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Moon Rising, Valiant, and The Toymaker’s Apprentice

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Katy K.

There are only a few more weeks until the Cybils winners will be announced!  I’ve been reading finalists in other categories trying to prepare, and I’ll try to get reviews of those up soon.  In the meantime, here are more … Continue reading →

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Carry On

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Katy K.

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. Read by Euan Morton. MacMillan Audio for St. Martin’s Griffin, 2015. Fangirl was Rowell’s captivating look at a highly introverted geek girl trying to make it in college. Said geek girl, Cath, spends most of … Continue reading →

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Diversity for Daisies

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Katy K.

In the spirit of Multicultural Children’s Book Day, I thought I’d share a project that I’ve been working on for a couple of months now. It’s not done yet, but I would like to ask for input from you, dear … Continue reading →

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Multicultural Children’s Book Day

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Katy K.

For the first time ever, I missed signing up to participate in Multicultural Children’s Book Day.  While I’m super sad that I missed out on the fun in advance, there’s no reason for you to do so now!  Follow the … Continue reading →

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The Forgotten Sisters and Nomad

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Katy K.

I always have the best of intentions about reviewing all my Cybils books as I read them – but I’m still behind.  Here are a couple more middle grade fantasy books from my December reading, both sequels in beloved series. … Continue reading →

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State of the Book Basket – January

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Katy K.

Someday soon, I will have some reviews to share – but I’m working a Sunday at the library, and that means it’s time for me to take a look at what’s in our library book basket, in between helping frantic … Continue reading →

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2015 in Review – the Books

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Katy K.

In the efforts of getting my favorite books of 2015 posted this month, I’m going to quote myself from last year: “I have never liked doing a public scale rating of books – the librarian in me would rather describe … Continue reading →

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2015 by the Numbers

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Katy K.

This is my post where I take my lovely spreadsheet of all the reading I did last year, make Excel do some number-crunching, and share the results with you. (Here’s 2014 and 2013) First, the blog.  I published 125 posts in … Continue reading →

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Top 10 2015 Releases I Didn’t Get To

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Katy K.

It’s Wednesday, but my Tuesday was a little nuts, so I’m just now posting my Top Ten Tuesday post.  This is hosted, as always, by the good folks over at the Broke and the Bookish. I always want to read … Continue reading →

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Ones that got away: 10 favorite 2015 MG Spec Fic books

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Katy K.

Cybils judges are allowed to put a maximum of seven books on the shortlist (otherwise it isn’t a short, manageable list.) Here’s what the middle grade speculative fiction committee picked this year: Bayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes Castle Hangnail by Ursula … Continue reading →

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