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BOOK REVIEW: As You Wish By Cary Elwes

May 25, 2015 Uncategorized 1 Comment
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BOOK REVIEW: Winell Road by Kate Foster

May 22, 2015 Kids Book Reviews No Comments
Book: Winell Road by Kate Foster Genre: Middle Grade Sci-fi Winell Road is the the most boring road in the world. At least, according to Jack Mills. He’s 12 years old and convinced that his home is the last place in the world that anything exciting could or would ever…

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…

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…

Welcome to We Peas Read

May 1, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Welcome to our launch of the official We Peas Read review website!  Thanks for stopping by!  We have several posts for today, including a review of The Madman’s Daughter and a list of 10 best ways for a busy parent to make time for reading! We hope you’ll follow along with…