Recent Posts Tagged With 'a-d author'

• A Birthday for Bear by Bonny Becker, Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 02:58 in fiction, book reviews, picture & board books, published 2009, a-d title, a-d author

  When I last  reviewed A Visitor for Bear and interviewed the author, I was ecstatic to know that there were more books about Bear and Mouse in the works and A Birthday for Bear by Bonny Becker and illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton is one of those...

• Step Back from the Baggage Claim: Change the World, Start at the Airport by Jason Barger

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 02:19 in motivational, book reviews, nonfiction, review copy, published 2008, a-d author, q-t title

  You wouldn’t know it from reading my blog but I used to pick up the occasional motivational book.  Step Back from the Baggage Claim: Change the World, Start at the Airport by Jason Barger has taken me back to a genre that I have regretfully le...

• The Curious Garden by Peter Brown

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 18:56 in fiction, book reviews, picture & board books, published 2009, a-d title, a-d author, cybils picture book nomination

  The Curious Garden by Peter Brown had me in love as soon as I laid my eyes on it.   See, my other love is gardening.  If I wasn’t blogging about books than I probably would be blogging about gardening.  I’m not a pro by any means but I...

• The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria

  Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 10:24 in book reviews, book club, nonfiction, picture books, published 2008, children's literature book club selection, a-d title, e-h author, a-d author

  What is it like to experience colors if you are blind?  This is the question that The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria asks and attempts to answer.  This book of colors is lacking in the color department and that’s a goo...

• Where’s My Mummy by Carolyn Crimi, Illustrated by John Manders

  Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 00:56 in fiction, book reviews, halloween, picture & board books, published 2008, a-d author, u-z title

  I am SO buying Where’s My Mummy by Carolyn Crimi and illustrated by John Manders.  I’m going to be really sad to see it returned to the library because my boys and I have been reading this one every day for two weeks.  My little two-yea...

• Dear Vampa by Ross Collins

  Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 00:18 in fiction, book reviews, halloween, picture & board books, published 2009, a-d title, a-d author

  Dear Vampa by Ross Collins is such a cute Halloween book although I admit that I didn’t think so on first impressions from thumbing through it.  Once I sat down and read it, I thought it was fun. The Pires, who live in Pennsylvania aren’...

• Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal

  Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 09:58 in fiction, adult, book reviews, blog tour, review copy, tlc book tour, published 2009, e-h title, a-d author

  In Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal, the home of thirteen-year-old Pinky is full of secrets.  Having lost her mother in infancy and given up by her father, Pinky lives with her aunt and uncle and three boy cousins in Bombay, in what used to be a be...

• The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo

  Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 10:36 in fiction, book reviews, review copy, middle readers, published 2009, a-d author, q-t title

  The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo is in the same magical vein as The Tale of Despereaux. Although the book doesn’t start out with the words “Once Upon a Time,” it certainly has that fairy tale feeling with the first li...

• Ghost in the Machine by Patrick Carman (Skeleton Creek Series)

  Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 06:05 in Mystery, fiction, book reviews, review copy, middle readers, e-h title, a-d author

  Ghost in the Machine by Patrick Carman is the follow up book to Skeleton Creek.  I love this series because of it’s creativity .  If you are not familiar with Skeleton Creek (which you can check out my review and details here), it’s a b...

• Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin

  Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 06:00 in fiction, book reviews, autism, middle readers, published 2009, a-d title, a-d author

  How could I resist a book like Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin with a cover like that?  As soon as I saw this book on display at my local library I snatched it right up.  Didn’t even read the back cover or anything.  I just knew ...

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 01:59 in fiction, book reviews, banned, book to movie, middle readers, photos of my family, a-d title, a-d author, published 1970's

  I grew up not reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl but rather watching the Gene Wilder movie.  I loved it!  I watched it over and over.   When they announced the new movie directed by Tim Burton and starring Johny Depp you can&#...

• I Am a Star, Child of the Holocaust by Inge Auerbacher

  Posted on Tuesday September 22nd, 2009 at 12:27 in World War II, war, book reviews, nonfiction, Holocaust, memoir biography, i-l title, a-d author

  Of all the books about the holocaust that I’ve read, I’m not sure if I’d actually recommend I Am a Star, Child of the Holocaust by Inge Auerbacher.  Which to my knowledge might be the first time I’ve not raved about a book de...

• Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas

  Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 02:59 in books, fiction, adult, book reviews, blog tour, review copy, published 2009, m-p title, a-d author, authors on the web

  I have been wanting to read a Sandra Dallas novel for a long time given the fact that a dozen of you have recommended her to me.  And now I’ve had a chance to read her newest book, Prayers for Sale and, wow, what a talented author.  It’...

• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Again Not Really a Review – But Rather Me Geeking Out On Release Day!) & Where You Can Win a Copy with Much Swag

  Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 09:16 in fiction, book reviews, young adult, dystopian, review copy, published 2009, a-d title, a-d author

  Today is the day!!  Catching Fire is in a bookstore near you!  How exciting!  I feel like there should be confetti and much fanfare.  I was fortunate enough to read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins nearly three months ago and it is the book that ...

• Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas

  Posted on Friday August 28th, 2009 at 02:37 in fiction, book reviews, young adult, sexual abuse, free verse novel, published 2009, a-d title, a-d author

  I can’t help myself.  Since discovering free-verse novels, I am completely in love with the genre.  Despite the fact that the subject matter of Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas is one that literally makes you sick to your stomach, it&...

• A Disobedient Girl by Ru Freeman

  Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 09:52 in fiction, adult, Sri Lanka, book reviews, blog tour, review copy, tlc book tour, a-d title, a-d author

  A Disobedient Girl by Ru Freeman is a story of women,  servitude, love and betrayal, desire, class, prejudice, fate, tragedy, the human spirit and how entire families can change course with just one decision. Two stories are told in this book.  One...

• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows – Review and Giveaway

  Posted on Thursday August 6th, 2009 at 10:01 in contests, World War II, war, fiction, adult, book reviews, historical fiction, tlc book tour, e-h title, a-d author, q-t author

  I have only heard great things about The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows and have been wanting to read it for some time.  In all honesty, I must admit that it didn’t grab me right away.  It ...

• Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross Review (And How You Can Be Flown Out to the Movie Premiere!)

  Posted on Wednesday July 22nd, 2009 at 09:14 in fiction, adult, book reviews, historical fiction, book to movie, m-p title, a-d author

  I’m really happy that my face-to-face book club chose to read Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross this past month otherwise I’m sure I would have read it later rather than sooner and it’s a book that I’m thrilled to add to my li...

• Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

  Posted on Wednesday July 15th, 2009 at 10:03 in fiction, book reviews, young adult, suicide, a-d author, q-t title

  Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher is a story of what’s and why’s.  Why me?  And what could I have done differently? Clay comes home from school one day to find a package on his porch.  Yay for packages!  How exciting.  It doesn’...

• That Went Well, Adventures in Caring for My Sister by Terrell Harris Dougan

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 08:00 in book reviews, nonfiction, memoir, review copy, published 2009, a-d author, q-t title

  That Went Well, Adventures in Caring for My Sister by Terrell Harris Dougan is a beautiful and honest book which I couldn’t put down. I wanted to read That Went Well for one simple reason: it takes place in my hometown and the author is local a...

• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (a preview of sorts)

  Posted on Monday June 8th, 2009 at 06:00 in videos, fiction, book reviews, young adult, book trailers, dystopian, a-d title, a-d author

  Do you know how many people will not be able to resist making a pun of Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins and say that the book is catching fire?  Well, include me in that bunch because it’s true.  I’m not writing up a full review because...