Author Archives: Jenn

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week? This is a weekly event to list the books completed last week, the books currently being reading, and the books to be finish this week. It was created by J.Kaye’s Book Blog, … Continue reading

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Halloween Picks for Children from Stiletto Storytime!

Today I’m excited to welcome Courtney from Stiletto Storytime to guest post today.  Courtney is a twenty something children’s librarian who loves reading justin about anything and anything she can get her hands on.  Courtney has recommended a whole host … Continue reading

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Looking for Halloween Thriller Recommendations?

Fright Fest isn’t just about horror reads; there are some pretty great thrillers out there that will give you a good chill!  To assist you in picking the perfect spooky Halloween read, Janet Rudolf, editor of the Mystery Readers Journal, … Continue reading

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Review: Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz

  Reading level: Ages 9-12 Hardcover: 128 pages Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st edition (September 13, 1991) ISBN-10: 0060217944 Source: Personal copy Scary Stories 3 wraps up the Scary Stories trilogy.  Like the others, it contains a collection of scary folklores/legends collected … Continue reading

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The Big Fright Fest Kick Off!

  It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for-October 1,  the official start of Fright Fest! I’ve planned quite the spooktacular month, full of giveaways, guest posts, & reviews.  To make things easy for all involved, I’m going to cover … Continue reading

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Review: More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

Reading level: Ages 9-12 Hardcover: 128 pages Publisher: HarperCollins (August 24, 2010) ISBN-10: 0060835214 Source: Personal copy Yesterday, I reviewed Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, a collection of folklore collected by Alvin Schwartz. More Scary Stories to Tell … Continue reading

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Review: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

In honor of Banned Books Week, I decided to post this review of Scary Stories 3 earlier than I had planned. Why, you may ask?  Well, this series of books is on the list of most frequently challenged books between … Continue reading

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A Wonderfully Bookish Weekend-Part Two!

This past weekend I had the luxury of participating in two outstanding book festivals!  Earlier, I posted about the National Book Festival. On Sunday, after sleeping in for just a few extra hours, the J Crew (my husband, John, and … Continue reading

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A Wonderfully Bookish Weekend-Part One!

Living in the DC metro has it’s perks, two being the National Book Festival and the Baltimore Book Festival, all in one weekend! On Saturday morning I joined a good friend of mine, alone with her daughter & friend, and … Continue reading

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week?

        It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week? This is a weekly event to list the books completed last week, the books currently being reading, and the books to be finish this week. It was created by J.Kaye’s Book … Continue reading

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