Author: missmaheeslibraryofreads

I am a librarian, a collector of words in all shapes and sizes, and love all things magnificent and awe-inspiring in this world!!

Exploring Happiness this October

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Hi everyone, this October I’m delving into the theme of happiness and all the side effects of it. Yes, you read that right, the side effects!! I hope you and your tween aren’t under too much stress with school and such to venture a little into my blog and explore what I’ve learned about happiness. My father would have wanted me to stay positive and blog about the things that spark joy in my life. So to find out more, why not press the button below…

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Tales from this librarian’s vault…

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Overheard in the library…

Hi everyone, I hope you all enjoyed this month’s posts. This last week’s post is one I thought of late at night. Yes, as the title suggests this will be a post on funny or quirky things I’ve heard or seen around in the libraries I’ve worked in over the years. Yes, it would be telling tales, but then, where else would you expect to find any?? 

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Classic reads and their modern adaptations

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Bookish advice

Hi everyone, this week I’m sharing a bookish advice post on the various adaptations we find these days based on classic reads. We get many different forms of media that provide our youngsters these days with not just graphic novels of classic reads but with adapted versions into musicals, movies, and all sorts of other streaming platforms such as Netflix and Disney plus. If you’re curious and want to find out more why don’t you press the button below…

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A booklist for Enid Blyton fans

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Booklists for you

Hi friends, today’s post is a booklist of read-a-like suggestions for fans of stories by Enid Blyton. If you are like me and grew up in the 1980’s then you most probably enjoyed these as a child I presume. Would you like to know about the modern equivalent to those stories you read? You would? Then this booklist is for you and your tween to enjoy…

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My Top Five Time-Slip Tales for Tweens

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Booklists for you

Hi everyone, I hope you are all enjoying the build up of suspense I’m planning for you this month of August. Well, as the title reads, this week’s post is a short booklist of my Top Five Tween Time-Slip reads to date!! If you want to find out which titles made the final list, go one, press the button below…

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Let’s get bookish this August…

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Hi everyone, this month I’m going “bookish” again and giving my inner bibliophile freedom and space to roam on cyberspace. By now I know that most of you are an ardent reader as I am or starting on your journey to becoming one. Either way, welcome, take a chair and get yourself settled…

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My own health journey this year…

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My personal work

Hi everyone, I thought I would share a short-ish personal post on my own health journey so far in this new year. It’s been a tumultuous year so far for my family and I, especially now that winter has set in and flu season has come calling. For those who are wondering why it’s been a challenging seven months, click below to find out more…

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Mind over medicine by Lissa Rankin M.D.

Hi everyone, this week’s post is another adult non-fiction read that had a profound impact on both myself and my mother. My mother has even recommended it to many people over the last few years and we believe it has served them the same way it did for us; in being an inspirational read. I hope you find it the same…

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