Happy Monday! If this is your first visit to my blog, welcome! I regularly participate in a weekly #IMWAYR meme. Kellee Moye of Unleashing Readers and Jen Vincent of Teach Mentor Texts decided to give Kathryn’s (at Book Date) “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?” meme a kidlit focus, reviewing books in children’s literature (picture books, chapter books, middle … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/31/22 #imwayr

I'm happy to be participating in the #MustRead challenge again in 2022. My thanks to Cheriee of Library Matters and Leigh Anne at A Day in the Life for hosting this community (previously created and hosted by Carrie at There's a Book for That). If you want to link up, join the 2022 round-up before … Continue reading #MustReadin2022 1-30-22

Happy Monday morning and Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! It's been an unusual past week for our family for two reasons: First, we tested positive for Covid and had to stay in quarantine for the week. Hubby and I were both vaccinated, so after the first 24 hours of fever, headache, and body aches, … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/17/2022 #imwayr

Good Monday morning! I'm happy to say I met my two reading goals for 2021. I completed my #MustReadin2021 list, finishing all 49 books that I considered mandatory. And I also met my yearly goal of reading 365+ books. Whew! I've let my Goodreads account go in recent months, so there was a lot lot … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/3/2022 #imwayr

Last Monday, I quickly posted my #imwayr entry late, late Sunday evening. Then I walked away from my computer almost the entire week to bake, watch movies, finish wrapping presents, and to send out the last of our local cards (mostly just hand-delivered cards since they're neighbors and I wanted to make sure they made … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/27/2021 #imwayr

If this is your first visit to my blog, welcome! Today is Monday, and I regularly participate in a weekly #IMWAYR meme. Kellee Moye of Unleashing Readers and Jen Vincent of Teach Mentor Texts decided to give Kathryn’s (at Book Date) “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?” meme a kidlit focus, reviewing books in children’s literature (picture books, chapter … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/20/2021 #imwayr

I've sure missed this community the last two weeks. It seemed Monday was coming 'round far too quickly each week with company in town and our holiday preparations, so I just put it off while enjoying family. We had a wonderful time over Thanksgiving with my mom having flown in with my 11-year-old niece, from … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/13/2021 #imwayr

I'm still on book cover sharing for the time being. But first... in school library news last week, I was surprised to find this article in my Facebook feed this week. The surprise came from the fact that the two Texas school districts mentioned are ones with which I have an intimate history. I attended … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/15/2021 #imwayr

We're already entering the crazy season of busy, busy, busy! It seems to come earlier and earlier, every year. The combination of trick-or-treating candy clean-up on top of yet another big birthday has left me very short on reading/blogging time, this week. My son turned 11, so his celebrations included a trip to WaTiki Waterpark … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/8/2021 #imwayr

I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween, yesterday! The kids actually ended up attending four events this week: a church carnival, our public library Halloween party, a citywide Trunk or Treat event downtown, and then Halloween. I think my youngest had four costumes, total. 😂  We were under a winter weather advisory for Sunday, but … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/1/2021 #imwayr