364 books overall; 188 books read in the last year; 16 books read in the last month. That's an average of 0 books each month.
When I started reading reviews about The Underneath by Kathi Appelt and the amazing Newbery buzz that it was getting, I had to read it. And let’s face it. The Underneath has Newbery potential written all over it. I would be shocked if it doesn’t receive one. It’s one of those rare books that comes [...]
Ever since I saw the cover of Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson I knew that I had to read it. It’s so beautiful that I was in love with it before I even opened it. It’s perfect. It’s got the ragged edges and the typeface is gorgeous. Chains is a National Book Award nominee and [...]
A Midnight Clear, Selected Family Christmas Stories by Newbery author Katherine Paterson writes a collection of short stories for young readers. The copy that I read has five selected Christmas stories, I believe that there are a total of twelve, so I’d like to track the other ones down. Katherine’s husband John is a pastor, [...]
I have fallen in love with Deborah Ellis this year. I loved The Breadwinner, Parvana’s Journey, and Mud City, which I read earlier this year about children in Afghanistan. The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis didn’t disappoint me. The copy that I read was the cover on the left, but I love the cover on [...]
I was really intrigued with the premise of Quake by Joe Cottonwood, which is a middle grade fiction book about the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. Plus, I needed a Q title for the A-Z title challenge. My plan was to read Q Road but I was unable to track a copy down. So Quake it [...]
