The most impressive part of this whole thing is me writing and posting it on the 1st day of August! I’m coming off a ton of summer activities and headed into a weekend of travel, so having a little rest day (or half a rest day) on the 1st of the month is a real…

I have been humbled…which is probably evident since I am recapping my JUNE reading halfway through July. Between the end of the school year, Caldecott, two conferences and some big changes with July…my “for me” reading kind of face-planted in June. I lost track of what I had just read multiple times, so while I…

AKA: The month that happened so fast it almost killed me? This month FLEW by and not in the good way, right? I did a lot of reading, not as much reading as I needed to, and somehow still read 60+ books (and that doesn’t include books I read for the Caldecott). Some successes this…

Well, I’m really glad I didn’t put blogging on my goals list for the year because I would be WOEFULLY behind on that goal. But here I am, reflecting on my month of reading for the FOURTH time this year. First ,let’s checkin on my “book” goals for the year now that we’re in Q2!…

The first quarter of the year is OVER! And I am OVER IT, lol. Honestly, the past three months have flown by, and I feel like I am kind of wildly off-track…but I also know I’m not THAT off-track.  Checking in on my GOALS for the year: I whoopsied on  the “no book buying” rule…

Somehow, the month passed, and some books were read and now that my award committee work for 2024 is really kicking off..this is probably my last month of low numbers. I’m not disappointed in myself for my low-reading levels this month, because I felt like this month beat me up in general, but I KNOW…

We’re back! Another month of new books coming out, and another month of me being overwhelmed by trying to stay on top of everything! Let’s dive into NINE books I am excited for this month. This is my third month of the year not buying new books…so let’s pray my holds come in at the…

In January, the Youth Media Awards held us all by the throat, and so many new award winners were announced and celebrated. An award that I was particularly jazzed about was the GEISEL award. I got really into the Geisel Award last year when I was working on updating some book lists for work. Every…

Another year full of reading goals I am trying very hard to keep, but yet here we are, one month down, and I’m like “did I read anything at all?” Well, luckily for me, the spreadsheet system I built out last year persists, and while I still have to make some Excel Formula Magic, I…

I have been a bit MIA from blogging this month, because I’m enjoying my time off between award committees, but I also am adjusting to a major change in life. At the beginning of January, I quit my job as a children’s librarian at the public library and have moved to be a school librarian…