Celebrating a love of all things reading and writing
Just when you think this war has taken everything you loved, you meet someone and realize that somehow you still have more to give. Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea Goodreads Synopsis While the Titanic and Lusitania are both well-documented disasters, the single greatest tragedy in maritime history is the little-known January 30, 1945 sinking in... Continue Reading →
Goodreads Link This week I was fortunate to receive an eARC copy of Heroes Like Us: Two Stories by Onjali Q. Raรบfroes from NetGalley. This review is based on my own personal opinions. Summary Heroes Like Us is a collection of two stories in which children make a difference and become heroes. The first story,... Continue Reading →
Goodreads Link For this week's middle grade book, I returned to one of my favorite middle grade series: Tales from Alcatraz. Summary Al Capone Throws Me A Curve is book four in the Tales from Alcatraz Series. The Flanagans, like the other families of Alcatraz guards live on Alcatraz. Moose, the narrator, always tries to... Continue Reading →
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: Duลกan Petriฤiฤ 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 →
Goodreads Link This is week two of my new "middle grade book of the week" feature. As I mentioned last week, I created this feature to motivate myself to reach my goal of reading more middle grade books. I am so glad I did. This was another excellent book. Summary When Stars are Scattered is... Continue Reading →
Goodreads Link Two of my goals for summer are to read more middle grade books and to write more blog posts. So, I'm going to combine the two and a feature a new middle grade book each week. This will also help keep me accountable. When I wrote my Top Ten Tuesday post this week,... Continue Reading →
She knew that love was the answer, but it was more than love- or rather more than the marshmallow kind of love that people understood when they thought of the word. Sometimes love meant you had to take the hard line and had to force people to do things they didn't want to do. Dale... Continue Reading →
I joined Lilac City Rochester Writers in fall of 2020. The first event (over zoom since it was the height of the pandemic) was a critique. One of the pieces we reviewed was a chapter from Rick Ieckel's book about the history of the Rochester airport. Today I got to attend the book launch. It... Continue Reading →
โAll this time, I've been afraid of my ability, when instead I should have been regarding it as a treasured weapon.โ Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones Goodreads synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone... Continue Reading →
Under the Whispering Door I've been waiting for this one. I finished reading it on April 2, but already knew it was going to be my favorite read of the month. It's not just my favorite read for April, it's one of my favorite reads ever. Goodreads Synopsis When a reaper comes to collect Wallace... Continue Reading →
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