Showing posts from August, 2014

Collateral Kindness - Paul Holton

Summary:   As a loving father and compassionate family man, Paul Holton found it hard to reconcile his innate goodwill…

Death's Academy - Michael Best

Summary:   The Death’s Academy entrance exam for Midnight Smith is quickly approaching. There’s just one problem: Midni…

The Ruby Red Trilogy/The Precious Stone Trilogy - Kerstin Gier

Summary:  Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for travel…

Shadow and Bone (Grisha Book 1) by Leigh Bardugo

Summary:  The Shadow Fold, a swathe of impenetrable darkness, crawling with monsters that feast on human flesh, is slow…

The Darkest Minds - Alexandra Bracken

Summary:   When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make …

The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman

Summary: After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other su…

Sense and Sensibility A Latter-Day Tale - Rebecca H. Jamison

Summary:   As if it wasn't bad enough to be getting food from Church welfare, I had to meet one of the Ferreros--an…

If You Were Me and Lived in ... Australia - Carole P. Roman

Summary:  Fo rmer social studies teacher Carole P. Roman has penned a new addition in her exiting explorations of fore…

Dangerous - Shannon Hale

Summary:   Maisie Danger Brown just wanted to get away from home for a bit, see something new. She never intended to fa…

Counting By 7s - Holly Goldberg Sloan

Summary:   In the tradition of  Out of My Mind ,  Wonder,  and  Mockingbird,  this is an intensely moving middle grade …

Forbidden Sea - Sheila A. Nielson

Summary:  A mermaid haunts Adrianne's dreams . . . is she coming to warn her, save her, or drag her down into the d…

Did You Win? Did You Win?

OUR 1,000 LIKES CELEBRATION GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING!! Our GRAND PRIZE WINNER is: Pick the W…

Fave Book Club Recipes

I am part of two book clubs and have been for years. The first book club my sister-in-law and I started and it has been…