Category: Non-Fiction

Must Read Monday (77): Children’s Non-Fiction & Biographical Picture Books from Jason Chin, Jeanette Winter & more!

January 7, 2018 Leave a Comment

Welcome to the first 2018 edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week: all about non-fiction children’s titles and biographical picture books! Incredible looking […]

Children's

Best of 2017, Part 2: Picture Books & more!

December 30, 2017 5 Comments

Welcome to Part 2 of my Best of 2017 posts, which is all about picture books (including early fiction, readers and non-fiction picture books)! This reading year was picture book intensive– as you can tell from the sheer volume of awesome titles! There are so many incredible, unique, innovative and beautiful titles I had the absolute pleasure of reading and […]

Adult Fiction

Best of 2017, Part 1: Children’s Lit, Young Adult, Adult Fiction & more!

December 28, 2017 2 Comments

Hope everyone is having a wonderful, safe and lovely holiday season, whatever your celebrations may be! I am rather late in posting this, but I wanted to get in my 2017 reading highlights before the end of the year. In no particular order, here are my book selections for part one, hope you enjoy! Children’s Fiction/Middle Grade: The Goat […]

Children's

Great Picture Books (and more!) (11)

July 2, 2017 2 Comments

It’s been a tad quiet on the Fab Book Reviews front lately…I had lofty goals for posting in June, somehow (why?!?) not counting on the fact that Summer Reading Club, school visits, and recent life craziness, etc., would really impact my reading and posting schedule! Ah well! Here are some wonderful picture books and non-fiction children’s titles I’ve recently read […]

Children's

Picture Book Review: This Is How We Do It by Matt Lamothe

May 4, 2017 3 Comments

Review: This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World by Matt Lamothe Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: April 4, 2017 by Chronicle Books Book Description: Follow the real lives of seven kids from Italy, Japan, Iran, India, Peru, Uganda, and Russia for a single day! In […]

Non-Fiction

Review: The Dead Inside: A True Story by Cyndy Etler

April 30, 2017 1 Comment

Review: The Dead Inside: A True Story by Cyndy Etler Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books Publication: April 4, 2017 by Sourcebooks Book Description: For readers of Girl Interrupted and Tweak, Cyndy Etler’s gripping memoir gives readers a glimpse into the harrowing reality of her sixteen months in the notorious tough love program the ACLU called “a concentration camp for […]

Children's

Top Ten Tuesday: Unique Books I’ve Read…

April 10, 2017 6 Comments

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. I have not been doing a great job with keeping up and participating, but I have been inspired this week’s topic: the most unique books we’ve read! With the caveat that I have probably/most likely missed a number of unique […]

Adult Fiction

Top Ten Tuesday: Recently Added to My To-Be-Read Shelf

March 7, 2017 4 Comments

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. I have not been doing a great job (at all!) keeping up and participating, but I have been inspired this week! Now, this week is actually a freebie week, so I thought I’d focus on titles recently added to my […]

Children's

Blog Tour Stop: The Playbook by Kwame Alexander!

January 26, 2017 Leave a Comment

Welcome to one of the stops on the Raincoast Books blog tour for Kwame Alexander‘s latest, The Playbook! Read on for my thoughts on the book as well as a special excerpt from the book! The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life by Kwame Alexander, photos by Thai Neave Source: ARC courtesy of […]

Children's

Best of 2016: Picture Books (Part 2) & the Best of the Rest

December 30, 2016 1 Comment

The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of…picture books!?! Yes, picture books! This genre has been SO strong this year- whether the form of debuts, or published works from established authors and illustrators, I have been continuously surprised and delighted by my reading in this epic field. The titles on this list are ones that have either excelled […]

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Fab Book Reviews

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Category: Non-Fiction

Must Read Monday (77): Children’s Non-Fiction & Biographical Picture Books from Jason Chin, Jeanette Winter & more!

Best of 2017, Part 2: Picture Books & more!

Best of 2017, Part 1: Children’s Lit, Young Adult, Adult Fiction & more!

Great Picture Books (and more!) (11)

Picture Book Review: This Is How We Do It by Matt Lamothe

Review: The Dead Inside: A True Story by Cyndy Etler

Top Ten Tuesday: Unique Books I’ve Read…

Top Ten Tuesday: Recently Added to My To-Be-Read Shelf

Blog Tour Stop: The Playbook by Kwame Alexander!

Best of 2016: Picture Books (Part 2) & the Best of the Rest

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