I was born in August of 1975 (dating myself). The Vietnam war had just ended but life wasn't even remotely back to normal, for anyone involved. I was the first baby, the greatly anticipated baby, and apparently Ma was a bit overprotective. I was the only kid I knew growing up who had a small pox ...
BOOK REVIEW: Christmas Embers by Chautona Havig
You know that moment when you read the last word on the last page of a book and you aren't emotionally ready for it to be over. How dare the author think that it's a good time to end! You aren't ready, there's still so much more to do, so much more to know, so much more to encounter, it can't be ...
BOOK REVIEW: The Marvelous Mud House by April Graney Illustrated by Alida Massari
This book looked so intriguing on the page when I was searching B&H for a new book to request. My first thought was it would be perfect for Goobie and probably right on track for MooMoo to be able to read 'mostly' independently. I was mostly right. I loved the premise of this book. Once I ...
Reflections
Reflections is a weekly meme hosted by Kristin of A Simply Enchanted Life and Fizzy of Fizzy Pop Collection. Every Sunday we will dig deeper in our recent reads to explore the real-life lessons within the pages. Reading the book yourself is not necessary to participate. If you would like to host ...
BOOK REVIEW: The Rogue by Lee W. Brainard
I have to do this backward. I LOVED this book. This book is definitely Top 10 for me this year. Yes I know it's only a 4 star rating which seems a bit backward but... Here's the total truth. There is two reasons for the rating I gave it, yet a million reasons for why it's a Top 10. The truth ...