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Moving

September 3, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Hi y’all! I’m popping in to let you know that I am currently in the process of moving from Washington to Kentucky with my family!  I plan to continue posting book reviews throughout the next several weeks of (first) driving and (second) settling into a new routine, but I’m sensing…

BOOK REVIEW: Operation Paperclip by Annie Jacobsen

August 31, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America by Annie Jacobsen Genre: Nonfiction, Historical In the aftermath of World War Two, the Allied powers struggled to decide what to do with the scientists and doctors behind some of the Third Reich’s most powerful war…

BOOK REVIEW: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

August 28, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (Mortal Instruments Series #2) Genre: YA, Fantasy City of Ashes is the second book in Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments series.  You can read my review of the first book, City of Bones, here. Since the disappearance of her mother, and her own…

BOOK REVIEW: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

August 24, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (#1 in the Mortal Instruments series) Genre: YA, Fantasy The last thing Clary Fray expects to see when she heads out to the Pandemonium Club is somebody getting stabbed, but when the body vanishes into thin air and no trace of blood…

BOOK REVIEW: Thy Kingdom Come by Daniel Adorno

August 21, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: Thy Kingdom Come by Daniel Adorno Genre: YA, Post-apocalyptic Dex Finnegan is one of a few survivors left on earth after a biotech virus (Navitas) laid waste to most of the human race and some of the animals, turning them into electricity-starved, feral versions of humans and dogs.…

Kids Book Reviews ~ Library Haul #19

August 19, 2015 Uncategorized 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…

BOOK REVIEW: The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier

August 7, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
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BOOK REVIEW: Fever by Lauren DeStefano

August 3, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: Fever by Lauren DeStefano (#2 in the Chemical Garden series) Genre: YA, Dystopian Fever is the second book in the Chemical Garden series by Lauren DeStefano. You can read my review of the first book in the series, Wither, here. Since it is the follow-up book, I can’t…

Mama’s Library Haul

July 30, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Hi all! We were on vacation last week, so our normal kids review library haul post is a little off track. We’ll be back with that next week! In the meantime, I thought I would give you a peak inside my library bag. Generally speaking, I don’t post about my…

BOOK REVIEW: The Mansion’s Twins by Rose M. Channing

July 27, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: The Mansion’s Twins by Rose M. Channing Genre: Fantasy, YA Ellie and Savannah Senka have been raised in separate foster homes, never knowing that they are twins and the offspring of a powerful magician. When their own powers begin to manifest, they miraculously find each other and begin…