Recent Posts Tagged With 'e-h title'

• Gracias Thanks by Pat Mora, Illustrated by John Parra

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 10:04 in fiction, book reviews, thanksgiving, review copy, picture & board books, published 2009, e-h title, m-p author

  My father-in-law has often joked (but totally serious) that Spanish is the language that we speak in heaven.  He loves the language.   He’s fluent in Spanish and uses it on a daily basis in his work and my mother-in-law recently learned it as...

• Goodnight Goon, A Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 01:44 in fiction, book reviews, book club, halloween, picture & board books, published 2008, children's literature book club selection, e-h title, q-t author

  Goodnight Goon, A Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex is a parody off of Goodnight Moon which I  must admit we don’t have in this household nor is it a book that my kids are familiar with.  In fact,  I think I’ve looked at Goodnight  Moo...

• Everything is Fine by Ann Dee Ellis

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 06:00 in fiction, book reviews, young adult, utah author, published 2009, lds author, e-h author, e-h title

  Everything is Fine by Ann Dee Ellis has one of the strangest main characters I’ve ever read.  Mazzy is just so quirky.  No doubt about it.  To tell you the truth, it’s been months since I read this book (yes – shoot me, I’m...

• 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...

• Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 11:53 in fiction, book reviews, young adult, blog tour, review copy, published 2009, kidz book buzz, e-h author, e-h title

  I picked up a copy of  Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines when I was at Book Expo America in New York City earlier in the summer.  I must admit that I was intrigued with the book but I was afraid it was a copycat of The Hunger Games, so I didn’...

• 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...

• Chess Rumble by G. Neri, Illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 15:07 in videos, fiction, book reviews, book club, book trailers, free verse, middle readers, reluctant readers, children's literature book club selection, u-z author, e-h title

  Chess Rumble by G. Neri and illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson is one of those books that I hope people don’t judge based on the cover.  I don’t think it’s the best representation of the book.  It’s a book that I would have ...

• The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

  Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 02:46 in fiction, book reviews, banned, middle readers, e-h title, m-p author, published 1970's

  The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson, a 1979 Newbery Honor, is such a sweet book with wonderfully sweet characters.  Gilly Hopkins is going to stay with me for a long time.   Gilly’s transformation that takes place between the openin...

• 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 ...

• First Comes Loves, Then Comes Malaria by Eve Brown-Waite

  Posted on Tuesday July 21st, 2009 at 09:52 in africa, book reviews, nonfiction, ecuador, uganda, memoir, published 2009, u-z author, e-h title

  With a title like First Comes Loves, Then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third-World Adventure Changed My Life by Eve Brown-Waite I had no idea what I was expecting from this book.  I had skimmed just enough of the re...

• Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom by Eric Wight

  Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 09:07 in fiction, book reviews, graphic novel, review copy, middle readers, published 2009, u-z author, e-h title

  Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom written and illustrated by Eric Wight is a spoof of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom but in this case Frankie’s nemisis is his messy room.  Pair that with his nagging mom and he’s got a problem!Â...

• Feathered by Laura Kasischke

  Posted on Sunday June 21st, 2009 at 16:45 in fiction, book reviews, young adult, published 2008, i-l author, nerds heart ya, e-h title

  Feathered by Laura Kasischke is the story of two high school seniors, Michelle and Anne, who with their parents blessing and trust are about to head off to amazing Cancun, Mexico for a spring break like no other.  They’re not dumb though.  Th...

• Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully by Julianne Moore, Illustrated by LeUyen Pham (And a GIVEAWAY!)

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 09:52 in videos, fiction, book reviews, picture & board books, e-h title, m-p author

  Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully by Julianne Moore and illlustrated by LeUyen Pham is a cute little book.  I haven’t read the other book in the series Freckleface Strawberry but I think it’s worth seeking out after reading ...