The Tiger Rising is the fourth book that I’ve read this year by Kate DiCamillo. The two others being Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux, and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (click on links to be taken to my book reviews). Thus far I’ve enjoyed all of her books.
It has been [...]
After my Friday evening at Stephenie Meyer’s book signing, my husband and I packed up the kids and headed to the Provo Children’s Book Festival. How could we not show up? It was free and all kinds of authors were just waiting for us to show up and meet them.
As soon as we arrived, [...]
Well, now I can cross off The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie off of my list. I’ve been sitting at my keyboard for what seems like forever trying to figure out how to review this book. This story seems to have so many themes for just [...]
A couple weeks ago I was browsing the shelves at a local bookstore when Sold by Patricia McCormick caught my eye. Maybe it’s the artist in me, but I am very drawn to the cover art of book jackets. Judge a book by it’s cover? Yep, I do. I’ll freely admit [...]