Book Review

Children’s Book Review: Born to Sparkle by Megan Bomgaars

Children learn that it isn't just important to have dreams, but to also work hard to achieve them. They were born to sparkle!
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Quick Lit: Mini-Reviews of Some Recent Reads – October 2021 Edition

A roundup of some of my recent reads in a mini-review format including nonfiction and fiction books and audiobooks.
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Children’s Book Review: This Book is Not a Bedtime Story by Eoin McLaughlin

A scary bedtime story that isn't scary. Monsters try to be scary but instead are just silly in this fun bedtime story.
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Middle-Grade Book Review: Violets are Blue by Barbara Dee

Wren has a lot going on, divorced parents, a new step-mom, a new town, a new school, and her mom's secrets. She just wants to disappear in the Cat FX makeup videos and shut out everyone else. Can a new adventure break her out of her shell?
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Children’s Book Review: Liberty’s Civil Rights Road Trip by Michael W. Waters

Liberty's family and friends take a bus trip to visit all the important places during the civil rights movement.
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Books that Came My Way in September 2021

A round-up of all the new books added to my shelves in September 2021 including fiction, nonfiction, and children's books.
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Children’s Book Review: Guitars by Patricia Lakin

The art and science as well as the history of making guitars.
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Children’s Halloween Books: Sleuth & Solve Spooky by Victor Escandell and Ana Gallo

Spooky stories to read and solve the mystery at the end using cryptography.
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Children’s Halloween Books: Halloween Treat Hide-and-Seek by Olivia Aserr

Interactive Hide and Seek features with lift the flaps and a turning wheel make Halloween fun for toddlers.
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Children’s Halloween Books: Tiny T. Rex and the Tricks of Treating by Jonathan Stutzman

Tiny T. Rex and his friends share 6 of the best tips for trick-or-treating in this cute board book.
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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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