Before we even talk about the stories in the book, those illustrations! Oh my grits and gravy they are precious and engaging and amazing and I fell in love with this book through the illustrations. The rest of it all helped as well but good gravy yes. I feel like the quality of the art invites ...
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BOOK REVIEW: The Two of Us by Victoria Bylin
Have you ever read a book you really liked but somehow just didn't bond to? I mean the book is so well written with amazingly complex characters and a plot that keeps you engaged. A book that you couldn't put down it was just that good. But you don't bond with it. Perhaps I'm just romanced out. ...
BOOK REVIEW: The Proving by Beverly Lewis
I sit down to write this review, after staying up half the night because I NEEDED to finish it, and am at a loss for words. Yes, need in all caps is the right word to use there. Why need? Because I said so? Grabbing a couple of chapters in the car before work, a chapter on lunch here and there, ...
BOOK REVIEW: Breakwater by Catherine Jones Payne
Let's chat shall we? I want to talk about this book before I actually talk about this book. Honestly, I've never really thought about mermaids. Yes as a teen or early adult I watched 'The Little Mermaid'. Yes, if I wasn't older than a couple of decades I might remember a fascination or ...
BOOK REVIEW: A Gift for Anne Marie by Kathleen Fuller
You know how I always, well OK sometimes, complain that a novella tries to be too much? I've been really lucky here lately with novellas understanding their amazing role in literature and stepping up to the plate in amazing ways. 'A Gift for Anne Marie' by Kathleen Fuller takes one for the team ...