Book Review

Children’s Book Review: The Daffodils Still Grow By Sherry Elizabeth Tidwell

THE DAFFODILS STILL GROW A Book for Grieving Daughters By: Sherri Elizabeth Tidwell Published: June 2, 2015 Publisher: Mascot Books Based on a True Story I’m participating in the PUMP UP YOUR BOOK Blog Tour for Sherri Elizabeth Tidwell’s book. For more information and other stops on the tour including author interviews and book reviews,…
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Children’s Book Review: Animal Planet Animal Bites Books

ANIMAL PLANET: POLAR ANIMALS Animal Bites Series By: Laaren Brown, Animal Planet Published: March 1, 2016 Publisher: Animal Planet Non-Fiction In celebration of Earth Day today, I wanted to share with you some great books from Animal Planet about some of the animals that inhabit our earth. Animal Planet immerses viewers into the lives of…
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Children’s Book Review: Pipsie Nature Detective – The Lunchnapper By Rick DeDonato

PIPSIE NATURE DETECTIVE The Lunchnapper By: Rick DeDonato Illustrated by: Tracy Bishop Published: April 12, 2016 Publisher: Two Lions Fiction I first introduced you to Pipsie a year ago, in DeDonato’s first book, PIPSIE NATURE DETECTIVE: The Disappearing Caterpillar. It made my list of Top Ten Books of 2015 as my favorite children’s book. Pipsie and…
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Children’s Book Review: Sports Illustrated Kids Baseball Books

BASEBALL: Then to WOW! By: Editors of Sports Illustrated for Kids Published: April 5, 2016 Publisher: Sports Illustrated NonFiction With the official baseball season starting this week, this offers the perfect opportunity to share some great baseball books perfect for baseball fans of any age.  Our family has been rooting for the Chicago Cubs, but…
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Books that Came My Way in March 2016

Holy buckets! I got a lot of books this month both for review and purchase. I bought several books for gifts this month and a few for myself. A lot of my review books are heavy in the children’s book genre which is great! They are quicker for me to read and review and I…
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Book Review: The Forgotten Room By Karen White, Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig

THE FORGOTTEN ROOM By: Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig Published: January 19, 2016 Publisher: Berkely NAL Historical Fiction Three best-selling authors have come together to write a novel about three women united by one iconic New York City building and a ruby necklace. Over glasses of wine, these three authors decided it would…
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Children’s Book Review: Twenty Yawns By Jane Smiley

TWENTY YAWNS By: Jane Smiley Illustrated by: Lauren Castillo Published: April 1, 2016 Publisher: Two Lions Fiction Jane Smiley, the well-known Iowa-educated author who has written award-winning novels, has now written her first children’s picture book.  When our children were young, I loved books that were perfect for bedtime because reading was part of our…
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Spotlight on BookGrabbr

~ Attention, Readers and Authors ~ Book Marketing is about to make some drastic changes.  Readers can access great books and authors can reach readers by avoiding the numerous hoops to jump through in book publishing. How can this happen? Enter the new marketing tool/website for authors AND readers…  BookGrabbr.  BookGrabbr: A great way for readers…
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Book Review and GIVEAWAY: You’re Already Amazing – Life Growth Guide By Holley Gerth

YOU’RE ALREADY AMAZING Life Growth Guide Embracing Who You Are, Becoming All God Created You to Be By: Holley Gerth Published: March 1, 2016 Publisher: Revell Non-Fiction/Christian/Study Guide Holley Gerth is well-known for her books that ask women to open their eyes to all God made them to be. With her previous books, she reminds…
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Children’s Book Review: Putter and the Red Car By Kate K. Lund

PUTTER AND THE RED CAR A Cross-Country Family Adventure By: Kate K. Lund Illustrated by Ana Maria Velicu Published: January 21, 2016 Publisher: Kate Lund Fiction Our family loves taking cross-country adventures and took a similar trek like the one Putter and his family took across the United States. Putter is the family dog, an…
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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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