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Book Review: The Lake House by Kate Morton

November 9, 2015 Reading Life No Comments

Review of: The Lake House by Kate Morton Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery Alice Edevane is an imaginative, budding writer at the tender age of sixteen. In 1930’s Cornwall, England, she lives with her family on an idyllic estate near the lake until tragedy strikes at a Midsummers Eve party when…

BOOK REVIEW: Pawn by Aimee Carter

November 2, 2015 Reading Life 1 Comment

Review of: Pawn by Aimee Carter (#1 in the Blackcoat Rebellion series) Genre: YA, Dystopian Kitty Doe has just taken the test that reveals she will be a III for the rest of her life–Just low enough on the totem pole to have to work the worst jobs with little…

Kids Book Reviews ~ Library Haul #21

October 29, 2015 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life No Comments

Hi everybody! We’re officially moved from Washington to Kentucky (!!!), have a house, AND found the library, which means, of course, the return of our Kids Books Library Haul! So welcome to our Kids Book Review Library Haul post! This is my mostly-weekly series where I give you quick and…

Kids Book Review: Fort Applegate and The Battle of Wounded Knee

October 27, 2015 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life No Comments

Book Review of: Fort Applegate and The Battle of Wounded Knee by Brian Wu Genre: Children, Fiction This book was sent to me as an advance review copy by the author for no compensation. All opinions expressed are my own. It is available for pre-order through Amazon, and will be…

BOOK REVIEW: The Sandcastle Girls

October 24, 2015 Reading Life No Comments

Review of: The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian Genre: Historical Fiction, Literary When Elizabeth Endicott arrives in Syria, she is there with one purpose–to use her newly acquired nursing degrees to aid the relief of the Armenian refugees trickling through Syria in the first breakers of the Great War. She…

BOOK REVIEW: Longbourn by Jo Baker

October 12, 2015 Reading Life No Comments

Review of: Longbourn by Jo Baker Genre: Literary, Historical Fiction Most of us are familiar with the trials and tribulations of the Bennet sisters, from Jane Austen’s beloved Pride and Prejudice classic, but what about those ghosts belowstairs? Longbourn is a clever, irresistible imagining of the lives of the Bennet…

BOOK REVIEW: Thompson Road by Scott Wyatt

September 23, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments

Review of: Thompson Road by Scott Wyatt Genre: Historical This book was sent to me for review by the author, but all opinions expressed are my own. Check out his website at www.scottwyattauthor.com Thompson Road is an illustration of growing up, and how life sometimes changes even your wildest dreams…

Kids Book Review: Henry The Turtle by C. K. Sobey

September 18, 2015 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life No Comments

Review of: Henry the Turtle by C. K. Sobey Genre: Children’s I was sent this book for review by the author, but all opinions expressed are my own. Check out her website for more information, here. Henry the Turtle is abandoned as an egg on a stretch of sandy beach…

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: 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…