Step Back from the Baggage Claim: Change the World, Start at the Airport by Jason Barger

You wouldn’t know it from reading my blog but I used to pick up the occasional motivational book.  Step Back from the Baggage Claim: Change the World, Start at the Airport by Jason Barger has taken me back to a genre that I have regretfully left behind.  I have found that it’s nice to pick [...]

Standing Still by Kelly Simmons

In Standing Still by Kelly Simmons, Claire trades in the life of a journalist for that of a stay-at-home mom.  Late one night Claire hears a noise on the roof, goes upstairs and discovers an intruder in her daughters room trying to abduct her.  Claire utters three words which would change her life forever, “Take [...]

The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo

The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo is in the same magical vein as The Tale of Despereaux. Although the book doesn’t start out with the words “Once Upon a Time,” it certainly has that fairy tale feeling with the first line, “At the end of the century before last, in the market square of the [...]

Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf

Loved this book.
Loved it.
Read on . . .
One of my favorite types of books to read are books that take place around World War II and the Holocaust.  There will never be a drought of stories to tell from this horrific part of history.  But I was shocked when I picked up Someone Named Eva [...]

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher is a story of what’s and why’s.  Why me?  And what could I have done differently?
Clay comes home from school one day to find a package on his porch.  Yay for packages!  How exciting.  It doesn’t say who it’s from, so he excitedly rips into it.  Inside are thirteen [...]