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Friday, January 22, 2021

Clean Getaway by Nic Stone

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  4 Stars | Clean Getaway | Nic Stone | 2020 | Realistic Fiction | Grade 4-6 | 5.0 Reading Level| 239 pages | 4 hours listening time I thoug...

Once Upon an Eid edited by S. K. Ali and Aisha Saeed

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  4 Stars | Once Upon an Eid | Edited by Ali and Saeed | 2020 | Short Story Collection | Grades 3-7 | 5 hours listening time This is a short...
Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams

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  5 Stars    |    Genesis Begins Again    |    Alicia D. Williams    |    Realistic Fiction    |    2019    |    364 pages    |    Grade 4-8...

Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander

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  5 Stars | Becoming Muhammad Ali | Patterson & Alexander | 2020 | Biography | Grade 3-7 | 5.4 Reading Level | 2 1/2 hours listening len...
Sunday, January 3, 2021

Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

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  5 Stars | Efren Divided | Ernesto Cisneros l Realistic Fiction | 2020 | 272 pages | Grades 3 - 6 This book has been on many contender list...
Friday, January 1, 2021

Reading Goals for 2021

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Do you have reading goals for this year?  I usually have some in the back of my mind, but I decided to write them out and try and work on so...
Thursday, December 31, 2020

Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb

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   Last Christmas in Paris | Gaynor, and Webb | Historical Fiction | 2017 We chose this book for our December book club read without anyone ...

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

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  The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | V. E. Schwab | Fantasy | 2020 When I picked this book for my Book of the Month choice, it sounded like...

My 2020 Favorite Middle Grade Books!

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5 Stars | When Stars are Scattered | Jamieson & Mohamed |  Memoir & Graphic Novel | 2020 | Grades 3-7 When Stars are Scattered is m...

The Last Sister by Kendra Elliot

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  3 Stars l The Last Sister l Kendra Elliott l Mystery l 2020 This is a mystery set in the winter in a small town along the Oregon coast and...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin

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This book came out in 2011 and is about the depression era packhorse librarian program started by Mrs. Roosevelt. I loved Giver of Stars by ...

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alex E. Harrow

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5 stars | The 10,000 Doors of January | Alix E. Harrow This is a debut fantasy historical fiction novel that I will read again! It begins i...

The Last Flight by Julie Clark

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4 stars | The Last Flight | Julie Clark | June 2020 Claire is married to a man who is from a rich and famous political family and he also h...

Westering Women by Sandra Dallas

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  5 stars | Westering Women | Sandra Dallas | 2020 The wagon train in this novel is headed to California and is made up of single or widowe...

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

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  The Book of Longings | Sue Monk Kidd | 2020 I was a little fearful reading this book because it is imagining that Jesus was married as a y...

The Faithful Spy by John Hendrix

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Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler | John Hendrix | Grade 5 - 9 | 175 pages | 2018 This is a memoir about the Lu...

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

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5 stars | Orphan Train | Christina Baker Kline | 2014 This is a historical fiction novel about the life of a young Irish immigrant girl who...

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

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5 stars | The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek | Kim Michele Richardson This is my 3rd packhorse librarian story this year...and I loved thi...

My 2020 Favorite Books! (Adult Reads)

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It is time to look at my reading year and declare my favorites!  I had a lot of 4's and 5's this year. I read  about 130  books. Whe...