fiction

Children’s Book Review: Who’s the Boss? by Émile Jadoul

In Who's the Boss? kids will learn about adjectives, comparisons, and superlatives with an ending they won't see coming!
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Quick Lit: February 2024 Edition

Quick Lit is my monthly roundup of books I've read for my own enjoyment including fiction and nonfiction.
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Book Review: The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai

The Kamogawa Food Detectives is a Japanese novel in translation which connects customers to a long-lost meal that brings up wonderful memories.
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Children’s Book Review: Peekaboo Who? by Elena Selena

Peekaboo is every baby and toddler's favorite game and now they can play it within the pages of a book, revealing an adorable animal each time.
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Children’s Book Review: Orion and the Dark by Emma Yarlett

Orion is scared of the dark, but when Dark makes a visit, he sees nighttime in a whole new light. The movie is now available on Netflix.
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Books Added to My Shelves in January 2024

Sharing the books added to my shelves in January 2024 including adult and children's fiction and nonfiction.
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Children’s Book Review: The Black Hole Debacle by Keri Claiborne Boyle

In The Black Hole Debacle, Jordie finds a Black Hole in her desk at school and soon, everything is disappearing?.Can she return it to a wide open space before it gobbles up everything in sight, including her?
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Book Review: The Book of Fire by Christy Lefteri

After a fire devastates an entire Greek village, a family must find a way back to each other after trauma and loss.
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Children’s Book Review: The Boo-Boos of Bluebell Elementary by Chelsea Lin Wallace

The Boo-Boos of Bluebell Elementary shares a day-in-the-life of school nurse, Miss Peatree. A loose tooth to a hungry stomach and more are treated in her office.
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Children’s Book Review: Hearts are Everywhere by Wednesday Kirwan

Hearts are Everywhere on the pages of this interactive board book. Toddlers will love lifting the flaps and turning the wheel to find all the hearts.
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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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