Author: Elizabeth Peterson

Kids Book Reviews ~ Library Haul #11

May 20, 2015 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life No Comments
Hi everybody! Welcome to our Kids Book Review Library Haul post! This is where I give you quick and snappy reviews of our favorites from our weekly library haul. We read a LOT of children’s books from the library, so I don’t bother reviewing all the ones that were just mediocre. I like to…

Stop-That’s and I-love-you’s

May 19, 2015 Uncategorized 1 Comment
Motherhood is punctuated by extremes.  Extreme love, extreme frustration, extreme exhaustion, extreme happiness.  Every so often, the depth of those extremes comes out of the blue and surprises me all over again. The mood of parenthood is subject to change as frequently as the moods of the children and babies…

BOOK REVIEW: Graduation Day by Joelle Charbonneau

May 18, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Book: Graduation Day by Joelle Charbonneau (The Testing #3) Genre: YA, Dystopian This is the presumably final book in The Testing trilogy. I say presumably because I feel like there’s definitely an opening for a fourth book… but we’ll get to that in a minute. You can read my reviews…

BOOK REVIEW: Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau

May 15, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Book: Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau (The Testing #2) Genre: YA Fiction, Dystopian Independent Study continues the story about Cia Vale that began when she was selected to participate in the Testing of the United Commonwealth–the annual exams that determine who will go on to become leaders and politicians in…

BOOK REVIEW: The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

May 11, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
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Kids Book Reviews ~ Library Haul #9

May 6, 2015 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life No Comments
This week, just for kicks, I thought we’d change it up a little and focus on the nonfiction children’s books we’ve found. I’ve been trying to be more intentional about adding nonfiction to Sophia’s reading pile as we move into the age of “preschool”. Granted, any reading at all is…

BOOK REVIEW: Infamous Scribblers by Eric Burns

May 4, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Book: Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism by Eric Burns Genre: Nonfiction, American History American Scribblers is an in depth look at the early days of politics and journalism, and their extremely co-dependent relationship in the earliest days of The United States. Old newspapers…

10 Ways to Find More Reading Time

May 1, 2015 Kids Book Reviews No Comments
Is your stack of books to read beginning to resemble the leaning tower of Pisa?  Mine absolutely does.  Virtually and literally, I might add.  Just take a look at my Goodreads profile if you don’t believe me.  500 books to read?  Don’t mind if I do!  Do I continue to…