom with a passion for cooking. I liked how this book showed that, while Emoni's life is greatly complicated by her daughter, it's far from over (the way teen pregnancy is sometimes depicted in YA). She has dreams and aspirations, but is level-headed enough to understand that her daughter must come first. Speaking of complicated, all the characters are multifaceted and interesting - Buela isn't just a sacrificing grandmother raising her granddaughter, Julio isn't just a deadbeat father. And Emoni is such a fantastic character too.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhecECAEkm0bXqfITbPRZ2XrfBKjjW_Prw5NmwPBR4CZtK2r3gJZQlheCOVDYrEZPKpAaMYt5TADvm4K2Z_t9H2qc_l970Yt9du9cnMZXessiBterN3d0kH9pa5I1FfnIAjHLPTe6BZP5MzpsI1yu8cyqdqh-ktBV-k2mc8-4cCUV6zl79T2NKaRONK/s475/43162459._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhecECAEkm0bXqfITbPRZ2XrfBKjjW_Prw5NmwPBR4CZtK2r3gJZQlheCOVDYrEZPKpAaMYt5TADvm4K2Z_t9H2qc_l970Yt9du9cnMZXessiBterN3d0kH9pa5I1FfnIAjHLPTe6BZP5MzpsI1yu8cyqdqh-ktBV-k2mc8-4cCUV6zl79T2NKaRONK/s320/43162459._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is not an easy read, but it's an important one. His cousin's murder leads Jay to a journey back to the Philippines. Jay has been in the US for years and feels like an outsider, and grapples with his identity as he works to uncover the truth of his cousin's death. This novel addresses Duterte's brutal war on drugs, as well as poverty and grief.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4ucR-28BlGvxzuaKNopd4-uWVKbdTPHJuJjT_XPBmi9eUG-EKz1Jn6bYXslBnBlEp3s4MfqGn1bjw2kpyn8kUhX9fgm0pu8ZJYvakX8fUuYdaZoowxqY-o8Za-OXQLP915qE__UVjC6hQVJW2ZDBMIy4ZvVoYtWmRKvea7Aafyeg6KFIz_Vtubdd/s475/55053009._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4ucR-28BlGvxzuaKNopd4-uWVKbdTPHJuJjT_XPBmi9eUG-EKz1Jn6bYXslBnBlEp3s4MfqGn1bjw2kpyn8kUhX9fgm0pu8ZJYvakX8fUuYdaZoowxqY-o8Za-OXQLP915qE__UVjC6hQVJW2ZDBMIy4ZvVoYtWmRKvea7Aafyeg6KFIz_Vtubdd/s320/55053009._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Liz really needs to be the Prom Queen at her school, but not because she's spent her childhood dreaming about being Queen. She desperately needs the scholarship money to attend the college of her dreams. The only thing is, Liz is Black, queer, and a band geek. But she's willing to try, and this novel is so sweet and charming. Her budding romance with Mack is lovely too. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Historical fiction:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcUV08yZBcjbHBlb4NJIkvbkYRxvrM_i_VIoWcBDcR84pPjwO1GeNJRjLvlrCO5hgOCI3kQs65QVsWOnUy7pWkBZiPBSfTSJIjpqDqbysMV6UdtL221nWdmNSCtV4W396A8p8Wd_ZI020YCth0SjTMf4Ou4zGbD4aEJddpFscKMf7Rx1uKZ5qRxKj/s475/56226890._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcUV08yZBcjbHBlb4NJIkvbkYRxvrM_i_VIoWcBDcR84pPjwO1GeNJRjLvlrCO5hgOCI3kQs65QVsWOnUy7pWkBZiPBSfTSJIjpqDqbysMV6UdtL221nWdmNSCtV4W396A8p8Wd_ZI020YCth0SjTMf4Ou4zGbD4aEJddpFscKMf7Rx1uKZ5qRxKj/s320/56226890._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I love everything Stacey Lee has written, and her historical novel about Chinese passengers aboard the Titanic blew me away. It's not a romantic novel, but it's lively and interesting, and makes me wish we knew more about the actual Chinese passengers on the doomed ship. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcH3bDJzlUV7feHfgz4K7iJo9gCHWRzgYAqOCw_5KF2xYRJiF-9_A9xwhAb94adHcbXGl3oxPdIR_L--UAMeebQBNxWXgzFdv7I2f0amkBJ90nNNQmlxK9H3eDle0J3UNDe8r6OCmJbIhg6OflKGuzfCQ-vrxminUvSj2nKphAXTy2OZJDRBJ6Qw85/s475/22840421._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcH3bDJzlUV7feHfgz4K7iJo9gCHWRzgYAqOCw_5KF2xYRJiF-9_A9xwhAb94adHcbXGl3oxPdIR_L--UAMeebQBNxWXgzFdv7I2f0amkBJ90nNNQmlxK9H3eDle0J3UNDe8r6OCmJbIhg6OflKGuzfCQ-vrxminUvSj2nKphAXTy2OZJDRBJ6Qw85/s320/22840421._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>My Lady Jane </i>is the first in a series of the Lady Janies series, and all three stand-alone novels are fun and inventive. <i>My Lady Jane </i>reimagines the life of Lady Jane from Tudor fame. I spent a few years reading everything I could about that time period, and Jane was always kind of a footnote. She was a doomed teenage queen who only ruled for nine days. It was great to see her life set in a world full of shape-shifters, where she and the other characters are witty and funny. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fantasy/sci-fi:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7PvHPDuBH_ddg_s11Y5AqbjQEndWMd9w0dOZMAeeYTLS2DtJeDR_Rnt0MNkNQORyit8Q4adTy3Sf__xb23iABLvIuVas8cWRgw1BgXpX-S03_9mrpZOMK8uPhT7AO45ml-6byf1BcKaM22jPMI6onxTuzzU4j4cOr4isnZDCIIJE4o-Z9_7hhxtb/s450/38856385.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7PvHPDuBH_ddg_s11Y5AqbjQEndWMd9w0dOZMAeeYTLS2DtJeDR_Rnt0MNkNQORyit8Q4adTy3Sf__xb23iABLvIuVas8cWRgw1BgXpX-S03_9mrpZOMK8uPhT7AO45ml-6byf1BcKaM22jPMI6onxTuzzU4j4cOr4isnZDCIIJE4o-Z9_7hhxtb/s320/38856385.jpg" width="213" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is the first book in <i>The Babysitter's Coven </i>trilogy, but I recommend all three. It has a distinctly fun, Buffy the Vampire Slayer feel while toting girl power and endless snark. </span></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4lC31MpqSW-BB_QzZu5V2WK4RdUmxxc8alNqd2jwjwtoRos7y8I69S0JdqsdpKulDRropWzj-H2nbPttwa_mQ5wQTRwBYjyVr2g9_N5EVNwCO_JDxh6AB3DVsjLYLek9xUnvnjtbdrtQNPMbZb6ML6HFplqDr-hsLMI68B8_4CzJn_d5WScmJHPw/s475/53646034._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4lC31MpqSW-BB_QzZu5V2WK4RdUmxxc8alNqd2jwjwtoRos7y8I69S0JdqsdpKulDRropWzj-H2nbPttwa_mQ5wQTRwBYjyVr2g9_N5EVNwCO_JDxh6AB3DVsjLYLek9xUnvnjtbdrtQNPMbZb6ML6HFplqDr-hsLMI68B8_4CzJn_d5WScmJHPw/s320/53646034._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I really like fairy tale retellings, and this book exceeded my expectations! It's not a Disney-fied version of Cinderella, but rather a dystopian world where girls and women have no autonomy, and the Cinderella fairy tale is used to keep them in their places. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9FuDuT5Wy9vruxoE-5LmOB70SMWKtGN3ak2BIAN2zQmJAD5dN67_RVoTbHFYWFLC43VcA-qP7fuh-wfsKaTDFKo6sMNZ119brIGPaZlwunxpuSPiV8ZFmJJXSBq_WE_rcJ1i-fIBiR8dK3SXJ5A2bxHxFGlDn3Hgna5BkwcvFPhKEQA30hgz2LQtE/s475/17675462._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9FuDuT5Wy9vruxoE-5LmOB70SMWKtGN3ak2BIAN2zQmJAD5dN67_RVoTbHFYWFLC43VcA-qP7fuh-wfsKaTDFKo6sMNZ119brIGPaZlwunxpuSPiV8ZFmJJXSBq_WE_rcJ1i-fIBiR8dK3SXJ5A2bxHxFGlDn3Hgna5BkwcvFPhKEQA30hgz2LQtE/s320/17675462._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The <i>Raven Boys </i>cycle is amazing, full-stop. All readers have a book or series that they go to when they've had a bad week, or just want to feel comforted. This is my comfort series. It's about so many things: magic, ley lines, found families, complicated mother-daughter relationships, grief, love. It's a lot, and it's all really, really great. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRG-JB6OIyS4IBUPOfDkmtH6amGu-QvZGZ9jwJBASEAaHi-O6kTpk1_O6VNUj0K-J5WV5YbyLRUrzqZipP-50lDTBFIkgcvYAf5BMcfM6wZA-mBYATYQDq54hr840P96H41fcf0PsEPWI5c1xiLuwVe7_xqx8e-uc1xWeyQVJ9CHuQDElzLQxb-8kf/s475/42505366.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRG-JB6OIyS4IBUPOfDkmtH6amGu-QvZGZ9jwJBASEAaHi-O6kTpk1_O6VNUj0K-J5WV5YbyLRUrzqZipP-50lDTBFIkgcvYAf5BMcfM6wZA-mBYATYQDq54hr840P96H41fcf0PsEPWI5c1xiLuwVe7_xqx8e-uc1xWeyQVJ9CHuQDElzLQxb-8kf/s320/42505366.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">An isolated boarding school, a mysterious illness, a biological mystery. This is one of the strangest YA books I've ever read, but also one of the most interesting. </span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">BIPOC romance:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_BmbpZV-8Khmp8wKTJNsed8g7ultxhmHQsfmCl4BLGJ8ZfhV8hvILZHJ9HP7NMvBS7OfS3RAAMHrfzul85IUTnLrOybAJ7-JR4JZ7_E4ExqIu0pv6PMDrt7G4a0sF7Emf4OWC2svwACvY6IRJvjySx7a1NDpZ8PneAvk4DhiPwTfl9OZNZrgGdlB/s475/42201316.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_BmbpZV-8Khmp8wKTJNsed8g7ultxhmHQsfmCl4BLGJ8ZfhV8hvILZHJ9HP7NMvBS7OfS3RAAMHrfzul85IUTnLrOybAJ7-JR4JZ7_E4ExqIu0pv6PMDrt7G4a0sF7Emf4OWC2svwACvY6IRJvjySx7a1NDpZ8PneAvk4DhiPwTfl9OZNZrgGdlB/s320/42201316.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm not a huge fan of romance novels, but the books in the <i>When Dimple Met Rishi </i>universe are so much fun. I especially love Sweetie, whose parents think that her worth is somehow tied to how much she weighs. They can't see past their fat-shaming to how wonderful and talented their daughter is. Sweetie's budding romance with Ashish is cute and lots of fun.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-J4d5iZRAs_BrAUzrFgQLVfk5t1f6C2gDMg9xas2z4Too1vctHJSLTXC0_7DncAVsCGlVkF8rSCRnsSmFCvH45-mK5ZzsNd_9NHdKiRXBJIbjI5rCF7cX7EJu4i382QSDSbofSde4p0zzEnIKEU3_HAhGn5aXlvbrq6sl8TBf2zg2s3ME2NigCwf/s475/36568171._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-J4d5iZRAs_BrAUzrFgQLVfk5t1f6C2gDMg9xas2z4Too1vctHJSLTXC0_7DncAVsCGlVkF8rSCRnsSmFCvH45-mK5ZzsNd_9NHdKiRXBJIbjI5rCF7cX7EJu4i382QSDSbofSde4p0zzEnIKEU3_HAhGn5aXlvbrq6sl8TBf2zg2s3ME2NigCwf/s320/36568171._SY475_.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This romance (about food trucks!!) was sweet and funny. Clara feels abandoned by her social influencer, trendsetting mother, and has difficulty getting close to other people. She overcompensates by pulling out a series of pranks - but the pranks backfire, and she ends up working at her dad's food truck for the summer, side by side with her school nemesis. And of course there's a cute boy involved as well! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjq7y-0lf1WZjEJN3ahmhH012HntZAv_beewrDsbgpmjd85DOh-uPMf-1Jd8UWqFkrpscWdZF-shVgTOoE-IMluvmiN-NJKs3Rwq_zV_NSVOmsjvuXZSy9lnySyRIWhaqZ-zwPV3zH38t8OiM5WYJkOeXEI1g3ymbpZVH7q9bIPS_CPto0DaEwnxoh/s475/39847584.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjq7y-0lf1WZjEJN3ahmhH012HntZAv_beewrDsbgpmjd85DOh-uPMf-1Jd8UWqFkrpscWdZF-shVgTOoE-IMluvmiN-NJKs3Rwq_zV_NSVOmsjvuXZSy9lnySyRIWhaqZ-zwPV3zH38t8OiM5WYJkOeXEI1g3ymbpZVH7q9bIPS_CPto0DaEwnxoh/s320/39847584.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">This debut novel is billed as a fake dating rom com, but it's SO MUCH MORE. Frank is in his last year of high school, on the cusp of everything changing. He navigates dating (and yes, fake dating) while having great, deep discussions about children of immigrants, what it means to be American (or a hyphenated one), race, and socioeconomic statuses. This sounds dry, but it actually isn't. I particularly loved the long talks he had with best friend Q, because they seemed organic and authentic, the kind of real talks I had with my friends when I was 17.</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This is also a bittersweet homage to growing up, leaving high school, and recognizing that while our parents are not perfect, our relationships with them are important and precious.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Frank, Q, Joy, Brit, and everyone's parents are so perfectly characterized. There are no cookie cutter stereotyping here, and I loved it because I'm a sucker for complicated, three-dimensional characters. As an Asian-American (though not Korean-American), I could relate to most of what happened to Frank. It feels so good to have such honest representation. I just wish I could have read this when I was 17!</div></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mysteries/thrillers:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2u0tumq8nzwlTvGxM_-oSIdxYsnIgTND49CnmQlHYogPVCVRF5crla1xJuVfexnmpZ_BNJD5wPrNCKO6JRxEx7KipBFgpoJy0CqQaFoJl0qIV5-ox5mg7JYlNEmvVYbG7tsNzQ8mSq3OD4IjToGjQberqTmPLx1sHb5p9qH48BFczJWF6OZOIwgiJ/s475/34810320._SY475_.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="306" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2u0tumq8nzwlTvGxM_-oSIdxYsnIgTND49CnmQlHYogPVCVRF5crla1xJuVfexnmpZ_BNJD5wPrNCKO6JRxEx7KipBFgpoJy0CqQaFoJl0qIV5-ox5mg7JYlNEmvVYbG7tsNzQ8mSq3OD4IjToGjQberqTmPLx1sHb5p9qH48BFczJWF6OZOIwgiJ/s320/34810320._SY475_.jpg" width="206" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I am always equal parts elated and apprehensive whenever I read a Courtney Summers book. Her novels are powerful but they're also devastating. This one still haunts me. </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Sadie </i><span style="text-align: justify;">is about a girl who has been reported missing after her younger sister was murdered. There's a podcast involved in uncovering the truth, and some triggering content, including sexual assault. