This book was excruciating. I loved it, but I will never read it again. The writing was amazing, so much imagery, but the story was absolutely gut wrenching. The story is about Dr. David and Norah Henry, a young couple expecting their first baby. The story opens in 1964 on a snowy night in Kentucky … Read more
This is a story about a Antonina, a Polish woman and zookeeper’s wife, during World War II. Her story is told by Diane Ackerman, who uses Antonina’s journal to create a real and true story about Antonina’s family and their experiences during the German invasion of Poland in the early 1940s. This book was probably … Read more
This book is so cool! It’s a kid’s non fiction book that shows you what a million dots looks like , with some interesting facts about the nature and the world on each page. Here are some of my favorite facts from the book: The sun has a diameter of 864, 948 miles – wide … Read more
I watched this movie over the Christmas holidays last year and loved it. I love fantasy romance adventures like this one – the story was clever so I wanted to read the book. I liked the movie better – a rarity. The story is about a fallen star rescued/captured by young Tristran Thorn whose objective … Read more
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli is an inspiring story about being yourself. Stargirl Caraway is so different from her peers – she wears old fashioned and bright clothing, adorns her school desk with a flower and table cloth, and sings Happy Birthday to people at lunch while playing her ukelele. Stargirl experiences a moment of popularity … Read more
I was really excited about this book before reading it and a little disappointed after. It was a good story but the writing was hard at times to follow. This could be because I mostly read this book when over tired, so it’s possible that if I read it again I would really like it. … Read more
This book by Jim Trelease was full of excellent information about kids and media, reading in particular, but also the effects of television and other forms of print media. I learned so many great things from this book that will help me raise my children to be avid and successful readers. The main message of … Read more
I enjoyed this one just as much as A Conspiracy of Paper. As likeable and charismatic as ever, Benjamin Weaver returns as the thief-taking gentleman. I love how the author sets up the story – a much older Benjamin is retelling a single adventure from his younger days. The story goes forward and backward in … Read more
I grew up in a small town in Oregon (population 1500 so bigger than her town of 300), so I could really relate to A Girl Named Zippy, by Haven Kimmel. I loved every page of this book, which I was not expecting. I am not big on nonfiction, and I don’t think I’ve ever … Read more
Wives and Daughters, by Elizabeth Gaskell, is my book club’s selection for April. I’ve just finished and I really enjoyed the story. I love books set in this place and time period (19th century England). The social differences between now and then are so fascinating to me – for example, the way that the upper … Read more