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Kids Book Review: Outside Inside by Cindy Helms

September 17, 2015 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life No Comments

Review of: Outside Inside by Cindy Helms Genre: Children’s Outside Inside is the story of a bird who goes looking for his friends one morning. When he can’t find them, he wonders where on earth they could be, and what they might be doing without him. Opposites and colorful illustrations…

BOOK REVIEW: Mexican Mutts and Tequila Pups by David Gordon Burke

September 9, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments

Review of: Mexican Mutts and Tequila Pups by David Gordon Burke Genre: Nonfiction, Humor Mexican Mutts and Tequila Pups is a generally humorous collection of short stories and actual news articles about dogs in Mexico. It is a pretty quick read–I finished it in a couple quick afternoons of reading.…

BOOK REVIEW: The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

September 4, 2015 Reading Life 2 Comments

Review of: The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Genre: Literary Fiction A. J. Fikry is the passionate, generally irritable owner of the only book store on Alice Island. He has good reason to be irritable. His wife has died, the bookstore is barely making enough money to…

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…

Kids Book Reviews ~ Library Haul #20

August 26, 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…

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