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Horror:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuEAV51R-ZlkeJXX8bX8DTZv0w5Y5dnR6NhncKYicY0CJRQetAGrBUr2cs7PPvziw5rEF3lhuwiXFjLBbMHf7IqbYqqC3UIN_kcxdLvMekVqZlof3afNx_CpCQTpMryw9IGLU2oKUEIpgo18aefBa4EkZUvkNlUC3Ijb_hzBurk8z7j5mRTERjqNF/s475/57113819._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuEAV51R-ZlkeJXX8bX8DTZv0w5Y5dnR6NhncKYicY0CJRQetAGrBUr2cs7PPvziw5rEF3lhuwiXFjLBbMHf7IqbYqqC3UIN_kcxdLvMekVqZlof3afNx_CpCQTpMryw9IGLU2oKUEIpgo18aefBa4EkZUvkNlUC3Ijb_hzBurk8z7j5mRTERjqNF/s320/57113819._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>White Smoke </i>is an amazing haunted house story that also delves into racism, poverty, the school-to-prison pipeline, and gentrification. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60MR6DYeO_zxI_BK32uU8UTS09dTkHrhu_-5RolamKHpVEXppijSjwX1FNIm60zFrhbAL0OoerCrMSosKwdcjaOey0SoF3yL6dUU21Jt20U2KJ-5cd8pGgfHi6PfwU0oTrrYq9BJUdRCLmIyr_sO-4XVZ3uayg5tY3GDFJcEW4yg5DyaCP8EZakjz/s346/38910538.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="230" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60MR6DYeO_zxI_BK32uU8UTS09dTkHrhu_-5RolamKHpVEXppijSjwX1FNIm60zFrhbAL0OoerCrMSosKwdcjaOey0SoF3yL6dUU21Jt20U2KJ-5cd8pGgfHi6PfwU0oTrrYq9BJUdRCLmIyr_sO-4XVZ3uayg5tY3GDFJcEW4yg5DyaCP8EZakjz/s320/38910538.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Remember the horror movie <i>The Grudge</i>? This definitely has <i>Grudge</i>-like vibes. Truly a scary horror novel. </span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Graphic novels:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QhNLA_ZsEcqbGDFQRITm-YuxFFCrx6alZkAhiDVjEbnKFGgwBZfKb_5VYHhmo1TMFmE-DnLadqXU-Mq2we4B4gGGvldt9kAuZZS46EyHDszBz786bLk5pa2lCMZkAch3eLu1lXQ6wGgP46pn-JeE4Tpi9-XBUNq6_bVnNtNZKlA-mZfRZlRtm9Oa/s475/40030311._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QhNLA_ZsEcqbGDFQRITm-YuxFFCrx6alZkAhiDVjEbnKFGgwBZfKb_5VYHhmo1TMFmE-DnLadqXU-Mq2we4B4gGGvldt9kAuZZS46EyHDszBz786bLk5pa2lCMZkAch3eLu1lXQ6wGgP46pn-JeE4Tpi9-XBUNq6_bVnNtNZKlA-mZfRZlRtm9Oa/s320/40030311._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This graphic novel reminds me of my own experiences of moving to a small town. I moved from Hawaii rather than Seoul, so I didn't have to deal with a language barrier, but I felt much like Robin did - drowning in racism and a persistent feeling of otherness. This is such a powerful read.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEReyfIDzg-dRdNG7ki-L34leP46KWnj88v1r1y7J5PsHJcRq_c3K4yIc24fxQCiZBZly-_AU1VZvVhpvpGtfFKr2NgOvjdqmRfYZKHJaS4Z2k_kcQ1D_s9IVUkLAJ3EgpthAq4SFywBONGTuEYrtJalqi14QrhTiqQaztHdk5xzGlC7NpPc0AT6rX/s450/40864790.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEReyfIDzg-dRdNG7ki-L34leP46KWnj88v1r1y7J5PsHJcRq_c3K4yIc24fxQCiZBZly-_AU1VZvVhpvpGtfFKr2NgOvjdqmRfYZKHJaS4Z2k_kcQ1D_s9IVUkLAJ3EgpthAq4SFywBONGTuEYrtJalqi14QrhTiqQaztHdk5xzGlC7NpPc0AT6rX/s320/40864790.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I know a lot of the books on this list are heavy-hitters. This one is just a lot of fun! It's the perfect graphic novel to read during the fall, when you're sipping on some apple cider. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So readers, which books would you add?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpyayJzJIGtbO09UjQYCFb0Dxe8reBlSdqHX7tdkKxkxvhLk7R2jHJSV6Ozs20a_XenfatYyj7MSC42zMy18fK6uFUi_6BRV0My8Dq-yyavZqBqma38B9rbUib_3KxVYMNgqRrYAYEtwPDT5Rebmtou0o-TuARivoUOn_anQ-moN8_hLiUzV3gQnh/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpyayJzJIGtbO09UjQYCFb0Dxe8reBlSdqHX7tdkKxkxvhLk7R2jHJSV6Ozs20a_XenfatYyj7MSC42zMy18fK6uFUi_6BRV0My8Dq-yyavZqBqma38B9rbUib_3KxVYMNgqRrYAYEtwPDT5Rebmtou0o-TuARivoUOn_anQ-moN8_hLiUzV3gQnh/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-68775290969418767672022-08-01T09:00:00.001-04:002022-08-01T09:00:00.164-04:00It's Monday! What Are You Reading?<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6J167xe5mipnsZnvDB_dis9euIOogvrb358QbKIJWvacv9Gw2BuTPIE_UnrUWfJzNgHkbpKgyJDpfurjvX-WqvOtuzZRehgLHbaDF7yF2PZhlowEmt7iRdxgpZAOOT-UbaouDhaCHPcHbo7G2wOkvYSx_YjjhktdyI9m2kMMgTYvSJokUmZRQpRl/s320/IMWAYR.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="320" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6J167xe5mipnsZnvDB_dis9euIOogvrb358QbKIJWvacv9Gw2BuTPIE_UnrUWfJzNgHkbpKgyJDpfurjvX-WqvOtuzZRehgLHbaDF7yF2PZhlowEmt7iRdxgpZAOOT-UbaouDhaCHPcHbo7G2wOkvYSx_YjjhktdyI9m2kMMgTYvSJokUmZRQpRl/s1600/IMWAYR.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from </span><a href="http://bookjourney.net/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #bf8b38; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Journey.</a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at </span><a href="https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/" style="background: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; text-align: start;">The Book Date</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">.</span></a></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Jen Vincent, Teach Mentor Texts, and Kellee of <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #bf8b38; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Unleashing Readers</a> decided to give It’s Monday! a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels or anything in those genres – join them.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Well, my family is still quarantined. My husband tested positive again today. And while we're all much better than last week, we have 50% as much energy as we used to. Even Isobel is more prone to lying on the couch than running around and playing. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">This guy, on the other hand, is 100% better. He took all his medication and has been mingling with the bigger cats all week. As you can tell from the picture, he is very, very much at home.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqxwZmruIWKkOwqDp57jMGdggtg91D7P8C73oORYrWKDr6koRixdJbKt6DUTGzwsCvZYtXHasSsGD7jCQhFiSVY5HRzQq9HIA-1nddzbAKRPULCWkBQ82PiwbUAUXDXHMRGCoDzpQsxOj3JnuADLsSl6TdVDYfBpbGQz4lYO3JySfQc8Qowe6ZHuq/s4096/295673974_1957252224665722_3506265861725767252_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqxwZmruIWKkOwqDp57jMGdggtg91D7P8C73oORYrWKDr6koRixdJbKt6DUTGzwsCvZYtXHasSsGD7jCQhFiSVY5HRzQq9HIA-1nddzbAKRPULCWkBQ82PiwbUAUXDXHMRGCoDzpQsxOj3JnuADLsSl6TdVDYfBpbGQz4lYO3JySfQc8Qowe6ZHuq/s320/295673974_1957252224665722_3506265861725767252_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Books I read last week:</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I really delved into the horror genre last week. While all of these books were seriously amazing, <i>White Smoke </i>and <i>Too Bright to See </i>were my favorites. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yADELZ8LHqTmqmsL2HZxLQV2gFnRwwrZF4efTsrhxkBgEZbqBRD_a4UZlxQD_wtjHOXTStH0e7p7YIE8T-kDNiuxo_lEiiovrexH4JjdHtu1T4pgQi6wZDG8LtALOK0iSpNjyvpc-DOH6c8gT4-xYs6wliUd4KBx145siELQjB2yBe08VHj63vnG/s475/50434066._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yADELZ8LHqTmqmsL2HZxLQV2gFnRwwrZF4efTsrhxkBgEZbqBRD_a4UZlxQD_wtjHOXTStH0e7p7YIE8T-kDNiuxo_lEiiovrexH4JjdHtu1T4pgQi6wZDG8LtALOK0iSpNjyvpc-DOH6c8gT4-xYs6wliUd4KBx145siELQjB2yBe08VHj63vnG/s320/50434066._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNl5qrxHKLhcQbuggTykM_PJpAVJDN-aPdu7Ljuv5RkYTQV-9iXZaeC9lEqW8POxC7NBGJndC2JZQwQZH5P7SvfbjyHTSz3x--szGSQCNuKsJbONAn6VlK4e3XfGz5-kdE2axW05k7jV4fzcxFWIHbpOpzhqls9MuJPBeUY0N6w5-AwAJB1HQpJ6FM/s475/45298537._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">What are you reading?</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYPs-rEr0JJvGG6njV94DvbW2qW4tS5jZ-bO8pD5_E-DT9orAHcqzcZ8__WvgHUsyhQ4gjWgdYbvWpFxXRoTKawVNLL_NOwuMwFAzXlrW9ZoePm895jo8dmn1qUA93pklYHXzhwkJVQHpaJzYxSJ-AKo9GXF_w6q7nY6rCJwf9ooy58C5GdQGtE4ws/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYPs-rEr0JJvGG6njV94DvbW2qW4tS5jZ-bO8pD5_E-DT9orAHcqzcZ8__WvgHUsyhQ4gjWgdYbvWpFxXRoTKawVNLL_NOwuMwFAzXlrW9ZoePm895jo8dmn1qUA93pklYHXzhwkJVQHpaJzYxSJ-AKo9GXF_w6q7nY6rCJwf9ooy58C5GdQGtE4ws/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-85073047010873891772022-07-31T14:57:00.003-04:002022-07-31T14:57:35.046-04:00Stacking the Shelves #81<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6RkYzw3ixnW4eHYMG_p-kXQahu12DuDMHlPWqQYLDkQcsiBdPVMEZBCibk-VmoVIhtp11jeZ0tv-honfjCqooAL-N-EkgwoOn4hO05JKPqNNdgLjLECdTG1i58BYLKzj9f1qB9c_6ScbpBK9dP3Qdn15UaI8FqRjfKogSPc_O112o2QcXmhJDOgV/s768/Marlene-StackingShelvesFinal-768x524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="768" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6RkYzw3ixnW4eHYMG_p-kXQahu12DuDMHlPWqQYLDkQcsiBdPVMEZBCibk-VmoVIhtp11jeZ0tv-honfjCqooAL-N-EkgwoOn4hO05JKPqNNdgLjLECdTG1i58BYLKzj9f1qB9c_6ScbpBK9dP3Qdn15UaI8FqRjfKogSPc_O112o2QcXmhJDOgV/s320/Marlene-StackingShelvesFinal-768x524.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><div style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: left;">Stacking the Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical stores or online, books you borrow from the library, review books, and of course e-books! This is a weekly meme hosted by <a href="https://www.readingreality.net/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3964c1; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Reading Reality</a><span style="font-family: Lora, serif;">.</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">ARCs:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdSc9Jwe5WJ1yaSX2-8ILqlVVKp7ZsZSBR4Rfd6MrAAkDax2KCoLcGFLHxUhFCnvRBTcQn5Dpt3UJDuBdkRkdr8VRyrTk7saqvbOAj1iDwtCKHmmeb8UeUdHznf_WJI4GJB7U4JFPALzGOvmNT0MepTK6ic7tamJgkuc-TWCv92-38ypiWn0l-sI8/s400/59911411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxyTEddjX3qlt6DF3hZ58Q9_QAG7n4CfJ6FPjpjhxWUZVLvpHer-R_ebBKo19YCu4zE7DWDFP6_yGGIEPz2zm8sVuO_fJesZUPlQ-EuYSEAhvwyRXwOp3MXS2qo6nITmPoI1hS-4nK3OmIiCV1x7FtvyUuTbKcFhkmugw2JshQixqEQBf3uFdt36r/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxyTEddjX3qlt6DF3hZ58Q9_QAG7n4CfJ6FPjpjhxWUZVLvpHer-R_ebBKo19YCu4zE7DWDFP6_yGGIEPz2zm8sVuO_fJesZUPlQ-EuYSEAhvwyRXwOp3MXS2qo6nITmPoI1hS-4nK3OmIiCV1x7FtvyUuTbKcFhkmugw2JshQixqEQBf3uFdt36r/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Lora, serif;"><br /></span></div></span><p></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-77955047606733076252022-07-28T11:18:00.001-04:002022-07-28T11:18:00.165-04:00Anne of West Philly by Ivy Noelle Weir<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiP7Izb70x2wJyqJykWmNGl0QPVxuW8vHW_-VO4tL9oGUr3GnoBg1_EfEXM9cci-L-kchQrhi-5zkVpzyu5nszvd_YSb5v0ctwayxtz8QoEQ9TFEUmJIAShKiPErTR9BRH5R6a3VCCdZZ_2z3_x1B3_Mh-I-9vnyi74dvPtGDSV8iMMldFoTYDnLBS/s400/58340720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="279" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiP7Izb70x2wJyqJykWmNGl0QPVxuW8vHW_-VO4tL9oGUr3GnoBg1_EfEXM9cci-L-kchQrhi-5zkVpzyu5nszvd_YSb5v0ctwayxtz8QoEQ9TFEUmJIAShKiPErTR9BRH5R6a3VCCdZZ_2z3_x1B3_Mh-I-9vnyi74dvPtGDSV8iMMldFoTYDnLBS/s320/58340720.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Synopsis:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><i>Anne of Green Gables</i> with a twist: in this follow-up to <i>Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy </i>and <i>The Secret Garden on 81st Street</i>, this full-color graphic novel moves Anne Shirley to modern-day West Philadelphia, where where she finds new friends, new rivals, and a new family.</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">When Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert decide to foster a teenage girl for the first time, their lives are changed forever. Their redheaded foster daughter, Anne Shirley, is in search of an exciting life and has decided that West Philly is where she's going to find it. Armed with a big personality and unstoppable creativity, Anne takes her new home by storm as she joins the robotics club, makes new friends in Diana and Gilbert, experiences first love, and turns the ordinary into the extraordinary. But as Anne starts to get comfortable, she discovers one thing she wasn't looking for: a family.