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2026-27 Middle School Battle of the Books selection

Heard the authors on NPR several months ago. Sounded good!

September's book club selection (my next turn to act as host)

Starting this now since it's almost 600 pages long, and I rarely pick up a book that thick anymore. LOL

Forgot to add this. Working on it during lunch hours. 2026-27 Middle School Battle of the Books selection

My turn to read this. Hubs already read it.

July Book Club selection for the library, and it's pretty damn good so far!

2026-27 Middle School Battle of the Books selection (probably already mentioned that at some point)

Good, but I'll be honest, it's a hard read for me. My childhood was nothing like Kita's, and the idea that a mother would treat her daughter the way our MC's mom does just infuriates me.

Just started this at lunch, as I'm moving on to the middle school Battle of the Books list. It's good!

Did NOT expect all the feels from this one. Almost stopped after one of them...wasn't sure I could keep reading. But it's a BOB and the last one on my list, so I soldiered on.

Heard the author on NPR, then heard a snippet of the repeat they aired on the holiday. Decided I wanted to read the book and voila! Library as it, so now it's my nighttime read.

Finally started this at lunch today. LOL