StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath
The key to human development is building on who you already are. I got this book as part of a team project at work. Each team member took the test to find out what our top strengths are. What’s funny is that I think I took a similar test seven or eight years ago and I have no idea what the results … [Read more]
The Mistress From Chandernagore by A. B. de M. Hunter
When Catherine, born to a French family in India, wed an Englishman from down the river, she thought she would settle down and have lots of children. But instead her life becomes a whirl of travel, scandal, spies, and romance that eventually leads her to the highest echelons of Napoleonic … [Read more]
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
So….I downloaded this audiobook on Libby, thinking that it was a different TJ Klune. I thought I was borrowing The House in the Cerulean Sea. So I was Extremely Confused to be listening to a story about a real a-hole of a lawyer who dies suddenly but ends up sticking around as a ghost. This is no … [Read more]
See You Someday Soon by Pat Zietlow Miller
In See You Someday Soon a child misses someone who is very far away from them. The prose poetry of the text talks about the feels, thoughts, and questions they have. They tell of ways that they could go and visit that person (rocket ship, letter, plane, or jet pack). Pat Zietlow Miller has a … [Read more]
Room for Everyone by Naaz Khan
Room for Everyone is not exactly what it seems at first. Yes, it is a book about community and inclusion, but there is a not so “in your face” counting aspect to it as well. When Musa and his sister travel to the local beach, their minibus stops along the way to pick up various passengers (an old … [Read more]
Realm of the Blue Mist (The Rema Chronicles, #1) by Amy Kim Kibuishi
Realm of the Blue Mist (The Rema Chronicles, #1) is a familiar fantasy, but this first in a series has new twists and turns to the action we all know and love when it comes to magical tales. There are the warring nations, an "Us vs. Them" (The "Good Guys" vs. The "Bad Guys"), magic, little romance … [Read more]