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Thoughts:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Raise your hand if you grew up on <i>Anne of Green Gables! </i>I loved the books when I was a kid, and 1980's mini-series was my go-to comfort show. So of course I was very excited to pick up a copy of this graphic novel adaptation. The Cuthberts are Anne's foster parents in this modern retelling, and Anne has to deal with stereotypes about being a "bad" foster kid. A lot of the story has remained true to the original Anne series, but I was pleasantly pleased by the few changes. It was so much fun to read!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UKF7hoUn9koVM3J0_KVTRuE0wZN5qohVlPZBrt2rbgblsjd1Qv1qW6yhmLV5Rxnjf4SCslqvV7HgHJc1DzdZYY9H2AX2ej1P0YV-nCZjOBgUF1LogbePApr-0Q_7-re-KoB81Rysz5LO56_iqXdD9vIfM-1U4351lkqv_RFFaO0uV0FTlRtLdxLJ/s292/wendi's%205%20star%20rating.png.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="53" data-original-width="292" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UKF7hoUn9koVM3J0_KVTRuE0wZN5qohVlPZBrt2rbgblsjd1Qv1qW6yhmLV5Rxnjf4SCslqvV7HgHJc1DzdZYY9H2AX2ej1P0YV-nCZjOBgUF1LogbePApr-0Q_7-re-KoB81Rysz5LO56_iqXdD9vIfM-1U4351lkqv_RFFaO0uV0FTlRtLdxLJ/s1600/wendi's%205%20star%20rating.png.png" width="292" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbQ3Jl6WXPM3Mm3dAbco8R7IfTvQvdY0ptX_ctH-b0yGWy2sU8IZGeJCbZEGy1StETfU9d_Lazh13oCzvH37o1psrOB1ET4Wfl9kLzrKGsth_9mXwgf_xTHSnZK-6zBvwjY6EvR2XcxjsqHwf-Co4RFyk7hZVfv8l-dH0pjqpjGuiOB8br75l8Y_P/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbQ3Jl6WXPM3Mm3dAbco8R7IfTvQvdY0ptX_ctH-b0yGWy2sU8IZGeJCbZEGy1StETfU9d_Lazh13oCzvH37o1psrOB1ET4Wfl9kLzrKGsth_9mXwgf_xTHSnZK-6zBvwjY6EvR2XcxjsqHwf-Co4RFyk7hZVfv8l-dH0pjqpjGuiOB8br75l8Y_P/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-12035551101334003642022-07-26T10:38:00.001-04:002022-07-26T10:38:00.153-04:00Ode to a Nobody by Caroline Brooks DuBois<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvqhdK7raVCFA-O9ogH1bBRpHJbkmndpSMURXlHwEIplYGO_K6Zj1CnQC-jPn4OcwJxNnFILsvWk0SWQC45olY18iJGj7BW5IWnVZRvVGS4rFDwMduBejU5tQRzKmNoCMwJ5nFVqxG1Dafc5ujcpgzLL9Ln3Hyo2TbYfkmA-rylctnT4i0IdMU4oE/s400/60418623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvqhdK7raVCFA-O9ogH1bBRpHJbkmndpSMURXlHwEIplYGO_K6Zj1CnQC-jPn4OcwJxNnFILsvWk0SWQC45olY18iJGj7BW5IWnVZRvVGS4rFDwMduBejU5tQRzKmNoCMwJ5nFVqxG1Dafc5ujcpgzLL9Ln3Hyo2TbYfkmA-rylctnT4i0IdMU4oE/s320/60418623.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Synopsis:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">A devastating tornado tears apart more than just houses in this striking novel in verse about a girl rebuilding herself.</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Before the storm, thirteen-year-old Quinn was happy flying under the radar. She was average. Unremarkable. Always looking for an escape from her house, where her bickering parents fawned over her genius big brother.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Inside our broken home / we didn't know how broken / the world outside was.</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">But after the storm, Quinn can't seem to go back to average. Her friends weren't affected by the tornado in the same way. To them, the storm left behind a playground of abandoned houses and distracted adults. As Quinn struggles to find stability in the tornado's aftermath, she must choose: between homes, friendships, and versions of herself.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Nothing that was mine / yesterday is mine today.</i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Told in rich, spectacular verse, Caroline Brooks DuBois crafts a powerful story of redemption as Quinn makes her way from Before to After. There's nothing average about the world Quinn wakes up to after the storm; maybe there's nothing average about her, either. This emotional coming-of-age journey for middle grade readers proves that it's never too late to be the person you want to be.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">My Thoughts:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Quinn feels she has no one on her side except her friend Jack. Her parents lavish praise on her older brother, absent from the home because he has gone on to college. She and her brother have a contentious relationship: he once accused her of destroying their parents' marriage. To make things even more difficult, Jack also has a new BFF, Jade. Jade bullies Quinn every chance she can get. But when a tornado hits her small town, Quinn's world is literally (and figuratively) turned upside down. Quinn and her mother move into a temporary home while Quinn's father tries to make their family house livable again. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">I often feel that prose novels are written in this style without any real reason, but here, the poetic line breaks resonate with Quinn's desire to write and become a poet. I love coming-of-age stories, and origin stories of budding writers are particularly dear to my heart.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkN6qQsbz8DFx4dmG_BQuWYoyA_q_LzwMubQ3ZXrmh6VJvO1tqJEauBGNXkMvM1jhMtZA_7qsfIqb8-F1Al7QfNcGhZE-rLbB931n2d7tiobvt8qBs4W-ORth1Mvv_MxSZ0qldbHuKUKcWGP_9OaF8pakvFV_5daY0-OFtJtdylt9DzG5uElQdDak1/s292/wendis%204%20star%20rating.png.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="53" data-original-width="292" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkN6qQsbz8DFx4dmG_BQuWYoyA_q_LzwMubQ3ZXrmh6VJvO1tqJEauBGNXkMvM1jhMtZA_7qsfIqb8-F1Al7QfNcGhZE-rLbB931n2d7tiobvt8qBs4W-ORth1Mvv_MxSZ0qldbHuKUKcWGP_9OaF8pakvFV_5daY0-OFtJtdylt9DzG5uElQdDak1/s1600/wendis%204%20star%20rating.png.png" width="292" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVklmZ6_D9B_U2gR6Rx75QqYl4fPR8hKIno2scVNHCAewcHuFn2Qnx6iLlGaT-kpsAgsgsQVY-_K1b4KAq7Z65-JM62ZvzAtF3f2FLdNDKjVALjiPHl_pBQjyBjLoxxDtGExV2OTQo97YwE779YNyx9UiQ2EDbDmh_u1ZHCp0Uq4enHERrH24pVij/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVklmZ6_D9B_U2gR6Rx75QqYl4fPR8hKIno2scVNHCAewcHuFn2Qnx6iLlGaT-kpsAgsgsQVY-_K1b4KAq7Z65-JM62ZvzAtF3f2FLdNDKjVALjiPHl_pBQjyBjLoxxDtGExV2OTQo97YwE779YNyx9UiQ2EDbDmh_u1ZHCp0Uq4enHERrH24pVij/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><p></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-84714585639334873382022-07-25T21:13:00.007-04:002022-07-25T21:13:54.443-04:00It's Monday! What are You Reading?<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdJovn11NAr1-9GjYaO6_J0JrVWNx1V1KR79dIPBe6PZSBKqjaarrhdQgCChRlbQU1a4QJy8wCBa42Yedp0A-cZVMh5GhbOxeUaLJXWyDjgAm5UXH0EejCw8zYDZOitAjlPeGSJPspXmKf0OzCqVahmIi6BRnP8Kwh8I-NCCFaUekR1o57tzXRYRJ/s320/IMWAYR.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="320" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdJovn11NAr1-9GjYaO6_J0JrVWNx1V1KR79dIPBe6PZSBKqjaarrhdQgCChRlbQU1a4QJy8wCBa42Yedp0A-cZVMh5GhbOxeUaLJXWyDjgAm5UXH0EejCw8zYDZOitAjlPeGSJPspXmKf0OzCqVahmIi6BRnP8Kwh8I-NCCFaUekR1o57tzXRYRJ/s1600/IMWAYR.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from </span><a href="http://bookjourney.net/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #bf8b38; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Journey.</a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at </span><a href="https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/" style="background: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; text-align: start;">The Book Date</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">.</span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Jen Vincent, Teach Mentor Texts, and Kellee of <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #bf8b38; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Unleashing Readers</a> decided to give It’s Monday! a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels or anything in those genres – join them.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">We had a great week - at first. We went to birthday parties, saw extended family, and viewed the cars racing at the Vintage Grand Prix. Isobel even got to sit in one of the cars.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAxiJXUO7ZARH3a6l9a9jJca7LYccarunuUYlm19bMPaqqytq8AC1XsyxWjkS-22fbuu9znmhWBiX1ML7_b7a1onXnY-PY4uHrqOTFTY3iZU7RRQUyy2HLUfm_cK1s8y4rcRzcRLMsSyom1ZkxOEH5ymQJ2qfiMwGa1mibX8njFUEwGC8XTWEeisj/s2592/295347668_396632229117982_9038872174852362843_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAxiJXUO7ZARH3a6l9a9jJca7LYccarunuUYlm19bMPaqqytq8AC1XsyxWjkS-22fbuu9znmhWBiX1ML7_b7a1onXnY-PY4uHrqOTFTY3iZU7RRQUyy2HLUfm_cK1s8y4rcRzcRLMsSyom1ZkxOEH5ymQJ2qfiMwGa1mibX8njFUEwGC8XTWEeisj/s320/295347668_396632229117982_9038872174852362843_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And then on Saturday morning, I started having Covid symptoms and tested positive. John is just as sick. Isobel only has a sore throat, thankfully. She's also still testing negative. We're going to miss birthday parties and other fun events this week. But this virus is nothing to mess with! I feel winded just going up a flight of stairs. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Being homebound did mean more time to read, however. </span></div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Books I read last week:</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="520" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQVIiwQyvbGXlLOkWB33cNixn3NVKfXmknV5n8piz2nnpSFfMxVHLGyIa7alDhASOf5daLxnU-EZcyScaxDyDDsL9DnDILsIlZIuSo_AOk5lfZ2c5Qvm-S3G_Ti4-Ql66pjOGbRb78eryQ3_qqLRHGg5yEh-WdX53aAveOTCPy60SV-zpIRLb8APm/s320/59571988.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Up next:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwotnV2JtSh6L5_MoCSnObiUYpUA9SYq5qWC3JjYywqSYrcy5BuLqEHWg71JwMQMly1hC6Qq3FiodEohKO-ikTtCQS-2LoXDZq-D5e-hkyDRNLPSrmRlF8lQCrk_ZItFfmy7vS5v5kMVf1eADTIgwfTw-dgcb63u_4pEDSR8CRSyl3MXZv8fFofJX4/s475/45298537._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwotnV2JtSh6L5_MoCSnObiUYpUA9SYq5qWC3JjYywqSYrcy5BuLqEHWg71JwMQMly1hC6Qq3FiodEohKO-ikTtCQS-2LoXDZq-D5e-hkyDRNLPSrmRlF8lQCrk_ZItFfmy7vS5v5kMVf1eADTIgwfTw-dgcb63u_4pEDSR8CRSyl3MXZv8fFofJX4/s320/45298537._SY475_.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What are you reading?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXZM9pDQrNeJwMqPICovgIeqQF6TpIBn6HjwmcjZEzjEnDJAbWggoqzHGi-k_pLNFmAq8xACC1eAwR2Oq0HZY-11Wvt7sZEQyF9lB_qAWVAentPac8hcG-olDadMCSoL6iQIFb5-lT7Sf0WJzObAOe4T2Dx0qFT76oMlKx4BMpL8ugOH1yF9s9R-hc/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXZM9pDQrNeJwMqPICovgIeqQF6TpIBn6HjwmcjZEzjEnDJAbWggoqzHGi-k_pLNFmAq8xACC1eAwR2Oq0HZY-11Wvt7sZEQyF9lB_qAWVAentPac8hcG-olDadMCSoL6iQIFb5-lT7Sf0WJzObAOe4T2Dx0qFT76oMlKx4BMpL8ugOH1yF9s9R-hc/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-23244108086712969702022-07-18T10:53:00.005-04:002022-07-18T10:53:50.347-04:00It's Monday! What Are You Reading and #MGReadathon Finish Line<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMeZ909E88S6DuG_dkXGsXCaS-bOGnF5Yzben8dlEQh6lPHZBsqdyDags3eH0Mz9tNklOeH3sbqbQW4eKbms5pujEPHs2wIZNJQNe-R7Cu7YbvCZgsWImWLbMVHkWweWOP8eKydyYPZrM8BFc7DPiOKhCCI7hh45K827iCVILBQ0lhbb6q1ERHuBu/s320/IMWAYR.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="320" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMeZ909E88S6DuG_dkXGsXCaS-bOGnF5Yzben8dlEQh6lPHZBsqdyDags3eH0Mz9tNklOeH3sbqbQW4eKbms5pujEPHs2wIZNJQNe-R7Cu7YbvCZgsWImWLbMVHkWweWOP8eKydyYPZrM8BFc7DPiOKhCCI7hh45K827iCVILBQ0lhbb6q1ERHuBu/s1600/IMWAYR.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from </span><a href="http://bookjourney.net/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #bf8b38; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Journey.</a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at </span><a href="https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/" style="background: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; text-align: start;">The Book Date</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">.