Five Fabulous Fictional Moms!

Happy Mother’s Day everyone! There are tons of awesome moms within the pages of books; some real, some imagined. Not perfect, but caring and loving. A fabulous mom is someone who overcomes great hurdles to do right by their kids. That does not mean you can’t be a great mom if you don’t experience great […]
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12 Most Influential Books

The Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder The first book in this series, Little House in the Big Woods, was the first chapter book I ever read. I was in grade one, and I remember asking my parents how to pronounce the word m-a-c-h-i-n-e. Ma-chyne? Matching? I had seriously never seen it before on […]
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Props to the BookTubers of the world

I’ve been hearing about an elusive reader phenomenon called BookTube for awhile, but I did not make the time to check it out until two nights ago.  I finally decided to explore by searching for “BookTube” in the YouTube search bar, and there I found myself with hundreds of video options! I found tons of […]
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Review: The Full Ridiculous by Mark Lamprell

Think about what events, experiences, thoughts and conflicts you might capture if you chronicled a year of your life. Be sure to consider what you would most like to remember about your day to day living during this time period. What if you started the project, you were committed to it, and then something traumatic […]
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I Could Teach Someone A Thing Or Two

Wouldn’t it be fun to be an advice columnist? I just purchased Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed, which is a collection of the best of the best advice given by Strayed’s once anonymous alter ego, Sugar. I purchased the book for my mom as I have heard great things about it, and the few […]
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