Hi everyone, this is a big week for me. When you read this post I will have returned home from my procedure. I’ll let you know how I feel sometime later in March when I’ve rested up. The booklist post I’ve planned for you has a selection of teen reads featuring ‘Rainbow Teens.’ I hope you enjoy the titles I’ve set up for you.
Continue reading “Teens and Rainbow Reads”Hi everyone, this week’s review post is quite special to me. It’s a book that I found quite recently and one I didn’t expect to have an impact on me until I finished it. LGBTQI themes are more prevalent now in MG fiction and this one is a shining example of an exemplary title that touches on a myriad of such issues. Shall we delve further and find out more…
Continue reading “Ana on the edge by A. J. Sass”Hi everyone, this first week of February celebrates the beginning of my month dedicated to ‘Rainbow Reads’. This booklist post will feature a selection of tween reads with characters who will keep you entertained and reading well into the night…
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Hi everyone, it’s Pride month here in New Zealand and we’re celebrating the LGBTQI community in Auckland Libraries!! To reflect the work we do and the commitment my team and I put in every year I thought I’d do my bit and showcase Rainbow Reads on my blog this month!!
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Hi everyone, I hope you’re all enjoying the posts for this month so far. Can you believe that January ends tomorrow? It just hit me that I’ve got just under three weeks for my thumb procedure. This post is a short personal message of thanks for now.
Continue reading “A short message…”And so ends January friends!! Can you believe February is just over a week away??!! To wrap up this month of all things letters, I thought I’d give you a break from the traditional letter-form and give you a collection of titles with a little bit of extra added to them. These are teen reads with more than just letters in them…
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Hi everyone, this week’s personal post is one I had a bit of difficulty trying to write up. I was thinking about writing a letter to my dad telling him how much we missed him but I changed my mind halfway through it. Several workshopped ideas later, I came up with an advice letter to my past sixteen-year-old self. So, if you want to have a peek at what I ended up writing, press the button below…
Continue reading “A contemplative personal post”Hello everyone, I hope you’re all enjoying January so far. My birthday is not too far away and our father’s absence is felt quite deeply. I’m hoping to follow in his footsteps and do as much good as I can. So, in the thread of helping others, this post has three reads that focus on advice letters. Shall we delve further and see what they’re about…
Continue reading “A trio of epistolary reads on advice”Hi everyone, welcome to the first week of a new year!! Since January 2024 is a month celebrating letters of all kinds, it is only fitting to start off with a book I never thought I would find. This gorgeous tween read is a collection of letters received by a pair of children who wanted to understand other people’s experiences over the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. So friends, with that quick intro, why don’t you press the button and delve into my review below…
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Welcome everyone to 2024!! I hope you all had a peaceful and stress-free New Year’s Eve!! My family and I had a somewhat quiet few days together. As my title suggests, I’m beginning this New Year, 2024, with letters. With this I mean, written letters, missives or short notes…
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