</span></a></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Jen Vincent, Teach Mentor Texts, and Kellee of <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #bf8b38; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Unleashing Readers</a> decided to give It’s Monday! a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels or anything in those genres – join them.</span></div><div style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Another busy week! The most important update is this: we added a new family member to our home! This is Moose. He's three months old, and despite being sick (we took him to the vet the day after adopting him because he was eating funny - turns out that he has an upper respiratory infection and an ulcer on his tongue), he's the zoomiest, funniest kitten. Right now he's quarantined in a bedroom to keep the other cats from getting sick, which means that there are a lot of jealous cats to placate as we go back and forth. Luckily cats make great reading buddies! Or at least they do when they're older - right now, Moose likes to bite the corners of pages.</span></div><div style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTV0B_OGUmcMFIhnTbKfgc4x5qB6j8kNNj2LpNL-sGCScnpvPF38LGMp-cy-bpxAgNIqNWchE9wkhSQuWQf6ush7YDc0IOp7lCxwQAz5eIHdeTQEYoa49j6VYjQvpAWS55a_GuUAyTWS7pTgo44j8AgPuPwloFcPwerhPD_MhdMqBAbieupfj1zDg/s4096/293095889_571011607842990_1846316788627997508_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTV0B_OGUmcMFIhnTbKfgc4x5qB6j8kNNj2LpNL-sGCScnpvPF38LGMp-cy-bpxAgNIqNWchE9wkhSQuWQf6ush7YDc0IOp7lCxwQAz5eIHdeTQEYoa49j6VYjQvpAWS55a_GuUAyTWS7pTgo44j8AgPuPwloFcPwerhPD_MhdMqBAbieupfj1zDg/s320/293095889_571011607842990_1846316788627997508_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Despite this and a million other activities (playground parties, fencing lessons, food festivals), I participated in the 48 hour MGReadathon. I read five books! This was actually better than I thought I would do, considering Moose's surprise arrival into our lives! </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmVlFlEHDgWm1u_9tKkDqMzqG1UI2SD4BdKL9MFk-LEl9lJHxKKUABgC7z4UPyMNSwRurJG3ndOf63BaXcpzQIb45gmANk5KBvb6nGLJFtohGRo31BTxWZc_tDZoyTV7FsHQ6F1DTXaQ7mhHxoHmpmuvWZxC2fnO82298K4FT2P5hRz_a3X4Mtn1q/s320/48%20Hour%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmVlFlEHDgWm1u_9tKkDqMzqG1UI2SD4BdKL9MFk-LEl9lJHxKKUABgC7z4UPyMNSwRurJG3ndOf63BaXcpzQIb45gmANk5KBvb6nGLJFtohGRo31BTxWZc_tDZoyTV7FsHQ6F1DTXaQ7mhHxoHmpmuvWZxC2fnO82298K4FT2P5hRz_a3X4Mtn1q/s1600/48%20Hour%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Books I read last week:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1UVmNu-jkHAX-ODgg2dfncViQ4VeQOh81OVT5ra4XqufwBfGgp_MPg5FPwUJrCTdwPRsBaDX3Z0NUlA5yNmRpWPdp3fw7eEsV8HVAVEnRxlPWB7O_H5PKygeFnjhn6ozjbXuVwkee0QWNEQ4-Mx9w4-Hif_2yjZmQ-tYItdZ_x_-vu4lrfJBcHJw/s400/54017835.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="282" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1UVmNu-jkHAX-ODgg2dfncViQ4VeQOh81OVT5ra4XqufwBfGgp_MPg5FPwUJrCTdwPRsBaDX3Z0NUlA5yNmRpWPdp3fw7eEsV8HVAVEnRxlPWB7O_H5PKygeFnjhn6ozjbXuVwkee0QWNEQ4-Mx9w4-Hif_2yjZmQ-tYItdZ_x_-vu4lrfJBcHJw/s320/54017835.jpg" width="226" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshP_RCtHfPOTeidRmQj9Kk5KrX1jaWTvaBx3H5avg5WhfKdi8_3MyERl06kF27beikM9gpTDBQ1QgfttF7Kc3TJ2OZC-_ywUetHyensvbP4mWfRJZgRGFYOO-x6_o7mdOVnM_3jFyAGCqngHzsagrzEmktmplSTRRfwcwniUfSZ6tPNG62olq_Hzr/s600/55977848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Currently reading:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLD_O3uq1zatf89yTk6TvfcK9GkOn_sJtBNbDazk6GAbHJ49gDZiX9m2IicHRUT9295uSqqI-cqZ3it7wYcvo3AqeDFl9Qe3Y5z6tKo88_An5bCX32MHndbLQjkSTQyYcbqc_e752JjLdizLJIsY6HbZ8mbBJ1Fbe_e9Mc1iTFzJCCN87q0iEEiqUS/s400/44280822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="261" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLD_O3uq1zatf89yTk6TvfcK9GkOn_sJtBNbDazk6GAbHJ49gDZiX9m2IicHRUT9295uSqqI-cqZ3it7wYcvo3AqeDFl9Qe3Y5z6tKo88_An5bCX32MHndbLQjkSTQyYcbqc_e752JjLdizLJIsY6HbZ8mbBJ1Fbe_e9Mc1iTFzJCCN87q0iEEiqUS/s320/44280822.jpg" width="209" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdfAi_hh6KlJ8X7dhbiBbrSGpvv1CUzFQeBvMNruPAXkVROyN39mQHg3sqETbZoFxIQdIQ-RdEJ0-ahIi3CSFIIZ9-fxM5noN1EWXT3a6N9tEZYrrETE6zlqWNcoVdZyyq6qIyqIlq4Sb6uGhdoR-fvH5JqaM4uoyDVP4t-qq5FY1ET8QFEgvk79sc/s400/58340720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="279" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdfAi_hh6KlJ8X7dhbiBbrSGpvv1CUzFQeBvMNruPAXkVROyN39mQHg3sqETbZoFxIQdIQ-RdEJ0-ahIi3CSFIIZ9-fxM5noN1EWXT3a6N9tEZYrrETE6zlqWNcoVdZyyq6qIyqIlq4Sb6uGhdoR-fvH5JqaM4uoyDVP4t-qq5FY1ET8QFEgvk79sc/s320/58340720.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Up next:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqLqLV0i4i8ICA0Z-MxjNjNmnpP0d-QkiLA_AxskWlXHQ_rirD70K3p75ukiztt4hVIO_zvZmZMc1CJrZ0I0GcQekD1oAy9V6DeiwP0h52w68rtVgURnmV7sBChrGo69ejRVqhVf3onQ2GtYxvsejLEEeEP9J7ImVNppvrDK0nJdvG5TOeRPBJeU-M/s785/59571988.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="520" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqLqLV0i4i8ICA0Z-MxjNjNmnpP0d-QkiLA_AxskWlXHQ_rirD70K3p75ukiztt4hVIO_zvZmZMc1CJrZ0I0GcQekD1oAy9V6DeiwP0h52w68rtVgURnmV7sBChrGo69ejRVqhVf3onQ2GtYxvsejLEEeEP9J7ImVNppvrDK0nJdvG5TOeRPBJeU-M/s320/59571988.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What are you reading?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyb_aH5ZUetF9VxkB0t3ZdS4prYH5e-4gMGb0zbAWRQLAy4zDSuS5RN4DEQ44Onel8z4h5ayeb4Xfwf0QxQ_qZqFAmhXbImnjoVvYipr2yFnKIW7vJq91pk15xkIF37aFqiIy1NTyjsr0azfLiMhdySIm0lK930bCnY5BvW3ibvMywfPUcWSBiNKD7/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyb_aH5ZUetF9VxkB0t3ZdS4prYH5e-4gMGb0zbAWRQLAy4zDSuS5RN4DEQ44Onel8z4h5ayeb4Xfwf0QxQ_qZqFAmhXbImnjoVvYipr2yFnKIW7vJq91pk15xkIF37aFqiIy1NTyjsr0azfLiMhdySIm0lK930bCnY5BvW3ibvMywfPUcWSBiNKD7/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div></div></div></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div> <p></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-88571105243835953472022-07-16T11:42:00.001-04:002022-07-16T11:42:10.413-04:00#MGReadathon, Update #1<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfShUXClmgZIhkiowzkQWjxLaU9zN-hZ3WIAnuuMM2S0T5euKpBSUADFLv5Eq3VUJXUK0TcaWlag5NzS124abxttuNAODtU8aNCumLveoA_WZQ3AxELtUsWbMH1KPK164-st4uRhEDRQXgRqDuUCYacf5G0sSNEoNGjYIs7xMxFy9zmax7fvxCvjfy/s320/48%20Hour%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfShUXClmgZIhkiowzkQWjxLaU9zN-hZ3WIAnuuMM2S0T5euKpBSUADFLv5Eq3VUJXUK0TcaWlag5NzS124abxttuNAODtU8aNCumLveoA_WZQ3AxELtUsWbMH1KPK164-st4uRhEDRQXgRqDuUCYacf5G0sSNEoNGjYIs7xMxFy9zmax7fvxCvjfy/s1600/48%20Hour%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The kids and I have gone to a playground party and fencing lessons, so not much reading time. Instead, I've been reading very late at night and very early in the morning! My tally right now is two books, which seems miniscule, but the readathon isn't over yet!</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi711VTxNKIkTc8dEi1j2kbXmH8osE8GTJFLq1yMhtXMPJMp7fofxHaCmR9euERcGj5-2wdBN7bWz9jexZ-S8HswNnnmB5g4djNr8-vZBN2aeRwp8VtMdQ_I5ubLkb4xxgwNjJ5M1EDMbhMdfPXxIDPxcz4ihU9bKmTh6c6Epcaxde9afabm8QIIIlt/s400/59681621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi711VTxNKIkTc8dEi1j2kbXmH8osE8GTJFLq1yMhtXMPJMp7fofxHaCmR9euERcGj5-2wdBN7bWz9jexZ-S8HswNnnmB5g4djNr8-vZBN2aeRwp8VtMdQ_I5ubLkb4xxgwNjJ5M1EDMbhMdfPXxIDPxcz4ihU9bKmTh6c6Epcaxde9afabm8QIIIlt/s320/59681621.jpg" width="212" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3R7d23SGKHAhBW6rs5ndpE22GUWNnwXBzW7hoX0kC9mkVOT7JxlBmcYvVfF49YGC206kET44JFLV7YprTGQOyBc0JAIVGlI2sYQd413X10qkx_FQdL5HADh1XXJ1KSCBKnYnUjfieS_8DBP4RcY4jK128WYL4i0fTZoSXKxlzJydmg-fTB0U_NRns/s600/55977848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3R7d23SGKHAhBW6rs5ndpE22GUWNnwXBzW7hoX0kC9mkVOT7JxlBmcYvVfF49YGC206kET44JFLV7YprTGQOyBc0JAIVGlI2sYQd413X10qkx_FQdL5HADh1XXJ1KSCBKnYnUjfieS_8DBP4RcY4jK128WYL4i0fTZoSXKxlzJydmg-fTB0U_NRns/s320/55977848.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1xWS31tpsgGpzHUls8bkHj5UMICOx25xf2jHGtOOagHmk4ATjQhKu9dQU3pW1-j_kALFNlY46ySa354LeqpXC4DEzHTV51MAS-3RIqdLOcQBaCb25gesaOd7qSXL77nWnIrNTbeHpkKwoBh-a-0Tw1lGagpvAzPoUDTPX99mb8NL6ue5fBr9Li38/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1xWS31tpsgGpzHUls8bkHj5UMICOx25xf2jHGtOOagHmk4ATjQhKu9dQU3pW1-j_kALFNlY46ySa354LeqpXC4DEzHTV51MAS-3RIqdLOcQBaCb25gesaOd7qSXL77nWnIrNTbeHpkKwoBh-a-0Tw1lGagpvAzPoUDTPX99mb8NL6ue5fBr9Li38/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></div>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-23497442801494883902022-07-15T16:21:00.004-04:002022-07-15T16:21:53.422-04:00#MGReadathon Prep<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDcrLECJ2SAzC6BuiOdqUYAmp5hPRaDuaHsdLybe-Wd_iseS7skQL-LWW_5KYyakVry7bTqtgVtkAVMwSWGQ-FZgxoxwgi4wjY6UfB4V4AodG73Pwx7jDSmV7IFJniCbcMWFVglK8pBcbM_CLDGTAwDBSxzuNzIfBV1mK2RmcMRYUkqaReiIDBe_He/s320/48%20Hour%20(1).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDcrLECJ2SAzC6BuiOdqUYAmp5hPRaDuaHsdLybe-Wd_iseS7skQL-LWW_5KYyakVry7bTqtgVtkAVMwSWGQ-FZgxoxwgi4wjY6UfB4V4AodG73Pwx7jDSmV7IFJniCbcMWFVglK8pBcbM_CLDGTAwDBSxzuNzIfBV1mK2RmcMRYUkqaReiIDBe_He/s1600/48%20Hour%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am very excited to participate in #MGReadathon, hosted by Ms. Yingling. You can find more information about the readathon <a href="http://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2022/07/starting-line-mgreadathon.html" target="_blank">here</a>! This weekend is going to be busy with kids' activities and a food festival, but I plan on bringing a book with me, and reading as much as I can. I've been planning my TBR, and here's what I've come up with:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvnxE8Zi_hcNyAIvOmTH9z3I-oHa-YYbC8krhdhaMdk_3F0YZO6w05Va38QEl5_ALz1zuF5TQKa-A-FgvnfL74vtaNM_1nINqrDIZT3aeK86oOJlZFbZaPlSniQw0Tl7eiBHTbwuoTFtBUewfGe3RAKxiDIMWQkTfw3rGhec_MQ4pBaP70PS2bP3w/s463/61201965._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvnxE8Zi_hcNyAIvOmTH9z3I-oHa-YYbC8krhdhaMdk_3F0YZO6w05Va38QEl5_ALz1zuF5TQKa-A-FgvnfL74vtaNM_1nINqrDIZT3aeK86oOJlZFbZaPlSniQw0Tl7eiBHTbwuoTFtBUewfGe3RAKxiDIMWQkTfw3rGhec_MQ4pBaP70PS2bP3w/s320/61201965._SX318_.jpg" width="220" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3X5V4_PWSYruqoRWpoqVBngWK5UrC5r1a73e1Y07yAxoiugzHX71hK4KnizzpgGtckXalMX5QUBdTdLdZhrLMGNpseGtk0GoWOJ73NnaS4mbdgGzKwWJ9CyZ5hO68yXnfj5Kpi0WL5ztVA3vReVcrcc3fozB7EU11Al0kNkBjYTsvoXMmDyjwmLrs/s400/58340720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What do you think? Can you recommend any other quick middle grade reads?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIFrQYJ37ZYsPKwAP_oOSGulD4U9MRXrRgMsnFMrwtpRobVp3Y6hq9ZFaCQGO4vL7VRLcvKKXTU-XVlr8Mv75GEnNavWHN-AUQlSvg0lPd8HoYAGKTmJCjFQWw4MBnKTqPUPcd97Eul5YHag7uIpiDLAtgABAbBgYYBr2J2zIpZ0SwPpJpCHtOLCC/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIFrQYJ37ZYsPKwAP_oOSGulD4U9MRXrRgMsnFMrwtpRobVp3Y6hq9ZFaCQGO4vL7VRLcvKKXTU-XVlr8Mv75GEnNavWHN-AUQlSvg0lPd8HoYAGKTmJCjFQWw4MBnKTqPUPcd97Eul5YHag7uIpiDLAtgABAbBgYYBr2J2zIpZ0SwPpJpCHtOLCC/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-33713974793305092612022-07-11T08:00:00.013-04:002022-07-11T14:43:42.009-04:00It's Monday! What Are You Reading?<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIkivx__SDWMQchqPYO7mUj_Pfb-i4xFPebY8gdU0VLSrd7Ey8x4br9XcqAdhR9NKJi23mWDjUgwSLRw9QHqeoTofzNbx65CRUqgc1yEW609ugtAoyhltZHCtWp4DtJ74NsumaMNyHiGPPxHOQjcE5z4CR_5JkI79nONJpHzI_djWKYpMaDtxmagr5/s320/IMWAYR.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="320" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIkivx__SDWMQchqPYO7mUj_Pfb-i4xFPebY8gdU0VLSrd7Ey8x4br9XcqAdhR9NKJi23mWDjUgwSLRw9QHqeoTofzNbx65CRUqgc1yEW609ugtAoyhltZHCtWp4DtJ74NsumaMNyHiGPPxHOQjcE5z4CR_5JkI79nONJpHzI_djWKYpMaDtxmagr5/s1600/IMWAYR.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: justify;">It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from </span><a href="http://bookjourney.net/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #bf8b38; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Journey.</a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: justify;"> Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at </span><a href="https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/" style="background: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; text-align: start;">The Book Date</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">.