Category: Book Lists

  • Top Middle Grade Reads of 2020

    Top Middle Grade Reads of 2020

    Part 3 (of 3) Delightfully for me, reading middle grade books is part of my job. I suppose reading as many as I do is not *actually* part of my job description. But after reading about how one teacher knows all the books in her classroom library so she can…

  • Top Nonfiction Reads of 2020

    Top Nonfiction Reads of 2020

    Part Two Ironically, I couldn’t narrow my nonfiction reads down to just 5. I say “ironic” because I read so much more fiction than nonfiction! So I decided, “Why limit myself to an arbitrary number?” Books can often be a “top read” based on when you and the book find…

  • Top 5 Fiction Reads of 2020

    Top 5 Fiction Reads of 2020

    As promised, here is my first installment of: My criteria for including titles on this list are a combination of most of these: I ranked it with 5 stars on Goodreads It stuck with me for a long time after reading it It made me think The writing itself was…

  • 5 Books on Technology, Productivity, and Relationships

    5 Books on Technology, Productivity, and Relationships

    When the pandemic hit this spring, I all of a sudden found myself in a very different position than normal: for the first time in pretty much ever, I had no set schedule. At that point, we hadn’t created a fixed online school schedule. With an entire work day at…

  • 50 Read-aloud Suggestions for All Ages

    50 Read-aloud Suggestions for All Ages

    This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. Want to skip straight to the read-aloud suggestions ? Click here Or, if you’d like to go to the recommendations for…