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My review became longer than the books combined!

Baby Play (Bilingual Portuguese & English) (Barefoot Bilinguals) by Skye Silver

Our World: England by Sumana Seeboruth

Barefoot Baby-Proof: Baby's First Words by Christiane Engel

Feelings & Firsts: Won’t Go! by Sumana Seeboruth

Feelings & Firsts: Not Tired! by Sumana Seeboruth

May 7, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Recently I received an envelope from Barefoot Press. (I might have cackled, “MINE! MINE! ALL MINE!” I get emotional when my book dealer comes through for me with a fix. And what a fix it was.) There were hardcovers, board books, paperbacks and one of which is an “indestructible paper not board-board books.” I wanted to read then, but decided working probably was more important. I went home, curled up on the couch and started with the board books. The first was Baby Play (Bilingual […]

“Oh wretched little one—just like evildoers, the wretched don’t die easy.”

Beauty is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan

August 2, 2023 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

From the very first page: “One afternoon on a weekend in March, Dewi Ayu rose from her grave after being dead for twenty-one years. A shepherd boy, awakened from his nap under a frangipani tree, peed in his shorts and screamed, and his four sheep ran off haphazardly in between stones and wooden grave markers as if a tiger had been thrown into their midst. It all started with a noise coming from an old gravesite with an unmarked tombstone covered in knee-high grass, but […]

The night life ain’t no good life, but it’s my life

December 18, 2015 by Halbs 1 Comment

As a proud and earnest Texian, I see Willie Nelson as one of the state’s greatest offerings. He captures so well so many of the contradictions inherent in the Texas that I love. Willie loves the Lord, his family, music, smoking, and occasionally kicking some ass. I love all of those things, and I love Willie Nelson, too. It’s A Long Story is not Willie Nelson’s first book; it’s not even his first autobiography. However, I do think this is the definitive Willie biography. Written […]

Caroline
on I picked a couple fun images from online, but the whole book I wish I could publish here!
Maybe for the quote get rid of the : "vampires "
Emmalita
on “She’d learned long ago that you couldn’t change the world, or even understand how it worked. All you could do was survive and make sure the people you cared about survived, too.”
I started to read this earlier in the year, but put it down and haven’t picked it back up yet....
ElCicco
on And now we wait
Outstanding!
ElCicco
on And now we wait
Good to know. I’ll stick with it
Emmalita
on And now we wait
What Malin said and welcome to the Book Devouring Hoard! We have pie, cookies, and ferrets.

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