</span></a></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Jen Vincent, Teach Mentor Texts, and Kellee of <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #bf8b38; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Unleashing Readers</a> decided to give It’s Monday! a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels or anything in those genres – join them.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">What I read last week:</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Up next:</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3WZm0824UFtI-FTB9zbOCEQmRo7GSvHRKDqHm8LVuBKeP6ho5SUFBRq_wm29fbSzeFq-Yi3d4HxsfvfWEdtF-jNpkwgCl6rP_BnJeLV2x5tMhEs-a90RSETOhm4y9KLXva_hDfv4HhGxpM2R1IZoFoZkqCPtDHzOxA0M-3oiGsXDaHMc3i1XdlNu/s475/57814673._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="308" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3WZm0824UFtI-FTB9zbOCEQmRo7GSvHRKDqHm8LVuBKeP6ho5SUFBRq_wm29fbSzeFq-Yi3d4HxsfvfWEdtF-jNpkwgCl6rP_BnJeLV2x5tMhEs-a90RSETOhm4y9KLXva_hDfv4HhGxpM2R1IZoFoZkqCPtDHzOxA0M-3oiGsXDaHMc3i1XdlNu/s320/57814673._SY475_.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">What are you reading?</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUd-CMPnWTEeN2rYn49B46ZLn3m7LWhOHLERRJDbDxrAJd5VIzetwA5muZtW84g7SHf5Ae2kqTYwyiKlxY3VPWWHpLUXbQGJJO97rMD6786vLSMb10noCsH4YHmC6JFdLKvypF8QbALVM_LsOhDU2ED3FN_c8wMLFxXl895DqfoL0sQOZyAQyTV8nt/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUd-CMPnWTEeN2rYn49B46ZLn3m7LWhOHLERRJDbDxrAJd5VIzetwA5muZtW84g7SHf5Ae2kqTYwyiKlxY3VPWWHpLUXbQGJJO97rMD6786vLSMb10noCsH4YHmC6JFdLKvypF8QbALVM_LsOhDU2ED3FN_c8wMLFxXl895DqfoL0sQOZyAQyTV8nt/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-25697658599174879962022-07-09T08:30:00.009-04:002022-07-09T08:30:00.153-04:00Stacking the Shelves #80<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtvlMYoSktuxz_-drUaSRBUcFhtyjHjRXwPJIWgbwcdt92bCDtAd1jVgRL14tAqu7iinjT2B5c-5Djhq-v9FTOLT6KJ03Z-q8K2sxKYj2JEocBb0iXeCqFj0-q8MGBpYB-Y3QQyAF5D81Qc9rhhSqGqL4vSR-tDsb-uQkBAHfqWXni1wcyHUtYCac/s768/Marlene-StackingShelvesFinal-768x524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="768" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtvlMYoSktuxz_-drUaSRBUcFhtyjHjRXwPJIWgbwcdt92bCDtAd1jVgRL14tAqu7iinjT2B5c-5Djhq-v9FTOLT6KJ03Z-q8K2sxKYj2JEocBb0iXeCqFj0-q8MGBpYB-Y3QQyAF5D81Qc9rhhSqGqL4vSR-tDsb-uQkBAHfqWXni1wcyHUtYCac/s320/Marlene-StackingShelvesFinal-768x524.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><div style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Stacking the Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical stores or online, books you borrow from the library, review books, and of course e-books! This is a weekly meme hosted by <a href="https://www.readingreality.net/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3964c1; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Reading Reality</a><span style="font-family: Lora, serif;">.</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">ARCs:</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM10-tKHkAE-ZbEhsgKMHDjx7DhLu5YjiBSdlBarhpOzaQ83nd8f8Nbo80eXotSDSMhHmtyow_4TX0oenGpcfxtAf8HQtLTTbT32T2lWIRjR69ZrJAwn5HTkXMzp0POCa5I7JDW29cxDoVMX01CgiWIqa2G5ggKG4oGJBXPDE1z7AE6YqmfDwBXfpR/s475/57814673._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-EZOTsFZS_EB7LMybq7r4APfdeLymshR6n_cKPa9_SLTb_Cp04EzxSYzTyCzDTo7bo9T4SsViOkBfFnmBnIcsuGrYVcd-4-sSF7DDppLjTlLjkujK7n7VW0Lk5NMSHOEb8poFV0E1iluMraTYRuELUaK_iSAhvMv_p_dakC0gFR1opl6IHds0I8g/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></span><p></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-89899716373722719682022-07-04T21:11:00.004-04:002022-07-04T21:11:52.457-04:00It's Monday! What Are You Reading?<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByiCTflhhiROI5gtdTwJPdvFgPFVZnAQH-A_8L25WRM0flOVmy2NoC9OJCxRCLwE4a8KN33a59o2JkIgmsJgFXVuuq39MG3rRNMyXfcOYo79W5i21fb7npxQ92X3LMKMcmyXgkXrrpQ6foBtHUoB64dDLeGb7RHfczQefMLn5p3GzmGkrI0i9VoVw/s320/IMWAYR.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="320" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByiCTflhhiROI5gtdTwJPdvFgPFVZnAQH-A_8L25WRM0flOVmy2NoC9OJCxRCLwE4a8KN33a59o2JkIgmsJgFXVuuq39MG3rRNMyXfcOYo79W5i21fb7npxQ92X3LMKMcmyXgkXrrpQ6foBtHUoB64dDLeGb7RHfczQefMLn5p3GzmGkrI0i9VoVw/s1600/IMWAYR.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: justify;">It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from </span><a href="http://bookjourney.net/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #bf8b38; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Journey.</a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: justify;"> Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at </span><a href="https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/" style="background: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; text-align: start;">The Book Date</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">.</span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Jen Vincent, Teach Mentor Texts, and Kellee of <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #bf8b38; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Unleashing Readers</a> decided to give It’s Monday! a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels or anything in those genres – join them.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">It's the 4th of July! And apparently, I thought today was Sunday, not Monday, which is why this post is so late. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">We went to Erie for the weekend, which was a lot of fun. But the most exciting event last week was receiving this from my neighbor! </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNwIoTfG5IJgdseGwqWcX6goH_4jyD44lMX1MzdUe5wp6hNgRzB5vmjlewQaSa53Z_XdfySwFdYxQjBZeQ6gZmw5aL5R4IFsvpMwaC9Qsxms0Y_-FAm54hi5RfMh74YC7ZjoryiMciskhvyJyAIGAZcFBVt7j4Y-Jez7ZftBECN76IvG7PKY5fy7G/s4096/290626319_733737711020664_2545270753832588284_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNwIoTfG5IJgdseGwqWcX6goH_4jyD44lMX1MzdUe5wp6hNgRzB5vmjlewQaSa53Z_XdfySwFdYxQjBZeQ6gZmw5aL5R4IFsvpMwaC9Qsxms0Y_-FAm54hi5RfMh74YC7ZjoryiMciskhvyJyAIGAZcFBVt7j4Y-Jez7ZftBECN76IvG7PKY5fy7G/s320/290626319_733737711020664_2545270753832588284_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A garbage bag full of raw sheep's wool! I've wanted to process, dye, and spin my own fiber since visiting Williamsburg last year, so I'm very excited about this. I've dyed natural yarn, but never roving for spinning, and I've certainly never skirted and scoured raw wool! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So far I've only experimented with a small amount of the wool. I did a rinse and several washes, and the wool is drying as I type this. I'll take pictures of the roving when I finally get to that step. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkziSfJNii816pSOzEJfePvRvWvdzssKD18lkKpek_GzVLUT07MvtvM7AtLj2a2s_lyVbsBGF8eA0Mf2OwOMrg_MrpaP7GoXpWJuLZOrS-tTvyOC6cwV-LEtjyiIIrSVV68POhIgTyKWoXmg1loIPCPAb8JNtL2cR4TdC1SGxSNaYioDOGpJvBE2ma/s4096/290267485_797897801369010_1626298648640573710_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkziSfJNii816pSOzEJfePvRvWvdzssKD18lkKpek_GzVLUT07MvtvM7AtLj2a2s_lyVbsBGF8eA0Mf2OwOMrg_MrpaP7GoXpWJuLZOrS-tTvyOC6cwV-LEtjyiIIrSVV68POhIgTyKWoXmg1loIPCPAb8JNtL2cR4TdC1SGxSNaYioDOGpJvBE2ma/s320/290267485_797897801369010_1626298648640573710_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">What I read last week:</span></div><div style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBr4E8WUULshs9EUkUbA1x_U3tNPnk06Oc0f8df8A9H3jyRQGppmuSxruPEM6aOZ9QESAe7E5wAb0AznV3Tov7Hx81k-aRnSyn6ZSEzFoeUjjFR8hjVg6p3ZOMmMHVAI7f6P1JWTw8OQOyVGI5d1pUEY2oAXfZ9xsqfcEp2iBwo-V9-MNNNsCjxfLK/s475/38188725._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBr4E8WUULshs9EUkUbA1x_U3tNPnk06Oc0f8df8A9H3jyRQGppmuSxruPEM6aOZ9QESAe7E5wAb0AznV3Tov7Hx81k-aRnSyn6ZSEzFoeUjjFR8hjVg6p3ZOMmMHVAI7f6P1JWTw8OQOyVGI5d1pUEY2oAXfZ9xsqfcEp2iBwo-V9-MNNNsCjxfLK/s320/38188725._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxkSbc4oje2pLjbHEg3hl2x6Jwcbx7WiY3T9LIMEwL5YfraqGoJEg_rCl0Kq77Xh2FStFzHtcZ-724apVgS6HByBVVvJzcnMaWLG8RkfKdj4gBYOpAmMnSd0xuo_ZqR7qP67tg0D8-Sv6wHjTEyHV_aJ7DBrKADalO0DACoh6z8Y1hcqM6EFp7Rwd/s400/50997628.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Currently reading:</span></div><div style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-2UQyq1GsY0TX2hTaQ3OABAtxJXkPE4YxVLOXTIru_z3T_lLpmsCSnxmGkax5ZcalEDjP-DGQi-_nZhHufhS3drdk5_jiT0-Y6r_xgxt7JN7aiuf3H8gz_vD72AOaSj6UpBYUAFUqH8uzZwOie0TT08mr0p2syhg_bYd6gu9B__NSIatvZWVT83L/s400/56905030%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-2UQyq1GsY0TX2hTaQ3OABAtxJXkPE4YxVLOXTIru_z3T_lLpmsCSnxmGkax5ZcalEDjP-DGQi-_nZhHufhS3drdk5_jiT0-Y6r_xgxt7JN7aiuf3H8gz_vD72AOaSj6UpBYUAFUqH8uzZwOie0TT08mr0p2syhg_bYd6gu9B__NSIatvZWVT83L/s320/56905030%20(1).jpg" width="212" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Up next:</span></div><div style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNZcznrLqW90RxXhMzUA6l2GTGyeFqXz5o9OzoYk4pSy3GbnLzLGPsFQ0UWvoxhlKlxxUG6S5j04rIoILk1PjlDsNjb6_Pr9jDLRMkHhe5BMy-tYika26FgUrw2mXpxSOqlJ6VTciazpyOI7pbKt42OCzArsC4ygfXUu1XQ0GfvXZ4Co_rrNhdGBv/s452/43605207._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNZcznrLqW90RxXhMzUA6l2GTGyeFqXz5o9OzoYk4pSy3GbnLzLGPsFQ0UWvoxhlKlxxUG6S5j04rIoILk1PjlDsNjb6_Pr9jDLRMkHhe5BMy-tYika26FgUrw2mXpxSOqlJ6VTciazpyOI7pbKt42OCzArsC4ygfXUu1XQ0GfvXZ4Co_rrNhdGBv/s320/43605207._SX318_.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">What are you reading?</span></div><div style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-cjYY72l9ymObi-WCQPLaVdnm2luxW8EEgpoii-23i_8YAue95aTQ0fYK0SPq9zuRud8J5X1qgN2qCjYuO-PYDDQD3eto3Bi1s4vxP7mrbsNWucRutnhwKAmNV2cyvC2ti2S5MUiHr9nR7zchzoqx7rmzPL-FJBNAY0tTPdKMxHEbNR-JhO_gqcU4/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-cjYY72l9ymObi-WCQPLaVdnm2luxW8EEgpoii-23i_8YAue95aTQ0fYK0SPq9zuRud8J5X1qgN2qCjYuO-PYDDQD3eto3Bi1s4vxP7mrbsNWucRutnhwKAmNV2cyvC2ti2S5MUiHr9nR7zchzoqx7rmzPL-FJBNAY0tTPdKMxHEbNR-JhO_gqcU4/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-30176745662689105802022-06-30T08:30:00.001-04:002022-06-30T08:30:00.162-04:00Gibberish by Young Vo<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQGdsOd72myiNre9jOfI1MIGvPG1_BV8LDgHCd0PHIOdlXfUKH-Jh985nUlMWv_omE-UBu27BukVmIBNSgs1kAIvRxSwl_WokjjSofGNlgJRM6Hwvyi3ei1_dRHh170RM5kny-Gx5SbQqhbExyF5b0IE0VSkC355uyLt6-AFUlMMPIFfOqo51jF0H/s318/58739418._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="272" data-original-width="318" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQGdsOd72myiNre9jOfI1MIGvPG1_BV8LDgHCd0PHIOdlXfUKH-Jh985nUlMWv_omE-UBu27BukVmIBNSgs1kAIvRxSwl_WokjjSofGNlgJRM6Hwvyi3ei1_dRHh170RM5kny-Gx5SbQqhbExyF5b0IE0VSkC355uyLt6-AFUlMMPIFfOqo51jF0H/s1600/58739418._SX318_.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Synopsis:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span id="freeText15454294958027714981" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">It's Dat's first day of school in a new country! Dat and his Mah made a long journey to get here, and Dat doesn't know the language. To Dat, everything everybody says – from the school bus driver to his new classmates – sounds like gibberish. How is Dat going to make new friends if they can't understand each other?<br /><br />Luckily there's a friendly girl in Dat's class who knows that there are other ways to communicate, besides just talking. Could she help make sense of the gibberish?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Thoughts:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Dat arrives in a new country, and starts his first day of school. Everything around him sounds like gibberish, and the people around him resemble cartoon caricatures instead of actual people. The entire neighborhood is in stark black and white. And then a girl befriends him, and as she teaches him words in this new language, the cartoons drop away, leaving a vibrant world of possibility. I really liked this picture book, and I think it's a wonderful way of showing young readers how it feels like to be an immigrant in a new country without knowing the language.