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Book review of Stamped from the Beginning
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Why you must read Stamped from the Beginning

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Julia Tomiak / 5 Comments

Stamped from the Beginning is a 500 page read that is well worth your effort. Here's why...

Book reviews/How to encourage reading

Word Nerd Gift Recommendations 2020

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Julia Tomiak / 8 Comments

Need some Word Nerdy gift ideas? I've got you covered!

Awesome Young Adult Books/Book reviews/Recommended kid lit

Word Nerd Recommendations for fall 2020

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Julia Tomiak / 5 Comments

Whew! I haven’t posted a book review in ages, and now is exactly the time when we need good entertainment. Today I will recommend not one, but THREE books...

Book reviews/Who I Am

Reading about racism

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Julia Tomiak / 7 Comments

I'm on a mission to read widely about racism, and here are a few books I recommend.

Book reviews/How to encourage reading

Great listening for your summer road trip

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Julia Tomiak / 2 Comments

Traveling this summer? Here are five listening suggestions to help the time pass!

Book reviews

Why you should read What Made Maddy Run

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Julia Tomiak / 4 Comments

A compelling and important story about an All American athlete whose death by suicide shocked the U Penn campus in 2014.

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