Colleen Heidrich

Beautiful! Great smile! Enjoy every minute!

This was so me yesterday too and I can't say it got a lot better until about 7pm!!!
Hope today is amazing for you!

Creator Kazu Kibuishi holding his Mammen Family Public Library card in front of a bookshelf

Lovers of fantasy comics, check out Bolt City 's Amulet series, hailed by Kirkus as one of the 21st Century (So Far)! This bestselling series is available in over 20 languages and features beautiful art and action-packed adventure. #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #CreatorsGetCarded

The covers of the first four books in The Arcanium Saga against a bubbly blue background. The words "The story so far..." are in gold letters at the top.

Everything is trash and it's hard not to feel like we've already lost. Buy books about defeating authoritarians and give yourself hope.

(Also, these ones have magic. And enchanted crows.)

shop.nptwrites.com
books2read.com/nptwrites/

66 Books graphic book tracker

30 books in 3 months book tracker graphic

It's been fun to track my summer reading and participate in a couple of challenges. Not sure how many more great books will be read before going back at the beginning of September, but I'm sure a few more at least! #amreading #summerreading #30Booksin3Months #BookADay

line up for the bookstore

front window of the Perfect Match Bookshop

Sandwich board for the Perfect Match Bookshop opening

books, coffee and treat after shopping

What a great turnout for the new #PerfectMatchBookshop in Vancouver yesterday! So much excitement and a VERY long line, but fun to see all the buzz! #romance #romancereading #romancebooks #HappyReading

Shiny Happy People on Netflix image

Wow! Watching the second episode of the second season of Shiny Happy People... hard to know what to even say. So many traumatized people in the name of religion. #ShinyHappyPeople

Graphic for the documentary Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press from 2017.

Watched this 2017 doc this morning and it's interesting to see it in light of what's happened since... Check it out if you haven't seen it. #Netflix

I totally agree! Get your hands on this one! #MGLit #kidlit #booksky

Agree on this one! Loved it!

Yeah, I didn't wear except for reading until about 5 years ago and now I have to wear progressives as my eyesight continues to get worse with age! My kids inherited their eyesight from their dad though, so they've all three worn glasses since they were relatively young.

Yes, yes, it sure is!

My son and I both needed glasses last week and all 4 of us in our house wear glasses, so I totally get it! It's always something, isn't it?!

Ugh! Totally relate! Just had to have mine replaced after my eye exam last week and ever so grateful for double insurance as the progressives are not cheap!!! Best of luck finding somewhere that isn't too expensive!

And there are kids and adults who are still reading and some of us a lot. Kids need books even if not as many of them are reading and teacher librarians and librarians continue to work to put them in the hands of kids!!

LOVE seeing VALOR WINGS on the list of Surrey Schools Top 10 Books of the Year!! 🤩🙏

Graphic of image for Surrey Schools Books of the Year for the upcoming school year!

Can't wait to be able to share all of these amazing books with students in a few weeks! Students will get to read and then vote on their favourite at the end of the year! #studentvote #sd36learn #SSBOY

Graphic showing the 4 books I've read so far this month!

What've you been reading? #amreading

Graphic of covers of books read in July

Graphic of covers of books read in July

Happy August all!
July was a great reading month with a wide variety of books and some amazing ones! #amreading

What did you enjoy reading last month?

30 Books in 3 Months Graphic that shows what I've read since May 26th as part of a Jessica Brody reading challenge

It's taken me longer to fill one graphic for this #30Booksin3MonthsSummerReadingChallenge this year than it has other years and that's perfectly OK! June was slow with the end of the school year - top row of the graphic. Have enjoyed all kinds of books! #amreading @jessicabrodyauthor.bsky.social

Graphic with a review of the book Spark by Chris Baron (a a picture of the cover) that I finished last night and loved. Review says "This is a moving middle grade book that is unfortunately timely being partly about wildfires and the environment, but it’s also about hope, regrowth, family, friends, community and being there for people in need in a multitude of ways. Written in beautiful verse giving the space for all the emotion in this one! Chris Baron is an auto buy for me!"

Can't wait to share this one in the fall with students as I know some who will already love this one and anyone who loves verse sure will! A timely topic and incredibly loveable characters you'll feel for! Be sure to pick this one up! #amreading #summerreading @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social

Graphic with the book Not Quite Dead yet by Holly Jackson that I recently finished

Well, this was how I spent the better part of my day! #amreading #recommend @hollyjackson44433.bsky.social

I'm loving Spark... powerful and so important and time sensitive for sure. Love the verse.

I haven't read The Riveters yet, but it's on my list! I actually taught with the author's brother years ago! Small world! Thanks for the reminder to pick this one up!

My current reads list with Spark, Silverborn, Bowling Alone and The Mystery of Unlocked rooms on it.

Happy Saturday!
I'm looking forward to a massage and some reading today and grateful for a weather that's a bit cooler today! #amreading #grateful

What are you reading today? What are you grateful for today?

Thanks for continuing to share these as I love to see what's making the rounds! Looking forward to this one!

1900 day streak New streak milestone

I have now been writing daily for a little over 5 years and I don't know what I would do without it as part of my morning!

Yeah, I really like the format, but being Canadian, most of them are based on US history and I find them interesting, but not kids as much. Wish we had the same for Canadian historical events!

Graphic about two middle grade books that I recently finished: History Smashers Titanic and The Beautiful Game. Good additions to our collection as they're both popular topics these days!

#summerreading #amreading

Highly recommended review of the book Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly.

#summerreading #amreading

Summer Reading graphic with current reads: Rage Becomes Her, The Beautiful Game and King of Ashes

So nice to be able to enjoy some downtime again and get some more reading in! Hard to decide what to read though I always have a few on the go!

What are you currently reading or have finished and would recommend? #summerreading #amreading

I do too and am always looking to connect with people there as it's the one thing I find a little harder than some other sites just because there aren't as many people. I think everyone should be using it!