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg827N54UBtgsl7EYeA4C4kfMtbj4xTWm5YnnD4fnTOWalD1YbTwPI5jbtgM116kGj8M3ONz3kxkG7PWHISpVLk5zYplstDO4e_Lovs0BFbKHbrlO9srINODVEh2eUDdBe9ZIEY0qBg0IIyBrSvau5V2X7m4U8t7kZFFgnoITGOuwkusblJdKqPHgvc/s292/wendi's%205%20star%20rating.png.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="53" data-original-width="292" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg827N54UBtgsl7EYeA4C4kfMtbj4xTWm5YnnD4fnTOWalD1YbTwPI5jbtgM116kGj8M3ONz3kxkG7PWHISpVLk5zYplstDO4e_Lovs0BFbKHbrlO9srINODVEh2eUDdBe9ZIEY0qBg0IIyBrSvau5V2X7m4U8t7kZFFgnoITGOuwkusblJdKqPHgvc/s1600/wendi's%205%20star%20rating.png.png" width="292" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2d6wP0FSK1ITUVIHVfcAJxI6CYlMbZUP_FDpPLqyhBT4E1DW9IEjQYDJF-YTOPQNEpCqkjr77G2MJoVLEVlg8gCbYJfVoeeEJ-8O8b4LgcX9VQpSr7aIl8pbXVdxyGXaDUM7m2qS_VcdpvFRRpA2D2g18rXDrgnB_j6K9lI0iZGedD8RV-G9ePdEu/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2d6wP0FSK1ITUVIHVfcAJxI6CYlMbZUP_FDpPLqyhBT4E1DW9IEjQYDJF-YTOPQNEpCqkjr77G2MJoVLEVlg8gCbYJfVoeeEJ-8O8b4LgcX9VQpSr7aIl8pbXVdxyGXaDUM7m2qS_VcdpvFRRpA2D2g18rXDrgnB_j6K9lI0iZGedD8RV-G9ePdEu/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-69145694436302471642022-06-28T09:38:00.002-04:002022-06-28T09:38:00.165-04:00For Better or Cursed by Kate Williams<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMmWNNqzyDgR1zT-I5toVJutWf2iwno6BsFF9-3xKriZ9LJuWhVOYKmSBmV_xKbkMPdHW_rpv1xlJfyl0hym2uDWU0ORpIpgQ2T10B-al7gsFzOed3-wcB6Suf_R6wJl8iCfY62wDpuJqY4TjKP08Tb9rYa1xQp6A2YTZmc2AVpa3_sVnlqXPxVTU/s475/43848519._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMmWNNqzyDgR1zT-I5toVJutWf2iwno6BsFF9-3xKriZ9LJuWhVOYKmSBmV_xKbkMPdHW_rpv1xlJfyl0hym2uDWU0ORpIpgQ2T10B-al7gsFzOed3-wcB6Suf_R6wJl8iCfY62wDpuJqY4TjKP08Tb9rYa1xQp6A2YTZmc2AVpa3_sVnlqXPxVTU/s320/43848519._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Synopsis:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span id="freeText11579976826446645818" style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><b>Adventures in Babysitting meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this funny, action-packed sequel about a coven of witchy babysitters who realize their calling to protect the innocent and save the world from an onslaught of evil.</b><br /><br />Esme Pearl's life used to be all about bumming rides and babysitting. Sure, it wasn't glamorous, but it was predictable. All that changed when Cassandra Heaven came to town, and they discovered their complicated, and connected, legacy: Esme and Cassandra are Sitters, supernaturally-gifted teens armed with an ever-changing grimoire of Sitter witchcraft to help them protect the innocent and keep evil demons at bay. You know, the typical teenage stuff.<br /><br />But just as Esme is starting to adjust to--and maybe even like--her new normal, life lobs another glitter bomb her way. The Synod--the Sitterhood's governing circle--has called a Summit, a once-in-a-generation gathering that promises training, education, and whole lot of ice-breakers.<br /><br />Esme should be excited--a Summit might mean she can finally get the answers she desperately wants--but she can't shake a building sense of panic. Especially since Cassandra's not acting like herself; Esme's dad is MIA; Pig is out of dog food; Janis is scared to be alone; and there's a guy who seems too good to be true, again. Worst of all, it soon becomes clear, there's no one watching the kids. It's obvious the Summit is a haute mess, but will it be a deadly one, too?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> </span></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">My Thoughts:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">I'll be honest. I didn't love the first book, <i>The Babysitter's Coven</i>, as much as I thought I would. I picked this up because I absolutely love the cover (of all three books, honestly), and because I was a big fan of Buffy when I was younger. I'm glad I did, I really enjoyed this installment!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Bringing all the other sitters and the Synod to town was both interesting and fun. I loved meeting the different characters, amidst the chaos of Cassandra's worsening condition and Brian, who is desperately trying to use Party City funds to create a sophisticated soiree. There was a lot more world-building than in the first book, and I think the mystery of Esme's mother's curse is especially compelling. Plus, the energy in the book was contagious! I can't wait to read the third book!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fP2uqZTiWtnd8S81RyEyU1OqH-UxoRWECuk6KyolAqhY7-YIg5oloDCX-8NhjaUwmUIz4d8mSjpkVT32IEVBrNoiGwkjM9JpuqlGyILOxF8PQENKqQV0fin0FG7eiBqUPPzlaIZ2nNN1KvhzMKosJpX1gLQXuWLbRBwTOOBxhhssR9bm1tch8pc9/s292/wendis%204%20star%20rating.png.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="53" data-original-width="292" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fP2uqZTiWtnd8S81RyEyU1OqH-UxoRWECuk6KyolAqhY7-YIg5oloDCX-8NhjaUwmUIz4d8mSjpkVT32IEVBrNoiGwkjM9JpuqlGyILOxF8PQENKqQV0fin0FG7eiBqUPPzlaIZ2nNN1KvhzMKosJpX1gLQXuWLbRBwTOOBxhhssR9bm1tch8pc9/s1600/wendis%204%20star%20rating.png.png" width="292" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikd0IgonrYQPtGoxI_PQ8y8pt12sIr9Y7Svw5nADLclE6vaeHZHV9POTxLqNu2VMYPAoMEvPChG5KaY11g4pk8v5ZcpbA6Y79J1xFlUmWmWVzFzQjBybDbTDktbHihGPAz0YkyUKrgR9hsG7PfJgUFfsTwtD6VgxJhBijLQnoo91fuUCwg9F31aqV/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikd0IgonrYQPtGoxI_PQ8y8pt12sIr9Y7Svw5nADLclE6vaeHZHV9POTxLqNu2VMYPAoMEvPChG5KaY11g4pk8v5ZcpbA6Y79J1xFlUmWmWVzFzQjBybDbTDktbHihGPAz0YkyUKrgR9hsG7PfJgUFfsTwtD6VgxJhBijLQnoo91fuUCwg9F31aqV/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-64392152961364692022-06-27T16:16:00.001-04:002022-06-27T16:16:25.446-04:00It's Monday! What Are You Reading?<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6__C3Lnc6uCmspLnyHV_wuXEWFF7ErJwr4IAPBaL1lALY7zEJgvw__7nvFWz8ns98ma893q20mGH3SpoLKaUuXMqE64DzUD1ri3vHKiT8Oag4avhzkBh7X2WbSG60oFsyy_QOzi7SLtiq9Um47oOsFllRjnZRg-PtyGwVZvfX1H85jgQLLlVV2se/s320/IMWAYR.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="320" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6__C3Lnc6uCmspLnyHV_wuXEWFF7ErJwr4IAPBaL1lALY7zEJgvw__7nvFWz8ns98ma893q20mGH3SpoLKaUuXMqE64DzUD1ri3vHKiT8Oag4avhzkBh7X2WbSG60oFsyy_QOzi7SLtiq9Um47oOsFllRjnZRg-PtyGwVZvfX1H85jgQLLlVV2se/s1600/IMWAYR.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: justify;">It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from </span><a href="http://bookjourney.net/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #bf8b38; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Journey.</a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: justify;"> Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at </span><a href="https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/" style="background: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; text-align: start;">The Book Date</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">.</span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Jen Vincent, Teach Mentor Texts, and Kellee of <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #bf8b38; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Unleashing Readers</a> decided to give It’s Monday! a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels or anything in those genres – join them.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">This has been one heck of a week! We've been busy with appointments and errands, and when we're not running around, I'm trying to declutter the house. We have so many books, which probably isn't a surprise to anyone! I also have quite a craft stash (I knit, spin, sew, and cross stitch) that I need to weed through. Anyway, we did manage a trip to our local Art and Natural History Museum. Isobel hasn't been there since she was a toddler, so she had a lot of fun, especially with the Dinosaur exhibits! </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDe8t3pRFRJ25S5XeaySRJdGYchUD4tDjFXFJdGK971E-vvyqLJM3i2bt5tAK2sGJEDdNzkGsFs7cX0hvgnc-5lfaqVu-E8vXYHAr0ePCZlFhO5PACADjHsardOR_-z9huzXWlAx19Y34shs6yonXyGXe2wEjq8aWBy20giTCEvS22YSc6-hitRNOM/s4096/289859415_391049889515874_5696176972243976231_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">What are you reading?</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5voppWSuK-8eYxfZFsO6bavuyJcs-LZ3g_grunTK8oLLsuuhj0kRwhzT8sXnlqr0Rz6iM229ey0eqPv82kIj7vlDcCOXvFehiQxrj_3jYNRBjOnPacFkER0zYK88Jj0FCAeZPqr0RKwgKmJS0wXMsUixVf4Ro5dGSh9aw3WkWz1oIxoTIrwAUjcpY/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5voppWSuK-8eYxfZFsO6bavuyJcs-LZ3g_grunTK8oLLsuuhj0kRwhzT8sXnlqr0Rz6iM229ey0eqPv82kIj7vlDcCOXvFehiQxrj_3jYNRBjOnPacFkER0zYK88Jj0FCAeZPqr0RKwgKmJS0wXMsUixVf4Ro5dGSh9aw3WkWz1oIxoTIrwAUjcpY/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-6154449345382413412022-06-25T08:00:00.010-04:002022-06-25T08:00:00.150-04:00Stacking the Shelves #79<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNs8HrwcHVpLv_majrAhYcF07yaqIwa6HhQkX3-ptG8XwBbJOrdsD6EXstjciDkvrsGOEi5jVRwuOOzH-Ju5LzLSFaHRepql3630Pev7WKm3koX_9iFPpvI7-4v8pht_o_e9V0hWDcYa4T8RE7WmU3hy4Ppc3S1s2kEQNhI3fOz20GxFEibrt_flo/s768/Marlene-StackingShelvesFinal-768x524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="768" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNs8HrwcHVpLv_majrAhYcF07yaqIwa6HhQkX3-ptG8XwBbJOrdsD6EXstjciDkvrsGOEi5jVRwuOOzH-Ju5LzLSFaHRepql3630Pev7WKm3koX_9iFPpvI7-4v8pht_o_e9V0hWDcYa4T8RE7WmU3hy4Ppc3S1s2kEQNhI3fOz20GxFEibrt_flo/s320/Marlene-StackingShelvesFinal-768x524.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><div style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: left;">Stacking the Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical stores or online, books you borrow from the library, review books, and of course e-books! This is a weekly meme hosted by <a href="https://www.readingreality.net/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3964c1; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Reading Reality</a><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; text-align: start;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Library Copies:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWHHo9W-I5wBZWEB4KtiRlWcuw-3nsCxdnDVtzSs4A8VE8S6rYxJXuWPGYBZjOKShQX6xdOJagt9ZlY6YgXHC5_Q7PnXmx2ltGoUMQLBLIEulaNmQJ-6q7xkM_-z2RX28jHQtGcbqQDjvX92qHFzFylF5FHNKyp0lD3gkZKipJBrJKj0CC8Z3AsGZ6/s320/56905030.jpg" width="212" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Purchased Copies:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj2aWY7Ds_Czd-PFQOJqsmiJtVzk09xYIhU6viTuRga9lJDGxO5U9ZpaRyUobYFQlzoGf5qN0Klz0Tg3clzOrl8_dCEOyq2fKlv20FQUHUQTmdQzbMaOuYYCghV2sXGVHQjyHgi0sZtT18KBOhQKEXE7QBtXSAxohCWIg36TMZ8qbYsorWer5Ac5PW/s475/50266871._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj2aWY7Ds_Czd-PFQOJqsmiJtVzk09xYIhU6viTuRga9lJDGxO5U9ZpaRyUobYFQlzoGf5qN0Klz0Tg3clzOrl8_dCEOyq2fKlv20FQUHUQTmdQzbMaOuYYCghV2sXGVHQjyHgi0sZtT18KBOhQKEXE7QBtXSAxohCWIg36TMZ8qbYsorWer5Ac5PW/s320/50266871._SY475_.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What books have you added to your shelves lately?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjleDahIRpssmVxnDUeWyFNQ7QbOehTIF0At4Mq1g8XNy-I6IkRmoMWICg1VLMZkVZipDeJ6x0BtcSnhLKwl80sb96Gb5c_mhSdWWSqPxfAsInv46Xe44pmm0vx1NpaKrfDx5kk6XjbPeyDySQl4l75ZkUH9IJ-yYiZSkaqp9QohQTF5UprskY1v0o5/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjleDahIRpssmVxnDUeWyFNQ7QbOehTIF0At4Mq1g8XNy-I6IkRmoMWICg1VLMZkVZipDeJ6x0BtcSnhLKwl80sb96Gb5c_mhSdWWSqPxfAsInv46Xe44pmm0vx1NpaKrfDx5kk6XjbPeyDySQl4l75ZkUH9IJ-yYiZSkaqp9QohQTF5UprskY1v0o5/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div></span><p></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-38224346090921179622022-06-21T08:30:00.001-04:002022-06-21T08:30:00.162-04:00Crooked Door by Brad McLelland (ARC Review)<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptRPuz1a3DDYcO2qaZliK_fSOAvRyCyWNviZWbDXMMcvP0Ned_nkgjoo304x-GlvHKwWhCjFQQJ42PGg_Nv510slo_Kl-BD4iH1QmsS6YEKjLNB03ZzwHwGdMPktl0SnzCZI3U3YHvmbBDbJw2mHSKepqgQzo6Xl735hCoYMYfBd4wmRuQ6a5TEbL/s400/60316950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="259" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptRPuz1a3DDYcO2qaZliK_fSOAvRyCyWNviZWbDXMMcvP0Ned_nkgjoo304x-GlvHKwWhCjFQQJ42PGg_Nv510slo_Kl-BD4iH1QmsS6YEKjLNB03ZzwHwGdMPktl0SnzCZI3U3YHvmbBDbJw2mHSKepqgQzo6Xl735hCoYMYfBd4wmRuQ6a5TEbL/s320/60316950.