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Tuesday is Election Day in the United States!

The bulk of my job is done now, and I'm looking forward to getting back to weekly #IntegrateYourShelf posts. Since politics is what took me away from it, I thought this would be a fitting prompt for jumping back in.

The tagged book was incredibly eye opening, especially when I took the time to think about where I was during the time period this book happens in (December 2010). I was so unaware...😢

This was a really interesting book. I learned a lot about the “Arab Spring,“ and Syria. I also enjoyed Senzai's book “Shooting Kabul.“ I look forward to reading more of her work.

This was a tough one for me. Not because of the subject matter necessarily, but because I realized early on that these events were going on when I was old enough to have been paying attention but I didn‘t. 😔 This realization was made worse by the fact that I read this book the evening after the Notre Dame Fire, when its destruction was everywhere on social media, yet the cultural devastation of the Syrian War has made barely a blip. 😭 cont.👇🏻

Reading this before school begins so I‘m ready to recommend it to students. This is my 3rd vacation read.

A little iced coffee to get me through the home stretch.

#readingresolutions #spines

It doesn't seem like much but it took me a lot of thought and time to cull this stack together for #24in48 I have book club books, books for challenges and half of the titles are focused on diversity. I also have some library requests out as well so my stack will change a bit but otherwise I'm ready to go!

Might as well just start book #4 of the weekend 🤷‍♀️

New stack of books for school. Rob Buyea was in town and kids raved about The Perfect Score. We can‘t keep the rest of Jason Reynolds Track series on the shelf so it‘s time for Sunny. #goodbooks #nationalbookweek #chapterbooks #diversity

Left behind when her family flees Aleppo & war-torn Syria for Turkey, Nadia makes her way to the border hoping to be reunited. Along the way she must rely on the help of strangers & stay ahead of the government troops and others who pose a threat. Through occasional rough patches in the writing, this MG book remains a powerful & emotional read introducing young readers to the Arab Spring, the war in Syria, refugees, & a very brave young girl.

Taking home another book to preview. This one is about the Arab Spring and the civil war in Syria.

@kendyl @MrBook @Avanders @bookbabe #cupidgoespostal YAAAAAAY ITS HERE!!! Thanks a lot usps for getting that 2 day shipping in what, 6 days?😑 but now it's here and I'm loving it!!! Going to have the coffee tomorrow morning and that chocolate probably tonight 😁 I like the thingy for holding the book open a lot too!! No fear of the better half stealing that.... he can't fit his thumb in it😂

#Potterhead

Rainy day here in Puerto Rico. I‘m going to curl up with a mug of peppermint white chocolate tea and finish this one. #24in48

I keep coming back to this one, but I‘m done for today.
Day 1 ✅
#24in48

More than 1/4th of the way done! #24in48

Picking this one up again for #24in48 .