Kathie MacIsaac posted: " Hi there! I know it's been quite a while since I posted on our blog, but with the gradual collapse of Twitter, I've noticed several authors struggling to connect and get the word out about their books. I decided it was time to up my reading game in Au" Bit About Books
I know it's been quite a while since I posted on our blog, but with the gradual collapse of Twitter, I've noticed several authors struggling to connect and get the word out about their books. I decided it was time to up my reading game in August and help promote new and upcoming middle-grade titles, so I requested several eARCs to read and review in the coming weeks. I'll try to share many of them here, but you can find me on Twitter and IG at @kathiemacisaac if you want to stay up to date on what I'm reading.
As many of you know, I left my position at the library in the fall, so this is my first summer without organizing and running a summer reading program in 13 years! Although I miss many things about the library, including my young patrons, I'm finally settling into a new position in the aviation industry and enjoying something completely different. My reading life is busy and fulfilling without the summer burnout I usually experience in late July/early August.
I've been very busy reading for the Bit About Books Summer Reading Challenge. I completed five boards (some of the titles I read before the challenge), with others just short of completion by two or three books. I decided not to worry too much about the mystery/adventure, historical, and debut boards but to go "Off the Grid" and create a Canadian board, which I just started and I'll be sharing soon.
After tallying my June stats, I realized my numbers were down significantly in the areas of nonfiction, underrepresented authors, and Canadian authors, so I challenged myself to read a minimum of 6 titles in each of these areas this summer. I'm really pleased with my progress so far.
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