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7 Summer Craft Books for Girls and Guys

It's a DIY Summer These ladies know what I'm talking about. “Crafts? I don’t have time for crafting this summer!” I can already hear you say. “Too many weddings, road trips, camping weekends, BBQs on the beach, and picnics in the park. Who wants to sit around knitting tea cozies out of cat hair when it’s nice out, anyway?” Well, first of all, me, because I hate the outdoors. But, more importantly, YOU, because many of these projects are simple and portable enough to take with you on your summer adventures! Check out these brand-new DIY guides for [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:41-07:00June 30th, 2014|Tags: |

Summer 2014 Reading List

Who says summer reading has to be chick lit and magazines? Here’s the fiction and nonfiction we’re most excited about reading this summer — everything from foodie memoirs to a short-story fantasy anthology edited by George R.R. Martin (including a new Game of Thrones story!). They’re organized by publication date, so mark your calendars and try not to get sunscreen on the pages. Tease (available now) Author: Amanda Maciel As school bullying continues to be a nationally discussed hot topic, Amanda Maciel’s debut novel, Tease, explores the issue from a different perspective — the bully’s. High school junior Emma Putnam [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:41-07:00June 25th, 2014|Tags: |

Little Free Library Series — Coop

 Cows, cranes and chicken books... There are well over four thousand Little Free Libraries worldwide – new ones still keep popping up all over my neck of the woods – and a brief glance at the LFL map is likely to reveal at least one library near almost everyone.  But I often enjoy going a little further afield, using a trip to the library to explore a place I’ve never been before.  So on a recent warm and humid summer morning I loaded up with snacks, hopped on the bike and headed off to Brooklyn.  Not the famous Brooklyn with [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:41-07:00June 10th, 2014|
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