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Blogging about all things books! I review every book I read and tell you how it is. Topics include book reviews, book lists,book recommendations, reading challenges, reading group guides, and how books play a part in my daily life.
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Your Most Embarrassing Moment - Author Style!
I got a really great phone call today from one of my friends who had to tell me a story. And I hope she forgives me for sharing it. Her little girl is getting ready to enter kindergarten in the fall. At what I believe was an open house of sorts...
BookExpo America & the 48 Hour Book Challenge - What You Need to Know
This is a bit of a housekeeping post. Many of you may (or may not) know that I’m heading out to New York City to attend BookExpo America, the North American publishing premiere trade show on May 29th-31st. To say I’m excited, is an un...
Close to Perfect Chocolate Pie from Ingrid Law, Newbery Honor Author of Savvy (The Special Birthday Edition)
When I recently interviewed Newbery Honor author Ingrid Law about her debut and award winning novel Savvy (book review), I asked her about cake. Mibs, our young main character, wants the perfect cake for her birthday - a cake with pink and yellow f...
24 Hour Read-a-thon Edition: Tomato-Mozzarella Pesto Sandwich from Susan McBride, Author of The Debs
We are about to hit the half-way mark for Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon now and it’s time for a good meal! I’ve got the perfect tomato-mozarella pesto sandwich for you to try out! This recipe comes from Susan McBride, author of th...
24 Hour Read-a-thon Edition: Yummy Breakfast Smoothie from Sara Zarr, National Book Award Author
Mmmm . . . If you are just waking up or have already been up for a few hours or all day, this smoothie is the perfect start for Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon! When I interviewed Sara Zarr, author of Sweethearts and Story of a Girl, I, as always, ...
Why Did We Start Our Book Blogs? Three Reasons Why from Trish, Amy and Me.
And yeah, I know that title sounds like it should read like the book title, Thirteen Reasons Why, which I have in my review pile, but it is what it is. So, how awesome is this?! Today you have a three for one. That’s right Trish from Hey La...
Lemon Linguine from Newbery Honor Author, Kirby Larson
Kirby Larson is the Newbery Honor author of Hattie Big Sky and co-author with Mary Nethery of Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival. I interviewed Kirby this past September about both books and of course received...
An Open Letter to Laurie Halse Anderson
Oh, Laurie Halse Anderson, how I love you. Isn’t that a bit scary? But I do. My admiration and respect for you just went through the roof. Last night was one of the funnest book-ish nights I’ve had. A highlight for sure. Whe...
Butter Bean Cookies from Shana Burg’s Debut Novel, A Thousand Never Evers
So my husband and I were grocery shopping at a store that we had never shopped at before. We were there for an hour going around the perimeter of the store looking at all the cool foods our other grocery store (which I LOVE) doesn’t carry. ...
The 13th Reality: The Hunt for Dark Infinity by James Dashner
The 13th Reality: The Hunt for Dark Infinity by James Dashner is the sequel to The 13th Reality: The Journal of Curious Letters. I’ve talked about James a bunch here on my blog when I reviewed The Journal of Curious Letters and interviewed ...
Have You Ever Caused or Been On the Receiving End of a Book/Reading Related Accident?
I had so much fun with our last discussion question, what’s the most horrific way you’ve ruined a book? (which by the way went straight to my top ten most commented posts!), and with my last video chat where I showed off all the destroyed...
Mmmm . . . Mrs. Perez’s Drop-Dead Delicous Lemon Squares from Donna Gephart’s Debut Novel, As If Being 12 3/4 Isn’t Bad Enough My Mother is Running For President
It’s about time that I shared another author recipe with you! In Donna Gephart’s debut novel, As If Being 12 3/4 Isn’t Bad Enough My Mother is Running for President!, Vanessa, our main character comes home from school and loves to...
An Ant’s Day Off by Bonny Becker, Illustrated by Nina Laden
Ah, to be an ant. To be an ant who never gets a day off. To be an ant who as never even seen the sun. “Never stop. Never tarry. An ant who wastes time will never marry,” are words that Bart, the sand ant, has heard every day of ...
What is the Most Horrific Way You’ve Ever Ruined a Book?
So I was saddened to realize that I had a certain ARC (I don’t want to admit whose book I’ve just ruined) sitting on my kitchen counter and water from the sink leaked over and I caused water damage to the last third of the book. I was l...
