Title: Rosie's Wild Ride Author: Paige Murray Illustrator: Kristen Humphrey Publication Date: October 8, 2024 Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review. Description: Meet Rosie, the big horse with even bigger dreams! In Rosie’s Wild Ride, Clydesdale horse Rosie and her cowgirl friend Oakley want... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of March 2024: Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes
Title: Someone Else's Shoes Author: Jojo Moyes Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books Publication Date: February 2, 2023 Words of Wisdom: “when we’re low, it can be easy to see everything through a prism of negativity. Human beings are remarkably bad at understanding other people’s motivations, even when they know them terribly well. We write all sorts... Continue Reading →
My favorite read of 2023
I posted my top 23 books of 2023 last week, but I left out my overall favorite, so it could get it's own post. The Very Secret Society of Witches was a perfect blend of heart and humor. Every single character in this book is delightful and intriquing in their own way. There's a feeling... Continue Reading →
My favorite read of July 2023
Goodreads Synopsis: As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don't mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she's... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Emi & Mini by Hanako Masutani
Thank you to Tradewind Books for providing me with a digital copy of Emi and Mini in exchange for an honest review. Title: Emi & Mini Author: Hanako Masuani Illustrator: Stephane Jorish Publisher: Tradewind Books Book Description: Emi gets a new pet, Mini, a fat hamster. Unfortunately, Emi doesn't like hamsters. She wanted a dog.... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of April 2023: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
“Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass Goodreads Synopsis: In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three... Continue Reading →
Throw Back Thursday Book Review
Welcome to my weekly post where I look back at some of my four and five star reads before I started Nicole's Nook. Today's book: The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie by Wendy McClure Publisher: Riverhead Publication Date: April 14, 2011 Date Read: September 8, 2016... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of December 2022: The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner
"Sometimes what you want is given to you in a way that is so very different from how you had pictured getting it." — Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War Goodreads Synopsis Elise Sontag is a typical Iowa fourteen-year-old in 1943--aware of the war but distanced from its reach. Then her father, a... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Mud Puddle Early Reader by Robert Munsch
Thank you to netgalley for providing me with a complimentary uncorrected proof. All opinions are my own. Details: Title: Mud Puddle Author: Robert Munsch Illustrator: Dušan Petričić Publisher: Annick Press Publication Date: 9/6/22 Summary: This is an early reader print format of a Robert Munsch classic. Wherever Julie Ann goes a mud puddle jumps on... Continue Reading →