Book Review

Books that Came in March 2018

Our family took a somewhat spontaneous Spring Break trip to Oklahoma and Texas.We stopped in Oklahoma City and toured the Bombing Memorial (heartbreaking, peaceful, and humbling), a car show, went to an Oklahoma Thunder NBA game, and the Myriad Botanical Gardens. Then on to Dallas to see the George W Bush Presidential Library, The 6th…
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Children’s Book Review: Marlon Bundo’s A Day in the Life of the Vice President By Charlotte Pence

MARLON BUNDO’S  A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT By: Charlotte Pence Illustrated by: Karen Pence Published: March 19, 2018 Publisher: Regnery Kids Marlon Bundo or BOTUS (Bunny of the United States) has become a national celebrity after being the famous pet of Vice President Pence and his family. He is actually Charlotte Pence’s…
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Children’s Book Review: You’re My Little Cuddle Bug By Nicola Edwards

YOU’RE MY LITTLE CUDDLE BUG By: Nicola Edwards Illustrated by: Natalie Marshall Published: February 1, 2018 Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books Fiction/Board Book If you have a toddler in your house, run out and get this book for their Easter basket! Celebrate how much you love your own little “cuddle bug” by reading this book with…
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Children’s Book Review: It’s A Puppy’s Life By Seth Casteel

IT’S A PUPPY’S LIFE By: Seth Casteel Published: March 20, 2018 Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books Non-Fiction Today is National Puppy Day (yes, it’s really a thing) so sharing this new book from National Geographic Kids is the perfect way to celebrate. Through amazingly adorable photographs of all kinds of breeds of puppies, children can be…
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Book Review: My Kitchen Year By Ruth Reichl

MY KITCHEN YEAR 136 Recipes that Saved My Life By: Ruth Reichl Published: September 29, 2015 Publisher: Random House Non-Fiction/Cookbook/Memoir Reichl’s world as she knew it came to an end in 2009 when her role as editor-in-chief of “Gourmet” magazine came to an abrupt halt. The magazine was no longer published and Reichl had no…
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Children’s Book Review: Peep and Egg Series By Laura Gehl

PEEP AND EGG I’m Not Hatching By: Laura Gehl Illustrated by: Joyce Wan Published: February 9, 2016 Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux Format: Hardcover/Picture Book Peep is just begging for Egg to hatch. There are so many fun things ahead for them to do together.  But Egg is too scared to hatch. No matter what…
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Quick Lit: Mini Reviews of Some Recent Reads – March Edition

I’m trying to read more books that I choose for my own reading enjoyment. Not for review, but because I’ve been wanting to read them or they caught my attention. Most of them have been talked about ad nauseam or have been on my to-read list for a long time so they don’t really need…
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Children’s Book Review: Questions and Answers for Kids By Scott Bowen

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS FOR KIDS A Three-Year Journal for Kids with Inspirational Bible Verses By: Scott Bowen Published: February 18, 2018 Publisher: Freely Give Co Non-Fiction/Journal If you asked an eight-year-old if they would want to live with their parents after college, I bet you would get a totally different answer looking back ten years…
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Books that Came in February 2018

If you remember, back in January I read 15 books! My all-time high for a month. February was not quite so exciting. I only read 7 books and that included a children’s book, 2 middle-grade books, and a novella. February went by so fast, I can barely believe we actually had the month. Just when…
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Children’s Book Review: PAW Patrol Rescue Time! By Cara Stevens

PAW PATROL RESCUE TIME! By: Cara Stevens Published: October 3, 2017 Publisher: SFI Readerlink Dist Fiction/Interactive Picture Book PAW Patrol is one of the most popular children’s cartoons on Nickelodeon. It came out after our kids were too old to watch cartoons, but I hear neighbor kids and my own young family members talking about it,…
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Stacie's bookshelf: read-in-2023

The Lazy Genius Kitchen: Have What You Need, Use What You Have, and Enjoy It Like Never Before
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
The Royal Governess: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II's Childhood
Food Fight
Spare
Foster
This Time Tomorrow
To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings
Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage
Save What's Left
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Galveston Diet: The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms
Golden Hills
The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Favor
Small Things Like These
This Is How I Lied
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Audrey L and Audrey W: Best Friends-ish: Book 1
Audrey L and Audrey W: True Creative Talents: Book 2
Chasing Giants: In Search of the World's Largest Freshwater Fish
The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It
It Is Well With My Soul: My Story
Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember
Book Lovers
A Girl Called Samson
Finn and the Feline Frenemy
The Levee
The Golden Spoon
Only the Beautiful
Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories
The Sisters Sweet
Fish in a Tree
This Tender Land
Intermittent Fasting Transformation: The 45-Day Program for Women to Lose Stubborn Weight, Improve Hormonal Health, and Slow Aging
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
Ben Y and the Ghost in the Machine
The Great Gilly Hopkins
BenBee and the Teacher Griefer
We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship
Blue Highways: A Journey into America
Beyond the Point
The Family
Hamnet
The Bookstore Sisters
And Finally: Matters of Life and Death
The Cactus
Black Cake
Ban This Book
Passing
I'm Glad My Mom Died
These Precious Days: Essays
Evidence of the Affair
The Night Travelers
Out of the Corner
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
One Day in December

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