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Quote of the Day – Baker’s Magic

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Quote of the Day
"He took great pleasure in teasing her; he'd decided that Bee was no name for a person, and that it must just be the first letter of her real name. So every time he came in, he addressed her by a new and awful name that started with B." —BAKER'S MAGIC by Diane Zahler

—Baker’s Magic by Diane Zahler

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80/80 Reading Update for 2022

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2022 To-Read Pile: 10 Middle Grade books I want to read this year
To keep my annual reading goals low pressure and focused on fun, I’ve adopted a scaling system to track my progress. I set my Goodread’s Reading Challenge to 10 books at the start of the year, and when that’s accomplished, increase the goal by an additional 10.
Upon reaching each new milestone, I’ll mark the occasion with a fresh list of books I’m looking forward to reading soon.
Current reading progress for 2022: 80/80 books
2022 To-Read Pile: 10 Middle Grade books I want to read this year
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Quote of the Day – Everything on a Waffle

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Quote of the Day
"I got the feeling that Miss Honeycut didn't even know what issues she was talking about—that she just liked using the word "issues" and would use it whenever she could slip it into conversation. Certain people do get attached to certain words this way. I kind of liked "solarim" myself although it did not lend itself to such easy usage." —EVERYTHING ON A WAFFLE by Polly Horvath

—Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath

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Quote of the Day – Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs

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Quote of the Day
"You took what you had and you took what you knew and what you felt and what you guessed and you mixed them all together, and remembered to look out the window and listen to the birds sing while you were doing it. Plus, it didn't hurt to count your blessings while you were beating the batter. Louise thought this might be the recipe for the whole world." —WISHES, KISSES, AND PIGS by Betsy Hearne

—Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs by Betsy Hearne

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Mean Girls and Why it Works

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Mean Girls and Why It Works: why the mean girls trope is still relavant in today's fiction.

Everyone seems to love a mean girl. They’re clever, confident, and know how to stay in the spotlight… at everyone else’s expense. But, if they’re really that bad, why do they continue to reign their fictional universes?

Mean Girls and Why It Works: why the mean girls trope is still relavant in today's fiction.

Today I’m highlighting a few reasons why the Mean Girl keeps showing up in our favorite books.

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