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About Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

I'm a law librarian from the state of Missouri and a graduate of Missouri State University and the University of Missouri-Columbia. My real passion is in fiction, which is why I started my blog to share my thoughts with other bibliophiles. I live with my husband and two wonderful children and a collection of furry feline companions.

Top Ten Tuesday: Desert Island Books

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. In it, each week there’s a new topic in which each blogger picks books that fit into that category for them. This week, I positively love the topic. … Continue reading →

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The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar – a Book Review

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Instead of counting objects and days and hours, if people would simply rub their palms together just once, and comprehend that mysterious skin to skin contact fully, their understanding of the world would be better. Or if just once they … Continue reading →

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In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce – a Book Review

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, a woman by the name of Belle Gunness, a Norwegian immigrant born Brynhild Paulsdatter Storset, quietly terrorized Chicago and La Porte, Indiana. It is now thought Gunness may have been responsible for the … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday – July 21, 2021 – #wwwwednesday #bookishmemes

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Welcome to a new week of WWW Wednesday, a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. In it, we answer three questions and leave a link in the comments sharing our own posts for other bloggers … Continue reading →

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TBR Thursday – Episode 7: July 15, 2021

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

This week on TBR Thursday, I’m starting with a much higher number as I did a big giveaway entrance spree and wound up with a lot of new potential reads. I’m now at 500, up from 488 at the end … Continue reading →

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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume – A Children’s Book Review

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

This year for the reading challenge, I was challenged to pick up an old favorite book from childhood. When I think about authors whose books I enjoyed as a kid, several names come to mind. Among them: Beverly Cleary (I … Continue reading →

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How Lucky by Will Leitch- a Book Review

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

I stumbled upon this book in the overdrive app and thought the cover looked quite appealing and enigmatic. I’m glad I read it, because it was a nice engaging read, and it was very short so it served as an … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday – July 14, 2021 – #wwwwednesday #bookishmemes

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Welcome to a new week of WWW Wednesday, a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. In it, we answer three questions and leave a link in the comments sharing our own posts for other bloggers … Continue reading →

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Drifting by Steven M. Cross – a Book Review

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Published in May 2021, Drifting is the follow-up to writer Steven Cross’s young adult novel from 2019, Drowning. In the first book, we are introduced to Dean Knight, a young man who struggles to keep himself grounded as he comes … Continue reading →

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TBR Thursday – Episode 6: July 8, 2021

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

This week, once again, I haven’t added any new TBR’s. As a matter of fact, I converted a couple of TBR to “currently reading” so that brings me some extra progress. As it is, I’m sitting at 491 on my … Continue reading →

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