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6 Easy Ways to Unhaul Your Books

By Kasey | October 18, 2023 - 7:00 am |October 7, 2023 Blogger's Favorites, Discussion Post, Lists, News and Fun

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6 Easy Ways to Unhaul Your Books

Spring and Fall always make me want to clean and organize, and one of my favorite things to organize is, of course, my books! This year, I’ll review somewhere around 200 titles, and about one-third of them will be in the form of physical copies I receive from publishers. Which means about 70 books for the year.

Not including the books I buy (not zero) or are gifted to me. Or books anyone else in our household of readers happens to buy.

At any rate, it’s … Continue reading →

Summer 2023 Backlist Check-in

By Kasey | September 12, 2023 - 7:00 am |September 7, 2023 Blogger's Favorites, Lists, News and Fun

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Summer 2023 Backlist Reading

One of the things I’ve been frustrated and feeling a bit stuck about is how to share backlist titles that I’ve been reading lately. A lot of my lists feature books from the upcoming season or the season just passed, and I’m never sure what to do to feature backlist books more regularly.

For one thing, I read backlist titles kind of sporadically. And because my review calendar has been so full the last couple of years, sometimes I’ll read a book but not post the review for months. Which means I’m waiting months to talk about some truly incredible books.

At first, I experimented with a weekly … Continue reading →

Best Young Adult Books I Read From Summer 2023

By Kasey | September 5, 2023 - 7:00 am |August 31, 2023 Blogger's Favorites, Lists, News and Fun, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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At the start of the summer, I had all these grand plans of lists to share and updates to post… and then reality hit like a stack of overdue library books. Don’t get me wrong– I had a great summer, but it was a much busier summer than I predicted. Between family responsibilities, work, and my out-of-control review calendar (Yep, I’m still struggling to say yes to fewer books. It was much easier before I knew so many irresistible books were coming out!), most of my glorious plans went out the window.

Now that school is back in session, I’m ready to catch up a bit on things I missed. One such thing was … Continue reading →

10 Best Middle Grade Books I Read From Summer 2023

By Kasey | August 29, 2023 - 7:00 am |August 27, 2023 Blogger's Favorites, Lists, Middle Grade 8-12, News and Fun

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This summer definitely did not go as I planned. Looking back, I wonder why I imagined I’d have so much more time to do things like create list posts. Ha! Alas, here I am at the end of summer, and instead of a big list of the middle grade books that looked so great, please enjoy a list of the 10 best middle grade books I read from summer 2023.