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Two New YA Novels to Add to Your Halloween Reading List

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‘The Last Girls Standing’ and ‘Stranger Things: Flight of Icarus’ managed to stay with me long after I closed their covers, and not just because they offered the requisite thrills and chills I look for in spooky seasonal reading. Each transported me to their respective world of intrigue, mystery, and danger by making their heroes relatable… even to a middle-aged reader like myself.

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Six Earth Day Picture Books that Celebrate Our Planet (+ Giveaway)

Sophie Brown

<img data-attachment-id="328447" data-permalink="https://geekmom.com/2020/04/earth-day-picture-books/earth-day-books-2020-images-wide-eyed-editions/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/04/Earth-Day-Books-2020-Images-Wide-Eyed-Editions.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,675" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Earth Day Books 2020, Images Wide Eyed Editions" data-image-description=" Earth Day Books 2020, Images Wide Eyed Editions ” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/04/Earth-Day-Books-2020-Images-Wide-Eyed-Editions.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/04/Earth-Day-Books-2020-Images-Wide-Eyed-Editions.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”size-full wp-image-328447″ src=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/04/Earth-Day-Books-2020-Images-Wide-Eyed-Editions.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ alt=”Earth Day Books 2020, Images Wide Eyed Editions” width=”1200″ height=”675″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />Earth Day Books 2020, Images Wide Eyed Editions It’s Earth Day again and to […]

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Tackle Your TBR Pile and Join the #StayHomeReadingRush

Sophie Brown

<img data-attachment-id=”328424″ data-permalink=”https://geekmom.com/2020/04/stayhomereadingrush/the-reading-rush-logo-image-reading-rush/” data-orig-file=”https://i2.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/04/The-Reading-Rush-Logo-Image-Reading-Rush.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ data-orig-size=”1200,675″ data-comments-opened=”1″ data-image-meta=”{“aperture”:”0″,”credit”:””,”camera”:””,”caption”:””,”created_timestamp”:”0″,”copyright”:””,”focal_length”:”0″,”iso”:”0″,”shutter_speed”:”0″,”title”:””,”orientation”:”1″}” data-image-title=”The Reading Rush Logo, Image Reading Rush” data-image-description=” The Reading Rush Logo, Image Reading Rush ” data-medium-file=”https://i2.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/04/The-Reading-Rush-Logo-Image-Reading-Rush.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i2.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/04/The-Reading-Rush-Logo-Image-Reading-Rush.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”size-full wp-image-328424″ src=”https://i2.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/04/The-Reading-Rush-Logo-Image-Reading-Rush.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ alt=”The Reading Rush Logo, Image Reading Rush” width=”1200″ height=”675″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />The Reading Rush Logo, Image Reading Rush

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10 Books to Read During a Pandemic

Dakster Sullivan

<img data-attachment-id=”327457″ data-permalink=”https://geekmom.com/2020/03/10-books-to-read-during-a-pandemic/reading-pandemic-image-pixabay/” data-orig-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/03/Reading-Pandemic-Image-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ data-orig-size=”1200,675″ data-comments-opened=”1″ data-image-meta=”{“aperture”:”0″,”credit”:””,”camera”:””,”caption”:””,”created_timestamp”:”0″,”copyright”:””,”focal_length”:”0″,”iso”:”0″,”shutter_speed”:”0″,”title”:””,”orientation”:”1″}” data-image-title=”Dive into a good story. Image: Pixabay” data-image-description=” Dive into a good story. Image: Pixabay ” data-medium-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/03/Reading-Pandemic-Image-Pixabay.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/03/Reading-Pandemic-Image-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”size-full wp-image-327457″ src=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/03/Reading-Pandemic-Image-Pixabay.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ alt=”Dive into a good story. Image: Pixabay” width=”1200″ height=”675″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />Dive into a good story. Image: Pixabay

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Who Tells Your Story? Acknowledging Bias in History

Amy Weir

<img data-attachment-id=”326695″ data-permalink=”https://geekmom.com/2020/02/who-tells-your-story-acknowledging-bias-in-history/political-map-of-the-world-september-2008/” data-orig-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/political-map-of-the-world-september-2008.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ data-orig-size=”1200,675″ data-comments-opened=”1″ data-image-meta=”{“aperture”:”0″,”credit”:””,”camera”:””,”caption”:””,”created_timestamp”:”0″,”copyright”:””,”focal_length”:”0″,”iso”:”0″,”shutter_speed”:”0″,”title”:””,”orientation”:”1″}” data-image-title=”political-map-of-the-world-september-2008″ data-image-description=” Map of the world with South at the top ” data-medium-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/political-map-of-the-world-september-2008.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/political-map-of-the-world-september-2008.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”wp-image-326695 size-full” src=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/political-map-of-the-world-september-2008.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ alt=”Bias in History” width=”1200″ height=”675″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />It’s all a matter of perspective. Image: public domain.

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