This one was super fun! Great pick, @Shadowfat

I will get this in the mail soon! #lmpbc @GondorGirl @peanutnine

Is there anything better than reading on the porch at the cabin?! #raisingreaders

My hold for this audiobook came in, so I‘m starting it today and will just fill in my notes when the paper copy gets to me 😊
#lmpbc @GondorGirl @peanutnine @Shadowfat

A fun, fast paced middle grade sci-fi! Recommend for fans of Sal and Gabi Break the Universe
#middlegrademay #knitting #audioknitting

This weekend is turning out to be way more busy than I planned, but I‘m finally making time for some #MiddleGradeMay reading while I knit before bed.

This was a solid conclusion to a great trilogy! I alternated between the physical book and the audio so I feel like I got the full experience.

Finally got my #lmpbc books in the mail this afternoon... sorry it took so long this month! It's been a crazy couple weeks and I haven't been able to make it to the post office during business hours

I liked this one, but didn't love it as much as I had hoped. It started to drag for me about 2/3 through it, though I can't really pinpoint why... I will say that the illustrations were fantastic!

I finished reading this to my 6th grade Lit Lunch today and they absolutely loved it! I'm annoyed with myself that I forgot to take a photo of them with the book like I usually do...

My kids went to a Star Wars event at our public library after school today, which means I gathered quite a stack of books while waiting for them. Most for the kids, but I did start reading this one and had to bring it home...

I spent most of the week listening to this on audio during quiet moments at work. Finally sat down and finished it tonight. Another fun, fast paced horror/thriller. It was a bit of a genre change for Tiffany D. Jackson, but i liked it!

This was a fantastically creepy and fun horror story! Fourteen young people are recruited to play the ultimate game of hide and seek in an abandoned amusement park. The stakes are a little higher than anticipated as the contestants slowly start to realize they are being hunted...

What a sweet little story! I absolutely loved the artwork and can't wait to read more in the series! 💙💚💜

I made my May #bookspin list a week ago and promptly forgot all about it...

This read like a modern fairytale about the power of books. I wasn't completely blown away by it, but it was a fun story.

Tonight's kindle ad made me snort, then click out of curiosity... unfortunately, $4.99 is a little steep for me to indulge said curiosity! I just want to know how one comes to have a pet octopus... 🤣

Feeling a little grumpy about getting added to 2 committees at work today, so I'm slacking on all library duties in favor of listening to a fun audiobook and helping @LittleMouse5708 with the yearbook... #schoollibraries #teachersoflitsy #librariansoflitsy

This has been my work audiobook for the last week or so and it was absolutely fantastic. I am not a huge fan of Forman‘s YA novels, but she hit middle grade right out of the park! I‘d be thrilled if she returned to these characters again - Frankie and Bug are such big hearted kids that you can‘t help but cheer them on.
I like this new trend of historical fiction set in the ‘80s - I think it feels more accessible to middle grade readers.

I picked this up yesterday thinking I'd read a few chapters over the weekend. Well, I just finished it... I loved it! @peanutnine @GondorGirl @Shadowfat #lmpbc I'll get it in the mail sometime this week!

Cats and books- two of my favorite things... this is bound to be great, right?

I picked up this and 2 other books when I took the kids to the library this morning, despite sternly reminding myself of the stack of books I already have at home and promising myself that I wouldn't check any out... Oops!

I've been eyeing this book for the 5 year since I got it for the library and finally got around to picking it up yesterday. I could not put it down! It was such a beautifully written, quiet story that just got under my skin. Soooooo good!

At first, Nina cried because she didn't want the book to be over... then she saw how many more we get to read! 💙 #raisingreaders

I really liked this one! It was exactly the fast paced, easy read I needed to start the week. Thanks, @Bookwormjillk ❤ #lmpbc
@ozma.of.oz @Endowarrior21
I'll try to get it in the mail this week sometime

I loved this - definitely my favorite V.E. Schwab novel to date. I've sometimes felt like her writing style just didn't speak to me, as others seem to rave about her books and I liked them but have never been blown away. This had just the right blend of a morally ambiguous anti-hero who thinks he's the villain, a villain who thinks he's a hero, mixed with the loveable side characters and the promise of more to come.

Opened this one today, thinking I'd just read the first chapter or two... I'm almost halfway through it 🤣 A quick, fun read so far! #lmpbc
@Bookwormjillk @ozma.of.oz @Endowarrior21

I seem to be on a roll with the "it was ok" books... another low pick. This one takes the characters of P&P and moves them into middle class. When Bingley is suspected of murder, Darcy and Lizzie are in competition over whose law firm will represent him- Darcy or Lizzie's father. Lizzie of course dreams of practicing law herself and decides to find the true murderer. All sorts of hijinks ensue...

