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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Shimmer the Glowworm Finds Her Glow By Shelby Herman
SHIMMER THE GLOWWORM FINDS HER GLOW By: Shelby Herman Illustrated by Natalie Kelly Published: October 3, 2014 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Fiction Shimmer is one of many glowworms who live a cave in the woods. But her glow is much lighter than all the other glowworms, so she tends to keep to herself. She…
Read More Book Review: Me Before You By Jojo Moyes
ME BEFORE YOU By: Jojo Moyes Published: December 31, 2012 Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books/Viking Fiction/Romance I feel like I may have been the last person on the planet to read ME BEFORE YOU or any of Jojo Moyes’ novels. I actually won a set of her novels last year but haven’t read any of them,…
Read More Books that Came My Way in February 2016
I spent a little time last month reading some books from my own bookshelf as well as ones waiting to be reviewed. I participated in the #5books7dayschallenge with @lottelikesbooks on Instagram and even though I didn’t accomplish my goal, I finished a book I had started before the challenge, finished one complete book from the…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Ellie’s Best Beach Vacation Ever By Elle and Marci Fair
ELLIE’S BEST BEACH VACATION EVER The Amazing Adventures of Ellie the Elephant #4 By: Elle Fair and Marci Fair Published: November 16, 2015 Publisher: Pacochel Press Elle Fair and her mother have created another fun story to add to THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF ELLIE THE ELEPHANT series. I previously reviewed ELLIE GOES BACK TO SCHOOL,…
Read More Book Review: The Widow By Fiona Barton
THE WIDOW: A Novel By: Fiona Baron Published: February 16, 2016 Publisher: Berkley NAL Fiction/Mystery/Suspense Jean Taylor is the widow. She was the wife of Glen Taylor who happened to step off the curb right into a bus and was killed instantly. But that isn’t the story. The story is who Glen Taylor was before…
Read More Children’s Book Review: When I Grow Up I Want to Be…a Good Person By Wigu Publishing
WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE…A GOOD PERSON Publisher: Wigu Publishing Published: December 22, 2015 Fiction with a Lesson “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” Desmond Tutu I immediately knew I was going to love this book based…
Read More Book Review: The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend By Katarina Bivald
THE READERS OF BROKEN WHEEL RECOMMEND A Novel By: Katarina Bivald Published: January 19, 2016 Publisher: Sourcebooks Fiction Readers love to read books about books.This book is written by a booklover for booklovers. Reading it will rekindle a love of reading, remind you of the community that books can create, and give you a whole…
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