Book Review

Book Review: Mrs. Porter Calling by A.J. Pierce

Return to the characters of the Emmy Lake Chronicles at the offices of Women's Friend when new owner, Mrs. Porter, decides to take over.
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Children’s Book Review: Jhupli’s Honey Bee Box by Achintyarup Ray

Jhupli worries about her Baba traveling into the dangerous jungle to collect honey. She comes up with an idea to help her family and the whole village.
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Children’s Book Review: Grief is an Elephant by Tamara Ellis Smith

Grief can be such a hard emotion for kids but this new children's book offers comfort in a way kids can understand.
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Book Review: The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl

Nature lover and self-proclaimed backyard enthusiast Margaret Renkl has joined with her brother Billy to create a series of essays and illustrations taking a reader through a year of birds, animals, plants, and insects in her backyard.
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Book Review: The Six by Loren Grush

The Six details the amazing journey of six influential and determined women to become the first women astronauts in America.
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Children’s Book Review: Willow and Bunny by Anitra Rowe Schulte

WILLOW AND BUNNY gives space for a conversation with your child about the scariness of storms. Reading this story with your child will remind them that their family will protect them, their community will help each other, and there is always hope after a storm.
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Children’s Chapter Book Review: Polly Diamond and the Topsy-Turvy Day by Alice Kuipers

Polly Diamond loves words and loves to write them in her magical journal, Spell. Can she use Spell to make a class pet appear?
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Book Review: Right Now Matters by Julie Lefebure

RIGHT NOW MATTERS has taught me how to shut off the distractions and live in the moment because right now truly does matter.
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Quick Lit – October 2023 Edition

My monthly Quick Lit roundup of mini-reviews of books I chose for my own reading enjoyment including fiction and historical fiction.
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Children’s Book Giveaway: Cookie Queen by Kathleen King and Lowey Bundy Sichol

Enter to win this book giveaway for Cookie Queen and Tate's Bake Shop cookies through October 15, 2023.
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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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