summer reading
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divalounger
@divalounger (6182)
• United States
28 Jun 21
Well, my summer is here, and for the next 2 months--more or less--I am on my summer schedule. That means I am working less and reading and writing more. It feels great. I am teaching 3 days a week and writing 2 days a week--during...
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
2 Aug 17
Good afternoon.
I picked up this book The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
I am not a big fan of hers.I read Pilot Wife which I like.
Why this book?this is about a murder on Star Island in Portsmouth.
We have been there many times...
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Betty Belekis
@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
12 Jun 17
When I was teaching I would go through the school library just before school got out for the summer and selected a couple dozen books to read. I liked to read and I wanted to encourage my students to read as well. That was...
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
21 Jun 16
Story hour has started at our local library now on Tuesdays at 10:30 am. I got up todayand started to get ready and my children did not want to go.
My son is 8 and my daughter is 12. We have gone every year since my daughter was...
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
18 Jun 16
I was at a library today with my children and I saw that not only do they have a children's summer reading program and a teen summer reading program... they also have an adult summer reading program.
I never joined in on one...
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Steve Helmer
@srhelmer (7047)
• Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
27 May 16
This is something my daughters have been doing for a few years now and I think it's a great program.
All they have to do is read so many minutes per week (which they do anyway) and bring their log to the library at the end of the...
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ladyhemingway
@ladyhemingway (965)
• Philippines
18 May 12
Tomorrow my family and I will be spending the entire day by the beach and since I am not really crazy about sunburn, I am planning to swim when the sun isn't too hot. While I am waiting for the right time to swim, I am wondering...
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makingpots
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
24 Jun 08
I want some light summer reading, but not fluff. I just want to be able to read while my son is playing at a park and not have to start the paragraph over everytime I look up at him.
I particullarly love character driven...
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elizajane202
@elizajane202 (159)
• United States
21 May 08
My son and daughter brought home a bag full of books for the summer from their school. Apparently every year they give their students 10 books to read during the summer, the beginning of the new school year they will return them....
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Ravenladyj
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
27 May 07
So I went to the library the other day and picked up some books (far less than usual though LOL) and one of them is called A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore...I'm only a couple chapters into it but OMG is it ever flipping funny!!!...
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