After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson

After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson is a beautiful book.  Woodson continues to not disappoint me.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again but I’m a Woodson fan girl.
At the heart of this story is the bond of three twelve-year-old girls.  Our unnamed narrator and Neeka are forever changed when D [...]

Library Loot!

This week’s library loot post looks a lot like my last library loot post although it’s all  different books. Between that one and this one, I think I’ve checked out every camping, hiking, and Utah travel guide that our library has.  We bought a new tent last week and set it up in the [...]

In Which I Find Myself with a 24-Hour Read-a-thon Partner!

I was unable to participate in the 24-Hour Read-a-thon in the fall and so I’m really looking forward to setting time aside on April 10th for Dewey’s Read-a-thon.  Read for 24 hours?!  Crazy right?  But you know that you are considering it right now and taking a  peak at your calendar.
This year Taylor, my husband, [...]

When I’m Not Reading . . .

. . . we are painting.

Which to tell you the truth is an activity that I don’t do lightly as it ends up being a huge ordeal (as you can see from painted child #1 above).
But the results are always worth it! Now I have my own bouquet of tulips made from egg cartons.  Every [...]

National Poetry Month – In Which I Share Four Poems I Wrote When I Was Eight (despite how scary they are)

Serena at Savvy Verse and Wit is hosting a blog tour in honor of  National Poetry Month and I wondered if there was any way I could participate. I’m not one to sit down and read anthologies of poetry and in fact, there is nothing that I hated more than dissecting poems in high [...]