In full honesty and transparency I was a little excited to receive Dork Diaries: Tales from a NOT-SO-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell for review. This author certainly knows how to promote herself. First the book arrived in a box, not an envelope. With tissue. Yes, tissue. Inside the tissue was a really cute pink [...]
I was drawn to Wife of the Gods, An Inspector Darko Dawson Mystery by Kwei Quartey for the cover alone. I just love how African it feels.
Wife of the Gods is a whodunit murder mystery and in full honesty if the book wasn’t set in Africa without its many African themes and traditions [...]
Although I rarely talk about them on my blog, I love watching movies! Ever since having kids, it’s near impossible to actually see a new release in the theater, although I may not be there on opening night, there are a ton of movies coming out this summer and fall that are based on some [...]
Wow.
Do not let this unassuming cover fool you. 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy in collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah and illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez is a purely stunning picture book. When I finished reading the author’s note at the end, I had tears rolling down my cheeks. It’s a book that I [...]
I’ve discovered that my blogging must very much be a seasonal thing because ever since it got warm outside my posting has shifted a bit. I’m outside playing with my two boys a lot! But I’m reading the same amount, so the books are piling up waiting to be reviewed. In this vlog, I share [...]
