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 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…
Read More 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…
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: The Gratitude Diaries By Janice Kaplan
THE GRATITUDE DIARIES How a Year Looking on the Bring Side Can Transform Your Life By: Janice Kaplan Published: August 18, 2015 Publisher: Dutton Non-Fiction Can choosing gratitude really change how you live your life? Janice Kaplan thinks so. Over the course of a year, Kaplan decided to change her thinking and rather than choosing…
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 Book Review: Brown Girl Dreaming By Jacqueline Woodson
BROWN GIRL DREAMING By: Jacqueline Woodson Published: August 28, 2014 Publisher: Nancy Paulson Books Nonfiction/Memoir/Poetry When you see a book full of these stickers on the cover, you know it must be something great. I snagged it during our school’s Scholastic Book Sale this fall and figured I could read it and so could our…
Read More Bookroo National Reading Month Reading Challege – #Bookroo30for30
I previously told you about this great children’s book subscription service called Bookroo. You can see all about that post, HERE. Today, I’m sharing about this awesome Reading Challenge Bookroo is offering in celebration of March being National Reading Month. This is a great way to get your kids to read for 30 minutes every day …
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