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Synopsis:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For Ginny and her parents, losing their home and being forced to move to Nebraska was hard enough, but when a sudden dust storm forces them to seek shelter in the strange town of Pottsville, the real trouble begins. By day, Pottsville is all friendly faces and welcoming storefronts. But at night, creatures lurk in the shadows, and a bossy band of local kids seems to be in charge. And through it all, you can hear the eerie call of the sinister Dirge moaning in the distance, always hungering for a new <i>friend</i> to join its ancient, twisted game.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As Ginny is drawn deeper into the kids’ inner circle, she learns the answer to all her wishes lies just beyond the mysterious Crooked Door. But beware, beware when you knock twice, for every wish comes at a price. Soon, evil boils over in Pottsville, and Ginny must race to save her parents before they’re trapped forever in the Dirge’s dark realm.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>My Thoughts:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: left;">Five very creepy stars! Wow, what a story!</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Ginny and her parents are stuck in a quaint small town when their car breaks down. Ginny immediately realizes that things are not what they seem, even when "friendly" kids take her on a tour through town. I don't want to spoil anything, but literally NOTHING is what it seems, and everything revolves around a mysterious Crooked Door.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">I loved the world-building here. Quaint Pottsville has a deep history that goes back generations and spans continents. There is also a very creepy "be careful of what you wish for" element running through the novel.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Is it too scary for middle grade readers? It's the same level of horror as Ellen Oh's 'Spirit Hunters,' so I definitely think it's for older middle grade readers. That said, I'm not the targeted demographic, and I couldn't put the book down. So I definitely recommend adults read it too!</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Thank you to Netgalley and Henry Holt and Co for an ARC. Look for a copy of <i>Crooked Door </i>in bookstores on April 11, 2023.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZF_o1knDYgy4XQJj95dAj_2eOXgPxWhhY9750IjJq4dyN_8Df-_lOSvbS-umiyeTOxXM_YV47wvr2wswmH5f_HmBFNSE8_3JUMxpX1kaI1dHwY5ldSnwzbK7ZX0ifULZwo7FJ84Q9Z6pH26h-UIi2y0SIkgoAHk56Rc9FRVpCT7l3fZDMfCjFOA8K/s292/wendi's%205%20star%20rating.png.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="53" data-original-width="292" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZF_o1knDYgy4XQJj95dAj_2eOXgPxWhhY9750IjJq4dyN_8Df-_lOSvbS-umiyeTOxXM_YV47wvr2wswmH5f_HmBFNSE8_3JUMxpX1kaI1dHwY5ldSnwzbK7ZX0ifULZwo7FJ84Q9Z6pH26h-UIi2y0SIkgoAHk56Rc9FRVpCT7l3fZDMfCjFOA8K/s1600/wendi's%205%20star%20rating.png.png" width="292" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZea-T166af77UfWDYaX7yOU7FSqArsISC3e1biDRRi2BFMXuUHn42G4N6xjNIH5wXPJDazYRQUX4Rt_7Eiswbf0etyKUmdcf5EZEDrcqJN8zebGomucMZUnXSJMQriHYewEDw8LP1-PCzHBLDfHcX9HNeckms70timjJey7YYdD9Qx9We6w0lcH3-/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZea-T166af77UfWDYaX7yOU7FSqArsISC3e1biDRRi2BFMXuUHn42G4N6xjNIH5wXPJDazYRQUX4Rt_7Eiswbf0etyKUmdcf5EZEDrcqJN8zebGomucMZUnXSJMQriHYewEDw8LP1-PCzHBLDfHcX9HNeckms70timjJey7YYdD9Qx9We6w0lcH3-/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div></span><p></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-67623069907194186532022-06-20T08:30:00.000-04:002022-06-20T08:30:00.154-04:00It's Monday! What Are You Reading?<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHF73pGGMF7cIRUPgbwyry11_Py4Eyk7szrA8EKOVCuZfj4X51wzgkNAkr6G1qEu2deWfqXkB0AXFUrigcsX2BwLkJidJ8nbZg3zMCXlWzIm6LlIUF9XgdgLbZHpDun1JCeOUWNjjznD9ts5OBdGGwwDaDtDQpdHljJFJfBQNZTKyluKBtXYrwSGC7/s320/IMWAYR.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="320" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHF73pGGMF7cIRUPgbwyry11_Py4Eyk7szrA8EKOVCuZfj4X51wzgkNAkr6G1qEu2deWfqXkB0AXFUrigcsX2BwLkJidJ8nbZg3zMCXlWzIm6LlIUF9XgdgLbZHpDun1JCeOUWNjjznD9ts5OBdGGwwDaDtDQpdHljJFJfBQNZTKyluKBtXYrwSGC7/s1600/IMWAYR.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: justify;">It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from </span><a href="http://bookjourney.net/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #bf8b38; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Journey.</a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: justify;"> Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at </span><a href="https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/" style="background: transparent; color: #bf8b38; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; text-align: start;">The Book Date</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">.</span></a></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-family: Lora, serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Jen Vincent, Teach Mentor Texts, and Kellee of <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #bf8b38; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Unleashing Readers</a> decided to give It’s Monday! a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels or anything in those genres – join them.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">We have been very busy! Isobel and I went to Cincinnati for a long weekend. We met up with my mom and brother at King's Island. We spent a lot of time at the little kid's Snoopy area, and because it was very hot, at the water park! It was great to spend time with family and unwind. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mqwRmsqbDGyORI73QRbrFuGzSgOyS83gKcnVEwzWvKnezyqBZJrhcGnUHsNzd89D_OS4EQJ6IS2U916eX2JGiKE89SgAtxVJ17SyR-B9-dTAzWJmR0QzLZY3JpU5Ek9nKEElJDDE9W8T2ohxKajoh-cb4HNbr3Q3C20PjDTkDj9Uxz7qQaLMG_RE/s2048/288248834_1065728774381716_4358764684385759201_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mqwRmsqbDGyORI73QRbrFuGzSgOyS83gKcnVEwzWvKnezyqBZJrhcGnUHsNzd89D_OS4EQJ6IS2U916eX2JGiKE89SgAtxVJ17SyR-B9-dTAzWJmR0QzLZY3JpU5Ek9nKEElJDDE9W8T2ohxKajoh-cb4HNbr3Q3C20PjDTkDj9Uxz7qQaLMG_RE/s320/288248834_1065728774381716_4358764684385759201_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I brought my Kindle on the trip and thought I would get a lot of reading done at the hotel, but that didn't happen! Oh well. </span></div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">What I read last week:</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBwmIseLHvV_XviArlU8Tt-HILUzYm5YOX0pM3-IDILD5ALrdArG9OX2rNVZrZHI0bX8f0FW8RsPgdUlNHuWxtcXc-TNcWXc3v4Hv1wfnxNvT6JiD7_3LjZni04s1Ulkw7rMB7-ekD8GwgCpZfe4diJm53QG5GsPgrVOr0p1rf74StoJLxrmaVlVQ/s475/55517911._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">What are you reading?</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71VZV2FArHk7SIgLfOPdzCGW3yS9-kZh-0lcSXJBtMtBkXYmVoYQ2UPSovVWkruH4Q8vzu2zv8gkg6r_SGwU2InvEDtb9OuVhMPbM0Myc0dxzVpXKvQObUoQo7Vhws_LyKSa4rzJXIhsck1T50BTYZa-cMrUpN7PPFkKWy0CW-RErIFidr7D4-XuG/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71VZV2FArHk7SIgLfOPdzCGW3yS9-kZh-0lcSXJBtMtBkXYmVoYQ2UPSovVWkruH4Q8vzu2zv8gkg6r_SGwU2InvEDtb9OuVhMPbM0Myc0dxzVpXKvQObUoQo7Vhws_LyKSa4rzJXIhsck1T50BTYZa-cMrUpN7PPFkKWy0CW-RErIFidr7D4-XuG/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-11520870182539970402022-06-18T18:18:00.001-04:002022-06-18T18:18:36.123-04:00Stacking the Shelves #78<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh50jPC5IJikJnM6sesLuUndfOGU0LL2RSfQXYhQeMMQ3VNoBlH6HRVT-gR6EGzy_k_Zsn35yXvTA6Ssf6LvYvVffks4zKTSXaYC3oZabzvLUZ7zG8w8hFriDz3kiBEba8CO_kGaBhx8EZwwnYAUvkLKY5zOv0Br3mNOgDpa2nYpXeQuHXxLlkzB9U/s768/Marlene-StackingShelvesFinal-768x524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="768" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh50jPC5IJikJnM6sesLuUndfOGU0LL2RSfQXYhQeMMQ3VNoBlH6HRVT-gR6EGzy_k_Zsn35yXvTA6Ssf6LvYvVffks4zKTSXaYC3oZabzvLUZ7zG8w8hFriDz3kiBEba8CO_kGaBhx8EZwwnYAUvkLKY5zOv0Br3mNOgDpa2nYpXeQuHXxLlkzB9U/s320/Marlene-StackingShelvesFinal-768x524.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Stacking the Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical stores or online, books you borrow from the library, review books, and of course e-books! This is a weekly meme hosted by </span><a href="https://www.readingreality.net/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3964c1; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Reading Reality</a><span style="text-align: start;">.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">ARCs:</span> </p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaR8FwtJOOrctsEYIRk9_S-KDfCBPmVrT-dC3OsqFa9Pt6SOSZoHaSao4ebjm7YG4H28IIwRYlmCZHAUXg33SMAQVU1XkFH-FGYtmvmyIP0wNqqPLSWvJTE3zIM-26pjRYRF-ArB3fEGVVd_eUWmtlFRFQXqCFMg12p17KpWoc9O0OVD8r-7EaCNPa/s400/60418623.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CqrbmoFbXd3ThlmQXJgE2t82EE-7zG1hkLNXpw7ztTEYl9qs_faY1TK0Nn88sGEnn9-B6fenHLlgQ6UzMD7OKZYDpkHhcmm7cnSywK09NRO-feIyKHcsXQbKN04OWKKXiX74FeACeKBAuxi-kx94Qtf3q62W9-rQZJiR0gRi9VhLsHOIsWIzfND9/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CqrbmoFbXd3ThlmQXJgE2t82EE-7zG1hkLNXpw7ztTEYl9qs_faY1TK0Nn88sGEnn9-B6fenHLlgQ6UzMD7OKZYDpkHhcmm7cnSywK09NRO-feIyKHcsXQbKN04OWKKXiX74FeACeKBAuxi-kx94Qtf3q62W9-rQZJiR0gRi9VhLsHOIsWIzfND9/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-1487876881075711142022-06-16T08:30:00.007-04:002022-06-16T08:30:00.149-04:00Nikhil Out Loud by Maulik Pancholy (ARC Review)<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbqW_YRC5acY0bJKHV_g9bt-11YU0XLH8DGeNehvMAYv6kpH2j9RlkRcbUNGMkMNt4wauWZNND_A4RVQoLs1PR54hd09Sct-bzV1G81A1DAKWSNMQ2r9Ca1g7mGm5VFCaH9CZKVTTX2duVpG6KyqVhaRf2-UpIrYHW7bEX8v-xFw-KvpBaXjHPPKJ/s475/60141378._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbqW_YRC5acY0bJKHV_g9bt-11YU0XLH8DGeNehvMAYv6kpH2j9RlkRcbUNGMkMNt4wauWZNND_A4RVQoLs1PR54hd09Sct-bzV1G81A1DAKWSNMQ2r9Ca1g7mGm5VFCaH9CZKVTTX2duVpG6KyqVhaRf2-UpIrYHW7bEX8v-xFw-KvpBaXjHPPKJ/s320/60141378._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Synopsis:</span></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">From the acclaimed actor and Stonewall Honor–winning author of </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">The Best at It</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">, Maulik Pancholy, comes a new middle grade novel about a gay Indian American boy, the voice actor of a hit animated series, who learns the power of using his own voice after his family moves to a small town in Ohio.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thirteen-year-old Nikhil Shah is the beloved voice actor for Raj Reddy on the hit animated series <i>Raj Reddy in Outer Space</i>. But being a star on TV doesn’t mean you have everything figured out behind the scenes. . . .</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When his mom temporarily moves them to the small town in Ohio where she grew up to take care of Nikhil’s sick grandfather, Nikhil feels as out of orbit as his character.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nikhil’s fame lands him the lead in the school musical, but he’s terrified that everyone will realize he’s a fraud once they find out he has stage fright. And when a group of conservative parents start to protest, making it clear they’re not happy with an openly gay TV star being in the starring role, Nikhil feels like his life would be easier if only he could be Raj Reddy full-time.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><div style="color: #181818; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Then Nikhil wakes up one morning and hears a crack in his voice, which means his job playing Raj will have to come to an end. Life on earth is way more complicated than life on television. And some mysteries—like new friendships or a sick grandparent or finding the courage to speak out about what’s right—don’t wrap up neatly between commercial breaks.