We’ve had another wonderful week of reading for our Book A Day May reading challenge. CJ & Elza are here to share their second week’s worth of books.
#BookADayMay Reading Report
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#BookADayMay Reading Report
We’re through our first week of Book A Day May! Have you been keeping up so far? CJ & Elza are ready to report in with their most recent reads.
ELZA: #ReadByColor
Elza shares a veritable rainbow of bookish recommendations, quirky quotes, and words worth collecting on her blog!
ELZA: #ReadByColor
Elza shares a veritable rainbow of bookish recommendations, quirky quotes, and words worth collecting on her blog!
ELZA: 20/20 Reading Update for 2021 — Elza Kinde
At the start of the year, I decided to use a scaling goal to track my year of reading. My original goal of 10 books bumped up to 20, and thanks to #BookADayMay and a surprisingly productive summer reading session, I’ve blown through that goal and then some with a total of 50 books! I’m […]
20/20 Reading Update for 2021 — Elza Kinde
Who I Am (in book titles)
If there’s one thing that we love here at Middle Grade Carousel, it’s a game! Upon spying a challenge issued by Christie Megill on Twitter, we flew to our home library with an eye toward book titles that say something about our personalities. Here’s what we found.
CJ’s Stack
- Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
- Bliss by Kathryn Littlewood
- The Peculiar by Stefan Bachmann
- Savvy by Ingrid Law
- The Exact Location of Home by Kate Messner
- The Honest Truth by Dan Geminhart
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Elza’s Stack
- The Problim Children by Natalie Lloyd
- A Taste for Monsters by Matthew J. Kirby
- All the Colors of Magic by Valija Zinck
- I Am Pusheen the Cat by Claire Belton
- “Shouldn’t You be in School?” by Lemony Snicket
- Magic or Not? by Edward Eager
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Can you find book titles that describe you in some way?
ELZA: 10 Books I Want to Read in 2021
Challenges have been my go-to resource for getting through my massive To-Read Pile. I’ve relied on Goodreads’s annual reading challenge for several years to help track my progress, and while I love the handy counters and end-of-the-year statistics, picking a reasonable goal has always been a sticking point. This year, I’ve decided to use tools […]
10 Books I Want to Read in 2021 — Elza Kinde
10 First Lines from Middle Grade Fiction
The first line of a book is a wonderful thing. Just a few perfect words, and a portal is opened. You’re seeing the world through new eyes. Exploring a world that is built from hard work and imagination. Thinking of things that wouldn’t have come to mind without a little help.
Today, I’m sharing some of my favorite first lines from Middle Grade books! Do they inspire you, too?
5 Middle Grade Books that Made Me Laugh
As a lover of puns, it should come as no surprise that my favorite books are usually the ones that make me laugh. Preferably out loud. There are lots of funny things that happen every day, and reading funny books is a good reminder to keep a sense of humor. So today I’m sharing a few books that do just that!
Best Reads of 2019
Hello from behind the scenes! We’re CJ and Elza, the mother-daughter duo responsible for Middle Grade Carousel’s challenges and content. As you may have guessed, we’re both avid bookworms who enjoy stocking our home library with kid-friendly reading material.
We’re so excited to show and tell and share what we’ve been reading, so you might be seeing more of us this year.
To kick off our brand new blogging schedule, we’ve decided to pick and share the Top 5 best books we read in 2019.
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