Top 5 Wednesday is a Goodreads group that responds to weekly bookish prompts. This week's prompt: August 24th: New Beginnings School is about to be back in session for many, and with it, new beginnings! Whether it’s the start of a new grade or a new adventure in a fantasy world, let’s share about stories... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday 8/23/22
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly post hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where people like me who love lists and books can share our thoughts on fun bookish topics. This week's topic is "Completed Series I Wish Had More Books". The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh Darcy & Rachel by Emily Giffin... Continue Reading →
Middle Grade Book of the Week: The Unteachables by Gordon Korman
Summary Kiana is spending two months with her father and "stepmonster" while her mother films a movie. On the way to register for her new school her baby brother gets sick and her stepmother rushes off to the doctors before she can register Kiana for classes. Due to a mix-up at that office she ends... Continue Reading →
Top 5 Wednesday- 8/17/22
Top 5 Wednesday is a Goodreads group that responds to weekly bookish prompts. This week's prompt: August 17th: Used Books Today is National Thrift Shop Day! While it’s always an amazing feeling to get a brand-new book, there can be many hidden and older gems to be discovered at thrift stores. In honor of this... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday 8/16/22
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly post hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where people like me who love lists and books can share our thoughts on fun bookish topics. This week's topic is "Books I Love That Were Written Over Ten Years Ago" 10 Goodreads Synopsis: Murder has jarred London's elite. The sons of prominent... Continue Reading →
Middle Grade Book of the Week: Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
Summary After his father loses his job, Georges' family moves to a Brooklyn apartment building. The first day there he notices an invitation to join a spy club. He thinks it's a joke, but then he meets Safer and his sister, Candy. Safer pulls Georges into a mission to spy on their mysterious neighbor, Mr.... Continue Reading →
Top 5 Wednesday- 8/9/22
Top 5 Wednesday is a Goodreads group that responds to weekly bookish prompts. This weeks prompt: August 10th: Bookish Happiness For every reader, books are so much more than just words on a page, but instead are words that help make our lives better and spark happiness from the very characters we read about. Since... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday 8/9/22
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly post hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where people like me who love lists and books can share our thoughts on fun bookish topics. This week's topic is "Hilarious Book Titles" Much Ado About Muffin See Jane Score Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Agatha Raisin and the Quiche... Continue Reading →
Middle Grade Book of the Week: Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Summary When a ship carrying robots crashes on a deserted island, most of the machines are destroyed. Otters from the island find one still intact, and inadvertently activate it. Knowing no other life, the robot, Roz, learns through observing the animals. At first, they think she's a monster, but as they get to know her... Continue Reading →
Middle Grade Book of the Week: Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine.
This is really my book from last week, but I did not finish in time. Hoping to squeeze in another one in the next few days so I'm back on schedule. Summary It's 1958 and Little Rock, Arkansas is divided over the issue of desegregation. As the book opens Marlee Nisbett is more concerned with... Continue Reading →