Here's to 33 and another trip around the sun! I've spent the last few days getting spoiled by my family, I had a great birthday shopping and drinking margaritas with my best friends, and I'm generally just feeling very happy about my little life and the people in it. Picture credit to @LittleMouse5708 who caught me fantasizing about all the books I could read in this chair...

A pick, but a low one... I did not really care for Mariana and the way she inserted herself into the investigation seemed a little far fetched. I cared enough to keep going until the end though.

Starting some seeds for my garden while listening to this audiobook. I'm a little on the fence about the book, but I do want to know who the killer is so I'll keep going. #audiogardening

My sister-in-law and I both have birthdays this week, so my mom and grandma treated us to a girls day with shopping and lunch. Naturally, a bookstore was an essential part of the day! #bookhaul

Nothing like starting spring break with a good book! Nora and Corrie are among my favorite characters. My only complaint about this book was a lack of closure for Corrie and her investigation

My girlie is *finally* starting to feel better! We're looking forward to a quiet, snuggly weekend at home 💗 Thanks, everyone, for the well wishes!

Our middle high school is doing a dodgeball tournament for the last two periods of the day. I helpfully volunteered to hang out with any kids who didnt want to be in the noisy gym all afternoon - what a shame that I have to miss out on the chaos and read my book for the next hour... 🤣
#schoollibraries #teachersoflitsy

This was a beautifully written story and the narrator did an excellent job, but the content was not always easy to read. I‘d like to know more about the real Artemesia Gentileschi - Im Going to have to do some research!

This just might be the book that gets me out of my 2 month book slump! It's good to have those standby authors you can always rely on to tell a good story. 💙

Sick day #3 with my daughter- I think she has the flu. While she watches tv and snoozes on the couch, I'm trying to break my reading slump. Reading the first chapter of all these until one of them sticks and I don't want to put it down.

I'm giving this a pick, but a low pick. Honestly, I think the problem was me because I've been disappointed in quite a few highly anticipated books recently. The book slump continues...
I think I need to either read nothing for a week (is that even possible?!) or find something totally different from what I've been reading lately.

This little diva has a fever and is feeling pretty crummy tonight - looks like we're taking a sick day tomorrow! Here she is getting settled in her tent bed. She arranged all her stuffed animals just so and then demanded stories- she knows how to make the most out of things!

I always enjoy finding weird trends in children's lit publishing and the coincidences that sometimes pop up. In the last couple months, Junior Library Guild has sent me to middle grade novels in verse about young girls who take up surfing to help them cope with challenges in their lives. Because we live in the middle of nowhere Western NY (6 hours from the closest beach),

After 3 attempts to read it and finally having to download the audiobook, this one just didn't do anything for me... I'm really disappointed. Nests grew on me and I liked the female friendships, but i could have done without the Nesta/Cassian lovefest. I just could not have cared less about their relationship 🤣🤷‍♀️

Damn, Mindy McGinnis is intense... I could not put this down!

Proctoring the middle school NYS ELA exam today, which is super boring... can't decide which one to start next!

This was a beautiful and heartbreaking story. I was not fully aware of the extent of violence against indigenous communities in Colombia in the last few years. It's absolutely awful.

I had so much fun reading middle grade this month, and I‘ve had great luck convincing students to read these books as I‘ve finished them! I read 10 books today, ranging from 1483 to 2001. My favorite was definitely Red, White and Whole, followed closely by Show Me a Sign. Least favorite was probably All the Greys on Greene Street…
Thanks @megnews for organizing the #Middlegrademarchthroughtime

Once again, I thought I had my reading planned out for the next month until my Junior Library Guild shipment showed up... now I just want to drop everything and read all these! #schoollibraries #teachersoflitsy #librariansoflitsy

Next up! I'm excited for this one 🖤💗💙

Other than what I've been reading for work, I'm in a bit of a reading slump. I'm giving myself a lot of freedom to mood read with my next #bookspin #doublespin list.
@TheAromaofBooks

This was a super cute middle grade mystery, heavily inspired by Agatha Christie and her characters. #MiddleGradeMarchThroughTime

When a middle school students says, "Mrs. Ross, I'm reading the best series - you HAVE to read it!" I really have no choice, do I? Well, I'm reading it... and it's not good... ?
When she asks what I thought on Monday, I'll say it was "intense."

I thought pretty much everything about this one was excellent! The author was the same age as me when the towers went down, so I related to all of the cultural stuff that came with being a middle schooler at the time. #MiddleGradeMarchThroughTime