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Merry Monday and Joyful first week of July 💙🩵💙

Since I retired, Monday is muted for me! I will be reading a backlog of #BOTMs this week and enjoying family and fireworks as well. what about you?

“This is your Monday morning reminder that you can handle whatever this week throws at you.”
— Unknown

#MellowMonday @Eggs
Tagging a few-

#JuneReCap

#CountAllHerBones #AprilHenry #GirlStolen #book #books #bookrecommendation #bookrecommendations #bookreport #bookreports #bookreview #bookreviews #bookriot #booktattoo #booktree #bookthief #booktopia #booktoday #bookyourself #bookunion #bookutopia #bookunicorn #bookunicorns #bookunhaul #bookish #bookishfeature #bookishfeatures #bookishlife #booksoflitsy #Mystery #YoungAdult #Thriller #Romance #RealisticFiction #Suspense #Contemporary #Teen 💛💛💛

NCTE Intellectual Freedom Center

The NCTE Intellectual Freedom Center is such a great resource for English teachers. I had browsed their website before, but didn't realize that they offer real guidance for dealing with censorship. The action kit and database feel especially useful right now. It's comforting to know there is a place backing teachers up when these tough conversations come into the classroom.

Doing much better now. 🤍

If I hadn‘t left
you when I did, I‘d still be lost —
alone in the snow.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

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#BookSpin July list

It might feel like it but it is NOT hot enough to fry an egg. 🍳

I love you — but I
really don‘t like you right now;
I‘ll keep my distance.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

3✨I‘m glad I stuck this one out. Each book in the series followed a different high school student, and this started out rocky for me. Withholding the truth or lying is not something I like in a character, but when the truth came out it was pretty interesting after that. This is the last book in the series. #SeriesLove @TheSpineView @Andrew65

Pen America “Banned In the USA“

Just looked through Pen America‘s “Banned in the USA” report and it's astounding how many books are being pulled, without any real process. Of course, many of the titles deal with identity, race, and queerness. It's not just bans but the quiet removals too. Makes you think about who gets to decide what stories are appropriate and what voices do or don't matter in schools.