The Leak by Kate Reed Petty
The Leak has been on my radar for a while now. But the timing to read it was never right. I finally got an email on a Friday that the book was available for me at the library. I would retrieve the book Saturday. Read it on Sunday. And would write about it on Monday. But what was this book? Yes, you can boil it down to the line of Kate Reed Petty created a fun story about the politics of journalism, the politics of […]
Brown is Beautiful by Supriya Kelkar
I am going to cheat and give you the publisher description: On a hike with her grandparents, a young Indian-American girl makes note of all the things in the wilderness that are brown, too. Includes instructions on how to make a scrapbook. Why am I cheating? Because that is all you need to know about the story. What I want to focus on is how awesomely awesome this book is. We know that story, but this time we have a voice that is poetic, sweet, […]
Fuzz by Mary Roach
Honestly, Mary Roach could write a book about the paperwork filing systems for an auto dealership (my truest nightmare) and I would still roll up my sleeves and give it a go. Luckily, the topic of animal criminals is NOT my nightmare, so I was eagerly anticipating another romp with my gal, Mary! As usual, I listened to this one, and if you are interested in picking it up I recommend doing the same as well! I almost always prefer a read-by-the-author piece of non-fic […]
Fly by Night by Tara O’Connor.
Thanks to my holiday book exchange, I had a chance to pick up Fly by Night by Tara O’Connor. I had started a sampler awhile back and thought it would be slightly on the slower side, but still it was a fascinating concept. Twin sisters, one who has gone missing, and spooky felt right. And yes, it was not super-fast pace, but kept things moving. The idea of true supernature never came into play for those few pages, but it quickly does once you get […]
The Night is for Darkness by Jonathan Stutzman
The Night is for Darkness. That is the title of this book. It is by Jonathan Stutzman. And the most surprising thing about this book is, I liked it. You might have heard me (um… read my reviews) in the past saying that Stutzman and I probably would not be reading friends. But this time we were! Which just goes to show you that sometimes, even an author you do not always care for, can write something pretty darn good. This time we start our […]
Julia’s House Moves On by Ben Hatke
Oona by Kelly DiPucchio
Spunk is the name of the game with Julia and Oona. Two different gals, but who both know how to “get-r-done!” Julia’s House Moves On is the latest in the Julia books by Ben Hatke (an author who covers several age ranges with their books, this being for the 5 and up crowd). This darn cute story about “best laid plans” and how things will work out for the better just is silly, funny and educational. As the joke says, “You want to make God […]
