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Category Archive — books

Book Buzz: Summer and Fall, 2013

When spring officially (and finally) underway, there’s no better time to look ahead to summer and fall. (What can I say? I’m a planner.) Though I have plenty to read right now, there are several books that I have on my reading radar, some of which will be highlighted at BEA at the end of [...]

BEA 2013: One Month and Counting

Watch out, publishing industry. The book nerds are coming. In just about month, publishers, authors, bloggers, teachers and librarians will all gather once again for Book Expo America (better known across the Internets as BEA). For rabid book fans, BEA is like heaven, nirvana, and the perfect day all rolled into one. It’s the largest [...]

Yearly Reading Challenge, 2012

At the beginning of 2012, I decided to scale back a bit and set a goal of reading 75 books this year. 50 is an easy goal I’ve made several times now and 100 seemed like I was rushing too much. 75, however, turned out to be a great goal – I succeeded and even [...]