</span></div><div style="color: #181818; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #181818; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>My Thoughts:</b></span></div><div style="color: #181818; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #181818;">I loved this middle grade book! I was invested in Nikhil's story from the first few paragraphs. I enjoyed learning about his journey as a voice actor, and his transition from L.A. to Ohio. Moving can be hard in any situation, but adapting to a new work environment and living with estranged extended family members add extra elements to struggle through. His anxieties about first making new friends, and then his voice changing, felt very real. And of course, Nikhil coming out publicly at his new middle school also leads to some controversy - as well as lots of support. </span></span></div><div style="color: #181818; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #181818; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And that's what I loved most about this book. It's not a gloomy book AT ALL. It's filled with kind people, supportive families, and lots of optimism. Nikhil was a fun character to read about, and I'd definitely read a Young Adult book about his journey through high school. </span></div><div style="color: #181818; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #181818; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you to Edelweiss and Balzer + Bray for an ARC. Look for <i>Nikhil Out Loud </i>in bookstores on 10/11/22.</span></div><div style="color: #181818; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #181818; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqERJZ0Mdy8pHvIWL3SK7lf1uubtDarIpUm_0IYYDX1V7WnB22vzLBsrHiJic26OXuyLEnxwEAR692KwpTdm4N94NX1aZauQ7Kuopf6RDM2jt6TRt1njYIYK-E9jfVMTBq3mPtwC8F9GsKfi6wsoM3t9N848F_GVgIiCFULCLhe_BzviJTWgRp5g_1/s292/wendi's%205%20star%20rating.png.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="53" data-original-width="292" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqERJZ0Mdy8pHvIWL3SK7lf1uubtDarIpUm_0IYYDX1V7WnB22vzLBsrHiJic26OXuyLEnxwEAR692KwpTdm4N94NX1aZauQ7Kuopf6RDM2jt6TRt1njYIYK-E9jfVMTBq3mPtwC8F9GsKfi6wsoM3t9N848F_GVgIiCFULCLhe_BzviJTWgRp5g_1/s1600/wendi's%205%20star%20rating.png.png" width="292" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbz8f-h3W14gem5AaOuSgsPOYZhpi9OUzh2PI8CdSjOyCt3CKNwhxQZrP4P79rLW5RtMzadbQz51_KjEq_ccvF2kh6m6MCosMb1PvshMlttCE5TLABAqfTMd6LThOt90nuS_g7Bm7FOgqZQ_oIs7evyqTScLtGvkEwWTI-kd9XMirwvL8BT-UNaGfl/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbz8f-h3W14gem5AaOuSgsPOYZhpi9OUzh2PI8CdSjOyCt3CKNwhxQZrP4P79rLW5RtMzadbQz51_KjEq_ccvF2kh6m6MCosMb1PvshMlttCE5TLABAqfTMd6LThOt90nuS_g7Bm7FOgqZQ_oIs7evyqTScLtGvkEwWTI-kd9XMirwvL8BT-UNaGfl/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></span><p></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-78661876579511492122022-06-15T08:00:00.001-04:002022-06-15T08:00:00.158-04:00The Boy Who Tried To Shrink His Name by Sandhya Parappukkaran (ARC Review)<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKsViLrQBOI7EPqK5cfxWcxXy6pQus10as2s_4ztCrXf5mVxcxhwUrKPahuuIqJaHzw1Mg1pdlzkgpiYxULF8sh5MEjeL2b-u8QvtoWdPcwtF5sj6tzrEuyuO1etT4LTdtZ2zpozjtlSgqhmoyZSKnmihBCgdXHCe14nmm7VUqfsSpRzSuzLQAO1U/s386/57934575._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKsViLrQBOI7EPqK5cfxWcxXy6pQus10as2s_4ztCrXf5mVxcxhwUrKPahuuIqJaHzw1Mg1pdlzkgpiYxULF8sh5MEjeL2b-u8QvtoWdPcwtF5sj6tzrEuyuO1etT4LTdtZ2zpozjtlSgqhmoyZSKnmihBCgdXHCe14nmm7VUqfsSpRzSuzLQAO1U/s320/57934575._SX318_.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Synopsis:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When Zimdalamishkermishkada starts a new school, he knows he’s got to do something about his long name. </span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When no amount of shrinking, folding or crumpling works, he simply settles for Zim—but deep down, it doesn’t feel right. It’s not until a new friend sees him for who he truly is that Zimdalamishkermishkada finds the confidence to step boldly into his long name. </span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A warm and uplifting picture book that encourages young readers to celebrate their individuality, and shows how no-one should ever have to shrink themselves down to fit in.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>My Thoughts:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: left;">Zimdalamishkermishkada is going to a new school, and his name initially feels like a burden, unfolding between him and potential friends like an obstacle. He begs his mom for a nickname, but she tells him that his name has a very special meaning, and is an important part of who he is. He insists on calling himself "Zim," but as his friendships and confidence in himself grows, he reveals more and more of his full name. At the end, his full name unfurls like a celebration of his identity.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">I really liked this book. The message was so powerful, and the gorgeous illustrations showed how Zimdalamishkermishkada's confidence grows. I loved how this was showcased by skateboarding. The scenes of Zimdalamishkermishkada and Elly cooking together with Zimdalamishkermishkada's mother also warmed my heart.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Thank you to Edelweiss and Abrams books for an ARC. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuom2HGjPWpZ3eF2kIwMURR14vHQdveQyNprXo15jM31pNG_dQfU-hkRQY5cu0F1xQ33ZmqHfMOqwIuxnibP8l3RE66mOc3cNGqaIKdl1QDC_eKiFWVwqXz6H7z6rCtpcocSialKqmVixMchTI2s3veQYMFDObOsgOLWBZieMrOPH5GZqMFwe_Zfw/s292/wendi's%205%20star%20rating.png.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="53" data-original-width="292" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuom2HGjPWpZ3eF2kIwMURR14vHQdveQyNprXo15jM31pNG_dQfU-hkRQY5cu0F1xQ33ZmqHfMOqwIuxnibP8l3RE66mOc3cNGqaIKdl1QDC_eKiFWVwqXz6H7z6rCtpcocSialKqmVixMchTI2s3veQYMFDObOsgOLWBZieMrOPH5GZqMFwe_Zfw/s1600/wendi's%205%20star%20rating.png.png" width="292" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNAxg5NKJKy4nN1vKSDnjljipeJ7SZfnks_RbCQ7rJvQBwHIEyCaObSnnEFT_snZmoZvzYKUUricEf3FEuZtcFAns5AJD2cMj_4DObhfwhmPztUmnRjkCrAlrZnF0dJ-2U_4fZLdiHHg8lxEKb2T-4273mR2-nfLGQ420DziktH2zJKi-33-DFTs-/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNAxg5NKJKy4nN1vKSDnjljipeJ7SZfnks_RbCQ7rJvQBwHIEyCaObSnnEFT_snZmoZvzYKUUricEf3FEuZtcFAns5AJD2cMj_4DObhfwhmPztUmnRjkCrAlrZnF0dJ-2U_4fZLdiHHg8lxEKb2T-4273mR2-nfLGQ420DziktH2zJKi-33-DFTs-/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div></span><p></p>Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775278200720193501.post-27210118553050780532022-06-14T08:30:00.000-04:002022-06-14T08:30:00.154-04:00Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers by Caela Carter<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSxGbUHt8PuAt4t2xZtWPn5-ar2X0EDS2FoeM-wUbXZ88qaVZ1qYiIxRfZXCcmAlIobTOqyaoe7mzRiAhHS5WS2gEkLLuKN7kzy9KzDHdWjRG5IylKUVEPmfrJU9XGHMI3UDjAzwRZhHaVEhVEJinb8rkOM7jqlMbcFbEZ3p9L3rH3KBSDmeNSbA4/s475/56755523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSxGbUHt8PuAt4t2xZtWPn5-ar2X0EDS2FoeM-wUbXZ88qaVZ1qYiIxRfZXCcmAlIobTOqyaoe7mzRiAhHS5WS2gEkLLuKN7kzy9KzDHdWjRG5IylKUVEPmfrJU9XGHMI3UDjAzwRZhHaVEhVEJinb8rkOM7jqlMbcFbEZ3p9L3rH3KBSDmeNSbA4/s320/56755523.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Synopsis:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span id="freeText8763694102270983222" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">An own voices story that shines a light on how one girl's learning differences are neither right nor wrong...just perfectly individual.<br /><br />No one can figure out what Gwendolyn Rogers's problem is--not her mom, or her teachers, or any of the many therapists she's seen. But Gwendolyn knows she doesn't have just one thing wrong with her: she has fifty-four.<br /><br />At least, according to a confidential school report (that she read because she is #16. Sneaky, not to mention #13. Impulsive). So Gwendolyn needs a plan, because if she doesn't get these fifty-four things under control, she's not going to be able to go to horse camp this summer with her half-brother, Tyler.<br /><br />But Tyler can't help her because there's only one thing "wrong" with him: ADHD.<br /><br />And her best friend Hettie can't help her because there's nothing wrong with Hettie. She's perfect.<br /><br />So Gwendolyn is hopeless until she remembers the one thing that helped her mother when her own life was out of control. Or actually, the twelve things. Can these Twelve Steps that cured her mother somehow cure Gwendolyn too?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><b>My Thoughts:</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">This middle grade novel broke my heart. Gwen thinks she's a bad kid because she can never seem to do anything right, and everyone yells at her. She reviews the list of things wrong with her every night before bed, and feels like she can never get anything right. She even appears to have lost friends because of her behavior. And she's not even able to get an IEP, because her evaluation was "inconclusive." </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">She desperately wants a diagnosis like ADHD, something that other people can understand, and can lead to someone actually happening her. She turns to the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous to try to cure her Anger on her own. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Her life is complicated as it is. She's never met her father, and her mom (who is a recovering alcoholic) struggles to make ends meet. She finds out she has a paternal half-brother at the beginning of the school year, and doesn't understand why her mother isn't as thrilled as she is. And her future in afterschool care is constantly being threatened - with it, her family's financial livelihood. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">So there are heartbreaking scenes (and infuriating scenes, like those featuring a sarcastic science teacher who does more harm than good to Gwen), but there are also a lot of gentle, affirming scenes. It turns out that Gwen has a solid network of friends, and they all end up supporting each other. Gwen and her mom also finds a supportive therapist who wants to work through the difficulty of diagnosing Gwen, and who also wants to give them the hope to keep going. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">I think this is such an important read. Carter does an excellent job of describing Gwen's struggle to get the school days, and how hard she works to be good, to redeem herself in the eyes of so many disapproving grown-ups. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzrgBKxz0Jkvz0DTgrmU5yjezGB3GRV67lXD4wm0rnCgsyKOeWYhYacX9qw4Fmlhd1sAiwNSkedYlDh7Sv6nk3HUC1GIwNGfKblL9d1YCiAAbX7WhpfCeZbYA9moXmIYmHdHvePFrsvndIaoT5bUbzWnk5XZXOt4yOM7uJYrLF4cpVfRT68_6GAdq/s292/wendi's%205%20star%20rating.png.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="53" data-original-width="292" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzrgBKxz0Jkvz0DTgrmU5yjezGB3GRV67lXD4wm0rnCgsyKOeWYhYacX9qw4Fmlhd1sAiwNSkedYlDh7Sv6nk3HUC1GIwNGfKblL9d1YCiAAbX7WhpfCeZbYA9moXmIYmHdHvePFrsvndIaoT5bUbzWnk5XZXOt4yOM7uJYrLF4cpVfRT68_6GAdq/s1600/wendi's%205%20star%20rating.png.png" width="292" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYdjAU6s0Mm8woiHIIPbnZGivhx3PAUuMSGs27LOxRIkOiMiV1C9EsYTa0_B7VW1robw_nnXM_5_ZdZUrJYodvydwzoHPnXuX53GHJZnUZhNOiZr8CjfZkWQy9p56M0S0dpCE7PU2ZnEB6DufxofYMx4xmRpGyR2iocioyrofMiplLO94hs4JClo5/s141/Wendi's%20Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="59" data-original-width="141" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYdjAU6s0Mm8woiHIIPbnZGivhx3PAUuMSGs27LOxRIkOiMiV1C9EsYTa0_B7VW1robw_nnXM_5_ZdZUrJYodvydwzoHPnXuX53GHJZnUZhNOiZr8CjfZkWQy9p56M0S0dpCE7PU2ZnEB6DufxofYMx4xmRpGyR2iocioyrofMiplLO94hs4JClo5/s1600/Wendi's%20Signature.png" width="141" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Wendi Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857443550440468257noreply@blogger.com0