The Year My Son and I Were Born: A Story of Down Syndrome, Motherhood, and Self-Discovery by Kathryn Lynard Soper

Ah, book blogs.  You have got to love them. They add more and more to my reading list every year.  I discovered  The Year My Son and I Were Born: A Story of Down Syndrome, Motherhood, and Self-Discovery by Kathryn Lynard Soper when Melissa at Book Nut called the book amongst other things: remarkable, honest, [...]

Authorpalooza – It’s a Party When More than 30 Utah Authors Get Together

On Saturday I went to Authorpalooza hosted by a local Barnes and Noble.  So I seriously thought that I had a handle on who our Utah authors are but I think I gasped when I saw who would be signing.  I’ll fully admit that I was not familiar with many of them although plenty of [...]

Calamity Jack by Shannon and Dean Hale, Illustrated by Nathan Hale

What happens when you take the infamous Shannon Hale, pair her up again with her husband Dean, and illustrator Nathan Hale (no relation), the retelling of a famous fairy tale, a feisty heroine, a bit of steampunk and wrap it all up in a graphic novel?  Calamity Jack!  A companion novel to Rapunzel’s Revengee (my [...]

Calamity Jack Launch Party with Shannon, Dean and Nathan Hale

On Saturday I met up with Suey from It’s All About Books and Heather from Fire and Ice for the Calamity Jack launch party hosted by The Kings English Bookshop.  Oh how I wish all of you could be so lucky to have Shannon Hale live in your hometown.  She is one class act and [...]

The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck

Despite the fact that I have at least 20 books that will be overlapped into 2010 reviews, it just doesn’t make sense to review a Christmas book in January, so I wanted to squeeze one last 2009 review in.  I read The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck for my book club.  I liked it, I [...]