Books, Books, and More Books

Whenever I visit a new city, I adore finding new bookstores! We just visited New York City and had so much fun! Before the trip, I was able to research three different libraries that I was interested in exploring. Unfortunately, we were only able to make it to one bookstore, but I will list the others below because I do believe they would be a great use of time in New York! Rizzoli Bookstore-Manhattan The Drama Book Shop-Manhattan The Ripped Bodice-Brooklyn We obviously visit

This post will be my last post as a middle schooler. I'm so excited to see what my next four years have in store for me, and I want to thank all the teachers who have guided me through this educational journey. Honestly, these past eleven years (CRAZY) have been so incredible! Thank you so much! Alright, yeah..., that was cheesy. But it is all true, and I am very grateful to everyone who has consistently checked in on my blog. For this post, though, I want to discuss somethin

I am so proud to announce that this post will be the 100th post on Books, Books, and More Books! I can't believe that I've made it this far! There have been ups and downs. I have taken month-long breaks, but ultimately, I always come back to this blog. It means so much to me, and to have consistent readers who will check in to my blog genuinely makes a difference. To honor my 100th post, Lydia's Library now has a Pinterest Account! Make sure to follow us for updates on the bl

In the spirit of making up for lost time, I am posting twice in one day (enjoy it because it won't happen again for months)! I will warn that if you don't go to my school (you'd know if you did), this post is not worth your time. That being said, stay if you wish! A.R. is a shortened term for "Accelerated Reading". This program basically encourages kids to independently read at their level using points, tests, boundaries, and rules. Every book you read must be within your "ra

As most of you already know, I updated my blog recently, and we have a new tab just for my favorite books. Any book I have read and loved is on this tab. This entire list is incredible! I am going to do a quick evaluation of each of these books, all in one post! I haven't posted in a few weeks because I have been working on this post. It took a while to collect all of the links and whatnot. Additionally, this is a long post, but bear with me because every single book on this

I am so happy to announce that Lydia's library is hosting our first-ever reading competition! In celebration of National Book Week (which begins tomorrow), we are hosting a weeklong reading competition. No fee to join, no harm in trying, but you will receive the joy of reading. If you happen to be the lucky winner, the prizes include: a post tailored to your reading taste, a free printable digital bookmark, and early access to three different blog posts! From March 1st to Mar

A while back, I interviewed Mara Baker. Who is a loyal reader of my blog, an intense reader, and works to make video games. I am just now realizing I never fully posted this intriguing moment. This post is pretty exciting for me since the last time I interviewed someone was in 2022, an interview with Erin Schultz . Now, we will dive into the emotions people explore while reading, tell us about some of her favorite books as a child, and Mara will give some adult recommendation

I have finally finished Linked and moved on to another book that I will reveal next week. I realized, I often end every post with "THIS BOOK IS AMAZING!" or " Read the book," etc. For now I thought it might be fun to analyze all the books I have read in 2023. Let's get started. The first book I read in 2023 was Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper. This book was great because it let me see into someone else's problems and empathize. The next book had been on my list for a whi

Think of a fat, juicy hamburger with everything you love on it right at your fingertips. Now I'm not trying to make you feel guilty, but now think of the cow that used to live. About 900,000 cows get slaughtered per day and a lot of these cows feel scared, uncomfortable, and harmed during the process. Temple Grandin has always had a sincere love for animals. Today she works to make a better life for animals that live in a slaughterhouse. Many animals get abused and live thei

HAPPY NEW YEAR! With it being that time of year, I have not had time to finish reading Linked yet but I am reading another book alongside Linked . In fact I will be reading it alongside every book I read in 2024. My dad and I even made this our New Year's Resolution! At this point your probably thinking: wow, great, WHAT IS THE POINT? Well, the point is that this book consists of short meditations for every night before you go to bed. The book has the days labeled for yo

Let me start with a little backstory of how I learned about Fortune Falls. At my school we have a thing called Accelerated Reader. This is a program to see if you are reading books at your level and reading enough books. Since I got so into the "His Dark Materials" series, I fell just a few points short of my AR (Accelerated Reader) goal. I went to the school library to find a book and by chance my friend was in there too. She said that Fortune Falls was among one of the best

Good morning! I just read a book called "Ban This Book" by Alan Gratz. I have mentioned it in a previous blog post when I was interviewing Erin . "Ban This Book" is about a girl my age who is always good and follows the rules. She absolutely loves books so much so that she lies to her parents that she is in an extracurricular activity when she is really just passing time reading at the library. One day, Mrs.Spencer (one of Amy's classmate's Mom), the president of the PTA ba

I have not posted since February. My apologies. Since Febuary I have found a thing called GPT chat. Of course I won't use this again for my blog but I thought it was really cool and you guys should hear what is wrote. Here was my prompt: make this blog post about the deathly hallows 5 paragraphs in my style of writing. ( had shared and old blog with it). The Harry Potter series has captivated readers of all ages since its debut, and the final book in the series, "Harry Pott

The holidays have been crazy and I've been meaning to post, but I've had trouble finding a time to blog. I read Out of My Mind by Sharon M Draper. This book is about a girl, Melody, who is disabled and can't talk or walk. She has cerebral plasy. I started reading this book a while back, but I stopped reading it just because I didn't really like the book. Then, over the holidays, my cousin came into town and told me, "You should start reading that again." I started reading it

My mom started to read us the Ramona series again. I want to clarify that I'm not reading these books, but my mom is reading my sister and me this book. It's perfect for kids around the age of 7, but I still like listening to them. Ramona the Pest is about a young girl, Ramona, going into kindergarten. Ramona has a horrible first day and gets in trouble many times. She is not a bad girl, though. She just has a lot of misunderstandings. She didn't know that of she pulled on S

Last year in fourth grade, my teacher read my class The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney. My class absolutely loved it. I finished my book about Marie Antoinette on September 23, so I I had nothing to read. I went to my class bookshelf and saw the book School Days According to Humphrey. Since loved the first book so much, I decided to read this one. This is a great way to pick out books because when you find an author you like you can read many of their books

I am sorry that I have not been posting a lot lately. I am trying get back into my routine. Let me start off by saying I always prefer books over movies. A while back I posted about a book called Kiki's Delivery Service. Last night I watched the movie. The movie was similar to the book but I am sure that I am forgetting parts of the book since I read it about six months ago. I did notice they skipped a few chapters/scenes where Kiki delivers items. I liked those chapters/sc

I am constantly reading books. I am still reading Harry Potter, but one thing you may not know is that every night before bedtime, my mom reads me a chapter (or a few!) of a book. Usually we read chapter books, but occasionally, she reads me picture books. Currently, she is reading me The One and Only Ivan. So far, the book is sad. It is about a silverback-an adult male gorilla- that lives in a mall for a circus. In the book the gorilla- Ivan- expresses himself. He talks a

It all started when Granny woke her up in the middle of the night. Louisiana was not suspicious of anything. Why should have she been suspicious? Granny had middle-of-the-night ideas all the time. Granny told her that they needed to leave. Did she mean leave all her friends? Yes. Could she bring her pets? No. What was this all about? Then it came to Louisiana . . . They were not going to come back. Lost. Hopeless. Who is Louisiana Elefante? All her life she had thought her

I just started reading this book. My friend suggested that I read it. It is her absolute favorite book! There are a lot of different versions of this book. The version I am reading is by Frances Hodgson Burnett. This famous story is written in a nice way. This story is about a young girl, Mary Lennox. Mary was brought to a huge house and has to adjust to a new life. This house is big but so many doors are shut. There are plenty of secrets hiding in this house and Mary is det