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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Hope Santa Brings
I pulled together a list of books that I haven’t read from middle grade, young adult, and contemporary romance books for adults too! If I didn’t already have a list of 15+ books for the holidays, these would be next up on my list. If anyone’s read some of these,…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/21/2020
What I Read Two more checked off my list this week! Amari and the Night Brothers is the debut book by B. B. Alston bing published in January and it is amazing! It’s full of magic and adventure, intrigue, plot twists, family and friendship. Keep your eyes out for this…
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Middle School Bites
Synopsis: “Thanks to a series of unfortunate bites, eleven-year-old Tom is a triple threat: he’s a Vam-Wolf-Zom. And just in time for the first day of middle school. So much for his Invisible Tom Plan. He never thought to make a What If I Turn Into A Vampire Werewolf Zombie Plan. Maybe…
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Loretta Little Looks Back
Synopsis: “Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B., members of the Little family, each present the vivid story of their young lives, spanning three generations. Their separate stories — beginning in a cotton field in 1927 and ending at the presidential election of 1968 — come together to create one unforgettable journey.…
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The Puffin Plan
Synopsis: “Fifty years ago, a young ornithologist named Steve Kress fell in love with puffins. After learning that hunting had eradicated their colonies on small, rocky islands off the coast of Maine, he resolved to bring them back. So began a decades-long quest that involved collecting chicks in Canada, flying…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Winter 2020-2021 TBR
Typically in December, I begin searching for “Best of” and “Favorites” lists to see what titles I’ve missed over the course of the year. I love ending (and beginning) with some really great titles that my colleagues and friends on social media are gushing about. This year, with everything going…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/14/2020
What I Read Alright, I’m kicking butt right now getting my reading done! This week, in the midst of getting some holiday cheer by watching While You Were Sleeping with my mom and sister over the phone and baking with family friends over Zoom I actually read too! I finished…
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2020 Sydney Taylor Book Award
Happy Hanukkah to all my readers who are celebrating this year! I love learning about cultural and religious celebrations throughout the year. Every family has their own traditions surrounding how they celebrate holidays which means you’ll never find a book that accurately portrays every holiday experience. But, I think it’s…
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2020 Gift Guide: Middle Grade Novels
There are so many amazing middle grade novels that were published in 2020! I’m highlighting just 25 that would make amazing gifts this holiday season on my 2020 Gift Guide: Middle Grade Novels. Middle grade novels are some of my favorite books to read. Authors writing for this age group…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/7/2020
What I Read This week I read Eleanor, Alice, and the Roosevelt Ghosts by Dianne K. Salerni – which was an awesome, page-turning supernatural historical fiction! You can read my review from yesterday. I loved this story and stayed up late to finish it! I then read The Puffin Plan:…
