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2021 Teen Reading Challenge: Books to Make You Laugh
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Challenge, 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 […]
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Only the Lonely
Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Fiction, Film, Health and Wellness, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with bekind, cheerup, cheerupthelonelyday, loneliness, onlythelonely, reading suggestions, smile, spreadkindness, unlonely, unlonelyproject
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 […]
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By Teens, For Teens – It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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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 […]
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Music of the Month – July 2021
Posted about 4 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Book Reviews
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The Declaration of Independence: The Ideals
Posted about 4 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Black History Month, Events, History and Preservation, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
| Tagged with Amanda Gorman, Barack Obama, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, Fairfax Resolves, George Mason, Joe Biden, pandemic, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Declaration of Rights
What Does July 4th Mean? Some might say it is a holiday, a time for fireworks and grilling. Other people might reply “it’s when the Declaration of Independence was signed.” […]
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Celebrate the Days – July
Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Holidays, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with antiboredom, bagpipeappreciationday, book recommendations, celebrations, dogdaysofsummer, eatahamburger, fireworks, forgetful, fourthofjuly, gaming, geek, geeklife, hamburger, Independence Day, internationaldayoffriendship, internationalkissingday, july, july4th, junkfood, keepitsimplestupid, learnanotherlanguage, midyear, motorcycle, nationaldayofthecowboy, nationalhammockday, postalworker, reading recommendations, reading suggestions, summer, truth, ufo, videogames
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 […]
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Most Anticipated YA Books of 2021 (the second half)
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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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 […]
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Cancer Book Horoscope
Posted about 4 years ago by Robyn Webb
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Book Horoscopes, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with astrology, book horoscopes, book recommendations, book recs, cancer, cancer zodiac
“Underlying the beauty of the spectacle there is meaning and significance. It is the elusiveness of that meaning that haunts us, that sends us again and again into the natural […]
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Commemorate Freedom: Juneteenth 2021
Posted about 4 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Black History Month, Book Reviews, Children's, Events, History and Preservation, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with Civil Rights, Civil War, Frederick Douglass, George Floyd, Jim Crow, Juneteenth, Major General Gordon Granger, President Abraham Lincoln, Reconstruction, Robert E. Lee
Virginia State Holiday As of October 2020, Juneteenth is a permanent statewide holiday in Virginia. Virginians, like others across America will celebrate in various ways ranging from parades, dancing, visiting historical sites, […]
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2021 Teen Reading Challenge: Juneteenth
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Black History Month, Fiction, holidays; celebrations, nonfiction, Reading Challenge, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with #activism, #activist, #teenactivism, #teenactivist, 2021rplteenreadingchallenge, blackauthors, blackhistory, blm, booksforteens, currentevents, ireadya, Juneteenth, readingchallenge, teenreadingchallenge, teenreads
Welcome back to month six of the 2021 RPL Teen Reading Challenge. How’s it been going to far? I don’t know about you, but historically this is about the time […]
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