Do you know a high school senior or a college student who is wondering what their next step is going to be? Are they concerned about their first job or internship and how they might fit in as their first time in the workplace? I recommend that they check out the story of Shavone Charles […]
This post contains affiliate links you can use to purchase the book. If you buy the book using that link, I will receive a small commission from the sale. My daughter and I recently did a mini picture book reading marathon. So I thought it would be a great time to do a Picture Book […]
I’m not usually into reading thrillers because it sets my anxiety levels off too much. But when I began reading I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys, I thought I was reading straight historical fiction. Correction! I was reading a historical thriller. The cherry on top was that Ruta Sepetys writes about little-known history, so […]
I just finished The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray last night and I had so many thoughts afterwards, that I decided that I definitely had to write this review ASAP. When I first saw The Personal Librarian debut last year, I kind of eyed it but never really sought it out […]
This graphic novel is hilarious! I know I’m not the only one who wanted to read it based on the title alone. Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy is a book is about identity. It uses humor and honesty to explore the identity crisis that Huda goes through when she moves from a place […]
My Favorite New Addition to My Kids’ Christmas Shelves As a child, if you celebrate Christmas, you will inevitably have questions about how Santa Claus operates. For some kids, they will get their answers from The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore. But for a lot of children, who don’t live in what marketing campaigns […]
A Captivating Novel-in-Verse Let me just say that I finished this book in two days and that was only the first of several re-reads that I plan for it. When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez is a phenomenal novel-in-verse that is both heart touching and heart wrenching. Some Background This novel-in-verse is based on […]
This book is everything that I wish existed when my brother and I were growing up! As I read this with my four year old son, he saw himself on every page, exclaiming “That’s me Mommy! Wait turn back! That’s me when I get my skateboard Mommy!” All of the images – from when the […]