Category: Reviews and Recommendations

Welcome to Quick Lit, where bloggers link up with Anne Bogel at Modern Mrs. Darcy and share short and sweet reviews of what we’ve been reading lately. September has been a bizarre reading month so far. I am in the middle of 4 grown-up books and have had to tear through tons of children’s books…

I make lists constantly. Most of my them are to-do lists, and while they may be important for my sanity, I wouldn’t say I love writing them. Writing book lists, however, is a totally different story. Summer reading lists for young readers are a personal favorite. Creating recommended summer reading lists for my students was…

Since my last “What I’ve Been Reading” post, I’ve been feeling a little better about my reading pace. I haven’t included everything I’ve read in the past month in this list, but these are my favorites. Find me on Goodreads if you want to check out everything I’ve been reading — I’d love to be…

In February, I shared the first half of my list of favorite chapter books to read aloud in the post Amazing Chapter Books To Read To the Kids in Your Life, Part 1. The time has come for Part 2! These are books I’ve read aloud over and over and still love. They have major…

In the eight years I’ve been a librarian (where has the time gone?!), I’ve read A LOT of chapter books out loud. Some have been fun but forgettable. Others have been painful to get through. And then there are the ones I actually look forward to reading over and over again. Books like these are…