Books that Came My Way in October
My email inbox has been full of review requests but my regular mailbox hasn’t been quite as busy this month. I’ve turned down several requests because I have been subbing nearly every day which cuts down on the free time I have to read and write reviews. I have also become much pickier about the…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Go to Sleep, Little Farm By Mary Lyn Ray
GO TO SLEEP, LITTLE FARM By: Mary Lyn Ray Illustrator: Christopher Silas Neal Published: September 2, 2014 Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers I was looking for a book to read at my bedtime story time at the library. This was a new release and I figured most of the kids hadn’t read it or…
Read More Congrats to Author, Lloyd Lofthouse
A month ago I reviewed the book, CRAZY IS NORMAL, It is a memoir that offers a look at a year in the life of Lloyd Lofthouse, a high school English teacher. He kept a daily journal during the year of 1994, including his frustrations with students lack of motivation and his anger over the…
Read More Book Review: Larger Than Life By Jodi Picoult
LARGER THAN LIFE Novella By: Jodi Picoult Published: August 4, 2014 Publisher: Ballantine Books eBook Fiction The new trend in book publishing is for authors to come out with a novella or short story that gives the reader a bit more information and often times, the backstory behind the main characters in the novel. This…
Read More Book Review: Finding Daddy Warbucks By David Hwa
FINDING DADDY WARBUCKS By: David Hwa Published: May 13, 2014 Publisher: Wellworth LLC Fiction I’m participating in the book tour for FINDING DADDY WARBUCKS through PUMP UP YOUR BOOK. For other stops on the tour click HERE. Haley, a 10-year-old, decides that nearly a year after her father died in an accident, it is time…
Read More Book Review: An Unseemly Wife By E.B. Moore
AN UNSEEMLY WIFE By: E.B. Moore Published: October 7, 2014 Publisher: NAL Trade Paperback Fiction/Historical Fiction Ruth and Aaron are living the idyllic Amish life with their four children and one on the way. Their life is far removed from the English, the name they give the non-Amish. Life on their Pennsylvania homestead is a…
Read More Book Review: A Breast Cancer Alphabet By Madhulika Sikka
A BREAST CANCER ALPHABET By: Madhulika Sikka Published: February 25, 2014 Publisher: Crown, First Edition Non-Fiction I am part of the TLC Book Tour for A BREAST CANCER ALPHABET. To see other stops on this book tour including reviews from other book bloggers and giveaways, click HERE. During this month of October, I felt it…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Stormin Norman the Soggy Doggy By Andy Allen
STORMIN NORMAN THE SOGGY DOGGY By: Andy Allen Illustrated By: Brian Barber Published: November 7, 2011 Publisher: Beavers Pond Press I met author, Andy Allen at author event I attended a few weeks ago. You can read more about that event, HERE. We had a great chat and I really love his fabulous children’s book.…
Read More Book Review: Crazy is Normal By Lloyd Lofthouse
CRAZY IS NORMAL By: Lloyd Lofthouse Published: June 14, 2014 Publisher: Three Clover Press Non-Fiction/Memoir I’m participating in the book tour for CRAZY IS NORMAL with Virtual Author Book Tours. After teaching for twenty years, Lofthouse decided to keep a journal sharing the ups and downs of teaching freshman English and journalism. He kept this…
Read More Book Review: The Last Breath By Kimberly Belle
THE LAST BREATH By: Kimberly Belle Published: September 30, 2014 Publisher: Harlequin MIRA Fiction/Women’s Fiction Kimberly Belle packs a punch with a gripping prologue and keeps you turning the pages, assessing your beliefs and leaving you holding your breath all the way to the end. This is Belle’s debut novel and hopefully more are to…
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