Why Did I Listen To This Book? I listened to Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown because the book has been on my Project Fill In The Gaps Challenge and on my To Be Read list for pretty much forever. A little background, I was a social studies education major in college and […]
The Boy On The Porch by Sharon Creech | Book Review
May 16, 2014
When I was a kid, I was all about Sharon Creech and her books. We read Walk Two Moons and Chasing Redbird out loud in class and from there, it was kind of love. Picking up her books are kind of like seeing an old friend. My latest visit with the old friend, her books, was fairly […]
Allison: #BEA14 Resolutions
May 15, 2014
Allison’s BEA ’14 Resolutions Pack a small suitcase I’m taking my packing very seriously this year. The past two years I have had to bring giant suitcases with me to BEA because I had brought so much clothing – some of which I could have done without – and last year my big suitcase caused […]
Allison: The Wonder Bread Summer | Jessica Anya Blau | Book Review
May 15, 2014
If I remember correctly, I receive The Wonder Bread Summer at the Harper Collins party last year at BEA. When I first read the back of the book I was intrigued because it sounded like a fun humorous read and I thought that it would be a step away from my “normal” reads. Unfortunately, what […]
Ophelia And The Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee | Audiobook Review
May 14, 2014
Why Did I Listen To This Book? I am a huge sucker for middle grade fantasy book, especially when those books are receiving acclaim. I picked up Ophelia And The Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee on audiobook because the narrator’s voice sounded interesting from the preview. The book is a retelling of the Snow Queen […]