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Top Ten Tuesday: Unique Book Titles
I went with play-on-word titles or titles that have words that don’t belong together (or maybe don’t make sense together) and other titles that are just unexpected. I haven’t read most of these books, so they’ll get put on my TBR list too!
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/23/17
This week I read some really great middle grade titles – Race to the Bottom of the Sea by Lindsay Eagar, All’s Faire In Middle School by Victoria Jamieson, Ban This Book by Alan Gratz, and Posted by John David Anderson. These titles were all very well written and ones that I can’t wait…
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Book Review: The Littlest Bigfoot
Synopsis: Alice lives life almost invisibly – her family ships her off to school, she doesn’t have a single friend and she knows that she isn’t pretty with her big, bulky frame and her wild hair she calls a mane. So when she saves Millie Maximus’s life at her eighth boarding…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Yummy Foods Mentioned In Books
A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd – Blackberry Sunrise Ice Cream A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff- Cady’s Chocolate-Almond-Cherry Cake The Candymakers by Wendy Mass – Oozing Crunchorama Pie by Sarah Weeks – Key Lime Pie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl – Ever-Lasting Gobstoppers Close…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/16/17
I was surprisingly able to get a little reading done last week, even with how busy I was. I read What Girls Are Made Of by Elana K. Arnold and The Littlest Bigfoot by Jennifer Weiner and started Race to the Bottom of the Sea by Lindsay Eagar. I’ve got some catching up to…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/9/17
I kicked butt reading this weekend. You know how when you eat a really great meal and you feel full, but so good? Well, that’s how I felt reading this weekend. I started out the week reading The Librarian and the Spy by Susan Mann, a romance novel a coworker told me…
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Book Review: The List
Synopsis: This science fiction, dystopian novel opens with Letta transcribing a list of words. Soon, we learn that Letta’s community, the Ark, only has a pre-approved List from which to communicate – 500 words. Specialized workers receive additionals words in order to do their job. But, when Letta’s master disappears under…
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#MGBooktober
If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you’ve probably seen a few posts with the hashtag #mgbooktober. Celebrate with me as people around the world share their favorite middle grade titles during the month of October. It’s not too late to start, so check the chart below, share the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Book Boyfriends/Girlfriends
I know, the first thing you’re going to say is, “There’s only 8 covers on your Top Ten list this week.” And there are, but coming from the perspective of an adult female where most of my reading involves characters who are children ages 8-16, I found this Top Ten Tuesday…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/2/17
I can’t believe it’s October! The older I get, the faster time seems to go! I’m working on trying to read more throughout the week (rather than sitting in front of the television after dinner) and this week it seemed to work! I got a chance to read: Elsie May…