Two New Blogs, a Surprise GIVEAWAY and DRAWING!

Oh my, I’m crazy, crazy, crazy! What have I gotten myself into? First off, the easy one. I’ve set up a new blog where I will be tracking my challenges and my “life reading goals.” This blog was getting too messy for the likes of me, so that one should keep […]

Reading Review for March

I read 15 books during the month of March. 4 Adult Fiction, 3 Young Adult fiction, 6 Juvenile fiction, and 2 non-fiction.
This brings my yearly total to 15 Adult Fiction, 10 Young Adult Fiction, 13 Juvenile Fiction, 2 parenting and 3 non-fiction for a total of 42 books. Just in case you were wondering.
Here’s […]

Bee Season by Myla Goldberg

Oh my, I’ve waited to long after reading Bee Season by Myla Goldberg to review it. The details are no longer fresh in my mind. When I bought this book (I obviously didn’t read the synopsis) I thought I was buying the book associated with the Akeelah and the Bee movie. I […]

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

Wow! What can I say about Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis without trivializing it? This years Newbery Honor book was amazing! I haven’t read Good Masters, Sweet Ladies! but it must have been “amazing-er” as Elijah of Buxton was spectacular. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and if you […]

Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy

Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy was another book that I couldn’t resist while at the library. It’s another holocaust book, I seem to be reading a lot of these lately. Why am I so drawn to the misery of others?
A Middle Grade Fiction book, Yellow Star tells the true story of Jennifer Roy’s […]