Reading Recommendations
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Read Harder Challenge #2: Wolf by Wolf
Posted about 5 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
I just finished book #2 for Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge. The prompt was an alternate history novel and I was originally planning on reading Dodger by Terry Pratchett, but […]
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Another Boy: Roald Dahl and Denton Welch
Posted about 5 years ago by Jonathan Tuttle
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Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
As a child, I loved Roald Dahl for the reasons all his fans do, for his inventiveness, for the integrity of his worlds, for his readiness to admit to children […]
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Read Harder Challenge #1: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Posted about 5 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
We are halfway through January and I’ve finished my first Read Harder Challenge book! I decided to start with prompt #1, otherwise I would do all my favorite prompts first […]
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Book Riot’s 2019 Read Harder Challenge
Posted about 5 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Reading Recommendations, Teens
This challenge is designed to get you out of your reading comfort zone. It pushes readers to explore new genres, new authors, new subjects, and more.
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RPL’s “Best of the Best” of 2018
Posted about 5 years ago by Natalie Draper
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Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
2018, what a great year for books! What year isn’t, really, but some years feel special. This year my personal list of favorites was 31 titles long. While I work […]
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Nonstop Nonfiction
Posted about 5 years ago by Natalie Draper
What I have always sought from books, and one reason my reading tastes can run a little…unusual at times, is to experience the world from another’s perspective. Books have this […]
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Edge of Your Seat Mysteries for Teens
Posted about 5 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
The change in weather and the fall winds blowing puts me in the mood for a good mystery, something to keep me on the edge of my seat. That is […]
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So many new books, so little time
Posted about 6 years ago by Natalie Draper
The trouble with being a busy sort of person in a profession where one finds oneself surrounded at all times by books is the endlessly frustrating reality of never having […]
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It’s all in your head: time, memory, and the mind
Posted about 6 years ago by Natalie Draper
So, we’re looking at more of a Category 2 Book Situation this weekend, right? I figure one book to every inch of rain in the forecast is a good ratio. […]
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The Shakespeare Requirement and other back to school reads (for grown-ups)
Posted about 6 years ago by Natalie Draper
Fans of epistolary novels should remember fondly Julie Schumacher’s ugly laugh inducing little hate/love letter to higher ed, Dear Committee Members. Those fans should now be rejoicing in the streets that […]
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