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Let’s face it, we bibliophiles, we readers of mountainous piles of books, all of us at some point have hit a reading slump. You stare at your shelves upon shelves up books with love and adoration. You carefully skim over each one to see what you’ll read. (Although not necessarily with an umbrella…) Image credit to We Heart It! You pick that faithful next book, you read it ravenously, you finish it with a huge smile, and then…a reading slump occurs. NOTHING seems to take the place of that last book. You pick up and throw down 3 or 4…

Since you are some of the most bookish people I know dear readers, I come to you with a call for help! I work in an after school program with kindergartners. Our library of books for them is sadly lacking, since this is the first year we’ve had a kindergarten program. It’s so sad! Oh to be surrounded by wonderful books. Anyhow I’m looking for book recommendations for two things: 1) Books that have repetition, so I can read them with the kids and then they can read them themselves later on during Independent Reading Time. 2) Fabulous picture books…

(Sometimes that evil blinking cursor just mocks me.) Lately I’ve been pondering the best way to write reviews. Any of you who also write a book blog probably have gone through this same thing. You give your opinion, you read it over, and then you second guess yourself. Is your review too short? Too long? Are there spoilers? Will people understand what you are talking about? Or maybe it’s just me and I’m over thinking it. Anyway I’ve finally decided that, for me, the best way to write reviews is just to write! I just sit down and type out…

I’ve seen this poster around more than a few times lately, and I still remember the first time I ever saw it. In 4th grade, this was posted in our library at school. We had the coolest librarian, and she was the first one who really sparked my love of eclectic reading. Now that it’s a new year, I’m taking a look back into my past as a reader. These simple little sentences are  still as important to me now as they were back then. So I thought I’d share them with you, and give you a little of my…

It’s that time again! Time to set some new goals, and get to work accomplishing them.  First let’s take a look at my goals for last year and how I did. 1. Read on my own time.  I promised myself I wouldn’t stress out if I didn’t have as much time to read, and I didn’t! Accomplished. 2. Post, or not.  Again, one that was my fault. I was making myself feel awful for not posting even if it was once in a great while. I stopped doing that this year. Accomplished. 3. Comment MORE.  This one was a hit…

It’s almost 2012! I know I don’t get to post random, talkative, rambling posts like this one anymore. Life in 2011 is/was whirlwind, crazy, and lots of fun. Now I’m looking forward to a new year with new prospects! Here are some things I learned about myself, and this blog in 2011: 1. Reading is not a chore, and it never should be. There was a period of time where I almost gave up on this blog. I was pushing myself too hard, taking on too many books, and it was making me crazy! So, I cut back. I started…