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Book Review: We Should Not Be Friends by Will Schwalbe

The real-life, deeply honest story of a lifelong, unlikely friendship formed in college between complete opposites.
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Quick Lit: Mini-Reviews of Some Recent Reads – March 2023 Edition

Today's Quick Lit for March 2023 features six books including women's fiction, historical fiction, romance, and nonfiction.
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Children’s Book Review: Get Up, Stand Up by Cedella Marley

Get Up, Stand Up, based on Bob Marley's song reminds all of us that we can make a difference by being kind.
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Children’s Book Review: How Are You? by Édouard Manceau

How Are You is a board book with minimal words and simple illustrations help young children identify and express their emotions.
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Children’s Book Review: My Big Book of Nature Sounds by Lucie Brunelliére

In My Big Book of Nature Sounds, children can learn the sounds a bird or animal makes as well as the crunch of leaves or a the call of a penguin in this new interactive board book.
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Books that Came My Way in February 2023

Check out all the books added to my shelves in February 2023 including fiction, nonfiction, historical fiction, and children's books.
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Book Review: And Finally by Henry Marsh

And Finally shares a neurosurgeion's adjustment to life with an advanced cancer diagnosis.
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Children’s Book Review: The Pop-Up Guide: Animals by Maud Poulain

In The Pop-Up Guide: Animals children will learn about animals and their habitats while enjoying the pop-ups on each page.
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Children’s Book Review: National Geographic Kids Weird but True! World 2023

A compilation of facts, photos, and weird wonders from all over our world can be found in this new book from National Geographic Kids.
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Quick Lit: Mini-Reviews of Some Recent Reads – February 2023 Edition

February's Quick Lit includes seven books I read for my own enjoyment including fiction, memoir, historical fiction, middle-grade, and a novella.
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Stacie's read-in-2022 book montage

Master Your Core: A Science-Based Guide to Achieve Peak Performance and Resilience to Injury
Hidden Figures
Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me About Caring for the Living
Waiting for Tom Hanks
The Maid
The Other Black Girl
Anxious People
The Body
Great American Road Trips- National Parks: Discover insider tips, must see stops , nearby attractions  more
Apples Never Fall
Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love
Love and Other Consolation Prizes
The Vanishing Half
How to Find Your Way Home
People We Meet on Vacation
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel
Wave
Dear Evan Hansen
The Unsinkable Greta James
The Road We Took


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