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Book Review: Okay for Now
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt Last week I wrote about The Wednesday Wars, and Okay for Now is a companion book to it. If you did already read The Wednesday Wars, you may have a few moments at the...
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Book Review: This Dark Endeavour
This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel There are very few genres which I give a blanket “no, I don’t read that” response. Horror is one such genre. I don’t like...
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Book Review: Cake
Cake: Love, chickens, and a taste of peculiar by Joyce Magnin I received Joyce Magnin’s newest book, Cake, in the mail on a Friday afternoon. My children were playing nicely so I thought I’d give the...
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Book Review: Almost Home
Almost Home by Joan Bauer I’ve already written about my love for Joan Bauer’s books, and how I’ve been looking forward to this one. While I didn’t adore this title quite as much as a few of her other...
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Book Review: Stout-Hearted Seven
The Stout-Hearted Seven: Orphaned on the Oregon Trail by Neta Lohnes Frazier As a child I read the fictionalized account of the Sager orphans Seven Alone, and never forgot the story – the difficulties...
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Book Review: The Legend of Jimmy Spoon
The Legend of Jimmy Spoon by Kristiana Gregory One of the books I pulled from my “to be read” shelf to fulfill my 2013 Reading Challenge. I don’t remember how it ended up in my possession, other than...
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Book Review: Jimmy Spoon and the Pony Express
Jimmy Spoon and the Pony Express by Kristiana Gregory After enjoying the based-on-true-events The Legend of Jimmy Spoon, I had to look for the sequel, and happily my library had it, since it’s out of...
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Book Review: Gratefully Yours
Gratefully Yours by Jane Buchanan A very gentle and somewhat slow-paced story that might not grab more reluctant readers. Hattie is an appealing character, and Buchanan does a good job of showing her...
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Book Review: The Magic Half
The Magic Half by Annie Barrows Picked this one out from the library because of my complete love for Annie Barrows’ co-authored book, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (which I reviewed...
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What the Kids Are Reading
I read with my kids all. the. time. My baby girl regularly brings me a book saying “Read books?” Of course sweetie. I may not be the mom who does lots of crafts and art projects with my kids, but I am...
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Book Review: The Thief
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner I came *thisclose* to giving up on The Thief. It had such a slow start, with an unlikable main character. That it was a Newbery Honor book and had great ratings kept me...
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Book Review: The Annotated Secret Garden
The Annotated Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. This was a re-read for book club, for our annual children’s literature selection. Of course I’ll love the book – I included it as one of my...
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Book Review: Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy Picked up The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom as another “fractured fairy tale” since I’ve read some good ones lately (especially Cinder...
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What the Kids are Reading vol. 2
We’ve branched out a bit since last month, and aren’t reading alphabet books almost exclusively. B Is for Bulldozer: A Construction ABC Our one new alphabet book for the month. Both kids really like it...
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Book Review: A Brief History of Montmaray
A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper If there’s a true term for this sort of historical fiction, I don’t know what it is. Imaginative history perhaps? What I mean is, it’s not fantasy,...
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Book Review: Code Name Verity
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein. Wein’s book should have been one I’d love – the story is told via journal entries, and it’s set in World War II, both elements that I loved in the book A Brief...
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What the Kids are Reading vol. 3
Thoughts on the library books I’ve been reading to my kids this month: Over in the Meadow This one is a solid middle-of-the-road book for us. The kids don’t mind it, but they’re not crazy about it, and...
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Book Review: Out of the Easy
Out of The Easy by Ruta Sepetys. There was a point towards the end of reading Out of the Easy where I had to put the book aside – I was so invested in the main character and liked her so much, that I...
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Book Review: The Crimson Oak
The Crimson Oak by E.M. Almedingen. If you read the comments to my “current reads” post in May, you’ll already know my feelings about this book: it’s slow, and amazingly dull considering it has the...
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Book Review: How to Make Friends and Monsters
How to Make Friends and Monsters by Ron Bates. My husband is used to my excessive reading habits, and typically ignores the stacks of books I have throughout the house. Very occasionally he’ll take...
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