The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria

What is it like to experience colors if you are blind?  This is the question that The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria asks and attempts to answer.  This book of colors is lacking in the color department and that’s a good thing.  Instead, it is completely black with white text [...]

The Next Thing On My List by Jill Smolinksi (Come Share Your Life List!)

In The Next Thing On My List by Jill Smolinksi June Parker attends a Weight Watchers meeting that will change her life – but not how you would think.  She gives a ride home to Marissa whom she’s only met for the first time that night.  As Marissa reaches behind her for a taco soup [...]

Goodnight Goon, A Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex

Goodnight Goon, A Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex is a parody off of Goodnight Moon which I  must admit we don’t have in this household nor is it a book that my kids are familiar with.  In fact,  I think I’ve looked at Goodnight  Moon only once.  Really no reason to the indifference just not [...]

Chess Rumble by G. Neri, Illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson

Chess Rumble by G. Neri and illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson is one of those books that I hope people don’t judge based on the cover.  I don’t think it’s the best representation of the book.  It’s a book that I would have walked by without a second glance.  But then of course, I’m a [...]

Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez

I am going to try to attempt this book review of Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez without the book which I had to return to the library already.  We shall see how this goes.
Kabul Beauty School is the memoir of Deborah Rodriguez, a hairdresser, who shortly after [...]