Reading Recommendations

Posted about 5 years ago by Phil Shepard

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THERE ARE HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH — SO MANY REASONS TO CELEBRATE! I’M NOT SAYING THERE SHOULD BE CAKE EVERY DAY, BUT I’M NOT SAYING THERE […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with #bookrecommendations, 2021rplteenreadingchallenge, booksforteens, ireadya, readingchallenge, recommendedreads, teenreadingchallenge, teenreads

Welcome back, readers, to this month’s 2021 Teen Reading Challenge post! The prompt this month is to “read something recommended by someone you admire.” Let me start off by saying […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, booksforteens, byteensforteens, ireadya, teenreads, volunteen

Our VolunTEENs have been hard at work reading and writing a ton of awesome reviews for you this summer!  Here are two more written by Isabelle R., age 16. Book […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Phil Shepard

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THERE ARE HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES ALMOST EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH – SO MANY REASONS TO CELEBRATE. I’M NOT SAYING THERE SHOULD BE CAKE EVERY DAY, BUT I’M NOT SAYING […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, booksforteens, byteensforteens, ireadya, teenreads, volunteen

Welcome back to our latest installment of By Teens, For Teens. This blog post series consists of all teen-generated content. This time we have two book reviews, both written by […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with 2021rplteenreadingchallenge, booksforteens, bookstomakeyoulaugh, funnybooks, humor, ireadya, readingchallenge, teenreadingchallenge, teenreads

Readers, we are more than halfway through the 2021 RPL Teen Reading Challenge! It’s hard to believe we are already into the month of July. Thankfully, this year is measuring […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Phil Shepard

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lonely definitions(from Merriam-Webster online) 1 – a: being without company: LONE // too many lonely nights at home. b: cut off from others: SOLITARY // the train stopped frequently at […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, booksforteens, byteensforteens, ireadya, romance, teenreads, volunteen

Are you a fan of romance novels? If so, you’ll want to check out this review and read-alikes list for Colleen Hoover’s It Ends With Us. This adult title has teen […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Phil Shepard

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There are holidays and observances every day of the month — so many reasons to celebrate! I’m not saying there should be cake every day, but I’m not saying there […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with #2021releases, #ireadya, #mostanticipated, #yareads, tbr

Welcome back to my Most Anticipated YA Books of 2021 blog post series. Back in December I covered the first half of the year (January – June 2021). This time I’ll […]