Litsy

The First State of Being | Erin Entrada Kelly

#MiddleGradeMarch #TBR #Pop prompt: author with three last names

They told us in August that our job was going to be outsourced overseas, so I'm in the middle of looking for a new job. I'm not sure how much reading I'll be able to do this month, but I'm going to try.

PurpleyPumpkin Wishing you great good luck in your job hunt!🍀 22h

Butterfinger I am so sorry. 21h

sblbooks @PurpleyPumpkin @Butterfinger Thanks! It was a shock. I love my job so I hate to lose it. I was even able to listen to audiobooks while I worked. 21h

TheBookgeekFrau Best of luck in your job search! 🍀🤞🏼💕 17h

kezzlou85 So sorry to hear that. Good luck in your job search. 10h

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OriginalCyn620

A Brush with Love: A Novel | Mazey Eddings

I didn‘t get to this book this month, so into the DONATE pile it goes.

#readordonate

julieclair

julieclair 👍👍👍🩵 1h

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lynneamch

I'm Not Scared, You're Scared | Seth Meyers

I always watch and appreciate A Closer Look segment on Seth Meyers' Late Night show. I haven't yet listened to his podcast with his bother, but it sounds like there's good humor and plenty of #BrotherLove.
#FeelintheLove @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 2d

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Amandakay

We Used to Live Here | Marcus Kliewer

so-so

⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Cortg

We Used to Live Here | Marcus Kliewer

pick

I‘m not really sure how to explain this one. Haunted house? Ghosts? Alternate reality? It‘s definitely creepy, and frustrating as you‘re rooting for Eve, the narrator. The end leaves things pretty opened ended with a WTF did I just read feeling. Overall, it was a good realty escape.

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LibrarianRyan

I'm Not Scared, You're Scared | Seth Meyers

so-so

2.5 To be honest I like Seth Meyers bio on the cover better than I like the book. This book is fine. It‘s about a bear that doesn‘t want to admit they are scared while their rabbit friend is adventurous. Bear eventually overcomes their fright when a friend needs help. I wish the story might have gotten into everything that bear did to go on an adventure while not going on an adventure was an adventure.

#celebrityauthor

LibrarianRyan But getting on a bus and a train and a helicopter was a type of an adventure. So I think the book missed the mark pointing that out. This book is also overly long. And it does not sound like Seth Meyers. Parts of it that I‘m not scared you‘re scared sounds exactly like him. But the rest of the story does not have the way with words we see him using his show. The book is nice and kids are going to like it, but I think it‘s a one shot and 2w

LibrarianRyan should stick to late night. 2w

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britt_brooke

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness | Jonathan Haidt

so-so

⭐️⭐️ As the parent of two sons on the cusp of Gens Z and Alpha, none of this is news. Unfettered access to a smartphone is clearly not ideal, and the parents aware enough to seek out such a book are likely not the true target. Play-based vs phone-based in terms of upbringing needs a happy medium. This research doesn‘t really address gray areas, but incessantly reiterates a this-or-that mentality rather than a compromise.

Suet624 Well that‘s too bad. 3w

Tamra Like AI, cell phones aren‘t going anywhere so the all/none approach is unrealistic and potentially disadvantageous in the long run. On the other hand, it‘s also crazy to me Kindergartners are misusing them during school such that they are getting referrals! 2w

britt_brooke @Tamra It‘s crazy to me that kindergarteners would even have phones. My oldest got his for his 12th birthday with lots of rules attached. Same will happen when my youngest turns 12. Thankfully, our elem and middle schools require them to be in lockers during the school day. I‘m not sure of the HS rules yet. 2w

Tamra @britt_brooke here, k-5 no phones, Middle School lockers, High School not during class time. It seems to be working. 👍🏾 2w

britt_brooke @Tamra Surely that‘s how HS is here, too. I hope so! 2w

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