Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
I did it! I completed reading the book that had been on my Goodreads "Want to Read" list longest. I don't really remember adding Dandelion Wine on June 14, 2010. I added that along with 32 other books in a liking frenzy. (See my full list from that day at the bottom.) I probably was reading a list … [Read more]
The Best Dog: Hilarious to Heartwarming Portraits of the Pups We Love by Aliza Eliazarov and Edward Doty
Full disclosure: I did not read every page of The Best Dog: Hilarious to Heartwarming Portraits of the Pups We Love but did read the majority. The book is a nice art/coffee table book. It is a good gift for the dog lover. A few lines to a paragraph accompany each of the dogs and their photograph. … [Read more]
With a Star in My Hand: Rubén Darío, Poetry Hero by Margarita Engle
Probably as dramatic and romantic as the poet himself, the life of one poet Ruben Dario, is introduced to readers in this prose poetry novel. While the information is based on events in his autobiography, With A Star in My Hand: Ruben Dario, Poetry Hero fells like the author, Margarita Engle, has … [Read more]
Baby Stegosaurus by Julie Abery
Baby T. Rex by Julie Abery
Little Otter by Julie Abery
Little Walrus by Julie Abery
Both Julie Abery board books, Baby Stegosaurus and Baby T. Rex are due in August 2023. However, I had the opportunity to read them via an online reader copy. And they are exactly what you think they would be. Really cute, simple, and quick stories about a baby dinosaur doing things. One is trying to … [Read more]
Twenty Poems to Nourish Your Soul by Judith Valente, Charles Reynard
This poem is endless, the odds against us are endless, our chances of being alive together statistically nonexistent; still we have made it - from Lisel Mueller’s “Alive Together” April is National Poetry Month, so I wanted to squeeze in this review this week. However, I didn’t squeeze in … [Read more]
Hidden in Snow (Åremorden #1) by Viveca Sten
Have you ever watched a Swedish crime series? It’s a bit of a different experience. Everyone is kind of cold. And I don’t mean that as a pun. Yes the weather is cold, but the people are a little bit frosty too. I felt a bit of this reading the first book in the Aremorden series. Along with frosty, … [Read more]
