Reviews
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Review: Boys Don’t Knit Series by T.S. Easton
Your eyes do not deceive you: I am indeed posting about T.S. Easton and his Boys Don’t Knit series twice in one week! Just a few days ago, I posted about how much I was looking forward to reading the second book in the series, and…now I have! I wanted to give a bit of… Read more
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Great Picture Books! (9): Mother Bruce, Dear Yeti, Lost. Found., Wild & Little Elliot, Big Family
I have had the great fortune of reading another great batch of picture books in the last while! The following five are all ones I would definitely recommend: Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins Publication: November 24, 2015 by Disney-Hyperion Author and illustrator Higgins has knocked it out of the stratosphere with Mother Bruce. Inventive,… Read more
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Review: Killing Trail by Margaret Mizushima
Review: Killing Trail (A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery) by Margaret Mizushima Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: December 8, 2015 by Crooked Lane Books Verdict: Very Good Book Description: When a young girl is found dead in the mountains outside Timber Creek, life-long resident Officer Mattie Cobb and her partner, K-9… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Emily’s Balloon by Komako Sakai
Review: Emily’s Balloon by Komako Sakai Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: Paperback edition, August 4 2015 by Chronicle Books (first published in 2005) Verdict: Excellent Book Description: One day, Emily gets a balloon. By the end of the afternoon, the balloon is no longer just a plaything—Emily and the balloon are… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Out of the Woods by Rebecca Bond
Review: Out of the Woods: A True Story of an Unforgettable Event by Rebecca Bond Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: July 21 2015 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Antonio Willie Giroux lived in a hotel his mother ran on the edge of a lake. He loved… Read more
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Review: Pippa Morgan’s Diary by Annie Kelsey
Review: Pippa Morgan’s Diary by Annie Kelsey Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Sourcebooks Jabberwocky. Thank you! Publication: December 1, 2015 by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Sometimes a little white lie can land you in a whole lot of trouble… Pippa’s new BFF Catie Brown is perfect. So perfect, that Pippa tells her a… Read more
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Review: The Scorpion Rules (Prisoners of Peace #1) by Erin Bow
Happy New Year everyone! Thank you to all you lovely readers and visitors to my site; thank you for stopping by, liking, following or commenting. I am getting right back into the swing of things for 2016 with a review of a recently released young adult title from Erin Bow! Review: The Scorpion Rules (Prisoners… Read more
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Review & Giveaway! How to Be Brave by E. Katherine Kottaras
Review: How to Be Brave by E. Katherine Kottaras Source: Hardcopy courtesy of St. Martin’s Press & Kaye Publicity, Inc. Thank you! Publication: November 3, 2015 by St. Martin’s Press Verdict: Good/Very Good Book Description: An emotional contemporary YA novel about love, loss, and having the courage to chase the life you truly want. Reeling… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Lenny & Lucy by Philip C. Stead and Erin E. Stead
Review: Lenny & Lucy by Philip C. Stead, illus. Erin E. Stead Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: October 6, 2015 by Roaring Brook Press Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Peter and his father are moving to a new house beyond the dark unfriendly woods. When they arrive at their new home, Peter… Read more
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EVERY WORD Blog Tour, Day Four: Review of Ellie Marney’s Every Word
Welcome to day four of the Tundra Books sponsored Blog Tour for Ellie Marney‘s Every Word! Today on Fab Book Reviews, I am featuring a review of Every Word, the second book in the Every series from author Ellie Marney! Review: Every Word (Every Breath #2) by Ellie Marney Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Tundra… Read more
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