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  • Blog Tour Stop: Amy Spalding’s The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles)!

    Welcome to one of the stops on the Thomas Allen & Son’s blog tour for Amy Spalding latest contemporary young adult title, The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles)! Read on for my thoughts on the book, my thoughts about burgers (yes!), more about Amy, and …the link to The… Read more


    April 9, 2018

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    Reviews, Young Adult
    amy spalding, blog tour, contemporary ya, giveaways, reviews, very good, Young Adult
  • Great Picture Books! (14)

    A look at some wonderful picture books that I have had the pleasure of reading lately! All are titles I have read and would recommend (and I have noticed that three titles appeared on a recent Must Read Monday!!):     Hortense and the Shadow by Natalia O’Hara and Lauren O’Hara The illustrations in this… Read more


    April 1, 2018

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    Children’s, Reviews
    amy hest, anna walker, ben clanton, children’s, excellent, great picture books, kris di giacomo, laurel snyder, lauren o’hara, michael escoffier, natalia o’hara, picture books, polly dunbar, read alouds, reviews, samantha cotterill, shinsuke yoshitake, storytime, very good
  • Coming Up: Blog Tour for Amy Spalding’s The Summer of Jordi Perez!

    I am excited to be participating in Thomas Allen & Son‘s upcoming blog tour supporting author Amy Spalding‘s latest buzzed about YA release, The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles)! Take a look below for the blog tour information- you’ll see that there’s not only the promise of reviews and… Read more


    March 30, 2018

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    Young Adult
    amy spalding, blog tour, giveaways, Young Adult
  • Review: P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy

    Review: P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: March 6, 3018 by Feiwel & Friends Book Description: Evie is heartbroken when her strict Catholic parents send her pregnant sister, Cilla, away to stay with a distant great-aunt. All Evie wants is for her older sister to… Read more


    March 27, 2018

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    Children’s, Reviews
    children’s, contemporary, excellent, jen petro-roy, middle grade, reviews
  • Picture Book Reviews: Forever or a Day & The Boy and the Blue Moon

    Forever or a Day by Sarah Jacoby Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Expected publication: March 27, 2018 by Chronicle Books Book Description: What does time mean to you? Sometimes it feels like it could last Forever or a Day . The seconds that count in catching the bus; The idyllic hours that… Read more


    March 25, 2018

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    Children’s, Reviews
    ashley crowley, canadian lit, children’s, excellent, good, picture books, read alouds, reviews, sara o’leary, sarah jacoby, storytime, very good
  • Review: A Grave Issue (A Funeral Parlor Mystery #1) by Lillian Bell

    A Grave Issue (A Funeral Parlor Mystery #1) by Lillian Bell Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: February 13, 2018 by Crooked Lane Books Book Description: After an on-air gaffe goes viral and jeopardizes her career, journalist Desiree Turner retreats home to Verbena, California for some peace and quiet. She begins… Read more


    March 21, 2018

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    Adult Fiction, Reviews
    adult fiction, contemporary, cozy mystery, lillian bell, mystery, reviews, very good
  • Must Read Monday (80): Picture Books from Anna Walker, Shinsuke Yoshitake, Jessie Sima & more!

    Welcome to another 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 picture books! These are titles from… Read more


    March 18, 2018

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    Children’s
    anna walker, ben clanton, carter higgins, emily hughes, jen hill, jessie sima, juana martinez-neal, lisa mantchev, maddie frost, must read monday, pat zietlow miller, picture books, rowboat watkins, samantha cotterill, shinsuke yoshitake
  • Picture Book Review: Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel

    Review: Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Expected publication: March 20, 2018 by Chronicle Books Book Description: Hello, Hello! Beginning with two cats, one black and one white, a chain of animals appears before the reader, linked together by at least one common trait. From simple colors and… Read more


    March 15, 2018

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    Children’s, Reviews
    brendan wenzel, children’s, excellent, picture books, read aloud, reviews, storytime
  • Review: The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray by E. Latimer

    Review: The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray by E. Latimer Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: February 13, 2018 by Tundra Books Book Description: Bryony Gray is becoming famous as a painter in London art circles. But life isn’t so grand. Her uncle keeps her locked in… Read more


    March 13, 2018

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    Children’s, Reviews
    canadian lit, children’s, e. latimer, fantasy, gothic, historical fiction, middle grade, reviews, suspense, thriller, very good
  • Picture Book Review: What’s My Superpower? by Aviaq Johnston & Tim Mack

    Picture Book Review: What’s My Superpower? by Aviaq Johnston & Tim Mack

    What’s My Superpower? by Aviaq Johnston, illus. Tim Mack Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Inhabit Media. Thank you! Publication: August 4, 2017 by Inhabit Media Book Description: Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed (who always beat her in races), friends with super strength (who… Read more


    March 9, 2018

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    Children’s, Reviews
    aviaq johnston, canadian lit, picture books, read alouds, tim mack, very good
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