Archive for April 2017
Children’s Book Review: Wonderful You: An Adoption Story By Lauren McLaughlin
WONDERFUL YOU An Adoption Story By: Lauren McLaughlin Illustrated by: Meilo So Published: April 25, 2017 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Fiction I know so many wonderful families who have adopted children. Whether they were adopted from a foreign country, from here in the US, as older children or as babies, or after…
Read MoreProduct Review and Promo Code: Brazilian Hammock Chair
Summers under the big shade tree in our backyard will be so much more enjoyable with our new Brazilian Hammock Chair. I can’t tell you how excited our whole family is about this chair. I have a feeling we will all be fighting over it this summer. This is an oversized hammock chair in green…
Read MoreChildren’s Book Review: First Stories Fairy Tale Books and a Beauty and the Beast Coloring Book
FIRST STORIES: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Illustrated by: Dan Taylor Published: February 7, 2017 Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books Fiction – Board Book This interactive board book is the perfect way to introduce your toddler to the hottest story in theaters right now, “Beauty and the Beast”. In a very simplified format of just eight pages,…
Read MoreBook Review: I See You By Clare Mackintosh
I SEE YOU A Novel By: Clare Mackintosh Published: February 21, 2017 Publisher: Berkley Books Fiction/Mystery/Thriller/Suspense I was sufficiently creeped out by this book, so much so that I didn’t even want to read it. This merging of stalking with technology and media would make most of us question our daily routines. Zoe Walker sees…
Read MoreCurrently….4.18.17
It’s been a bit quiet on the blog lately. As the co-chair of our post-prom things got pretty hectic for me. Then, once prom was over, I needed some recovery time. I did a lot of resting and finishing up some loose ends. All I have left to do is send out final thank yous…
Read MoreChildren’s Book Review: Millie’s Farm Family Series by Cathryn Wellner
MILLIE’S FEATHERED FOSTER FAMILY By: Cathryn Wellner Published: April 8, 2016 Publisher: Espoir Press Fiction Millie, a pretty bantam chicken, is not able to lay eggs. When some of the farm chicks are left alone, Millie decides to take them in as her own. She takes care of them on the farm and shows them…
Read MoreChildren’s Book Review: History Series from Carole P. Roman
IF YOU WERE ME AND LIVED IN…ANCIENT GREECE By: Carole P. Roman Illustrated by: Mateya Arkova Published: March 24, 2016 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Non-Fiction Roman has taken her much loved cultural series IF YOU WERE ME AND LIVED IN…and changed it to a historical look at ancient civilizations. The first in the series,…
Read MoreNew Books from March 2017
Every month I share a post about all the new books that came my way during the past month. You can be sure to see these posts at the beginning of every month.I read eight books in March including 5 non-fiction, two children’s fiction, and a historical fiction book. My reading is slowing down a…
Read MoreBook Review: A Bridge Across the Ocean By Susan Meissner
A BRIDGE ACROSS THE OCEAN By: Susan Meissner Published: March 14, 2017 Publisher: Berkley Books Fiction/Historical Fiction Three women are aboard the Queen Mary, heading across the ocean to meet up with their American soldier husbands after WWII. They don’t know each other or their stories but are roommates on the five-day voyage to America.…
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