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The Secret Society of the Willbrook Witches by Camille Perron-Cormier

Chickenpox by Remy Lai

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Lately, I’ve been debating a lot about whether I should write a review about some books I read. I like writing reviews for books. I love sharing my finds with others. Especially my children, middle readers and young adult reading, as it has been my experience that sometimes they are “shoved to the side” as afterthoughts, or dismissed as “just kids books,” or “not as good as adult reads.” I could go on. But back to debating on if I should review The Secret Society […]

Stand next to a princess

Modern-Day Princesses (Egalitè) by Luis Amavisca, Dolores Brown, and Sonja Wilmmer

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Before I started the picture book Modern-Day Princesses (Egalitè) by Luis Amavisca and Dolores Brown I thought that the woman in the top left corner of the cover was the actress Diona Reasonover (if you are unfamiliar with her, she plays Casey on the original NCIS television series). I felt this was a good sign and it meant I needed to read the book as I like Reasonover’s character, she is cute and I like a good omen. After reading the actual book, my first […]

You know that boyfriend of mine….?

My Giant Nerd Boyfriend: Volume 1 by Yen Ee

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My Giant Nerd Boyfriend: Volume 1 by Yen Ee is a sweet, fun, and reflective set of comics about how Ee makes the everyday more fantastic. Mentions of illness and death are handled mildly but they are just part of life, so it is cleverly intertwined and makes it sensitive to all types of personalities that are reading.. I read it via online reader and it is due mid Aug 2026, and though it is set during a year or two of Covid, it is […]

To Boob or Not to Boob

The Breast Is Yet to Come: Cartoons for Nursing Moms by Howard J. Bennett and Jan Bennett

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Breastfeeding is a controversial subject. Should you do it in public? Why should you nurse in public if I do not wish to see it? When do you stop? Should you force the child when they are obviously not having it? Should you mix breastfeeding with bottle feeding? I could go on as I (as many women do) have strong opinions on the subject. However, regardless of your stand about breastfeeding I think we can all agree that the book The Breast Is Yet to […]

Honestly, I didn’t even know virologist was a word, let alone how bada$$ they can be!

June Almeida, Virus Detective!: The Woman Who Discovered the First Human Coronavirus by Suzanne Slade and Elisa Paganelli

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Back in 2021 the book June Almeida, Virus Detective!: The Woman Who Discovered the First Human Coronavirus by Suzanne Slade and illustrator Elisa Paganelli was published. In 2026 I found a copy of it. I then read it. I liked it. And then I wrote a review about it. The theme is simple: woman scientist discovered ways of counteracting viruses, learned to use machines in ways no one had before, and would decades before it would be needed on a global scale, tells us that […]

Iceland Presents…. Ms. President

Vigdis: A Book About the World's First Female President by Rán Flygenring

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We are always talking about “we need more women in politics.” Well, we are just not looking in the right places. In 1980 Iceland elected its first female president, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. And the book Vigdis: A Book About the World’s First Female President by Rán Flygenring shows us the background of that historical event. Not only was she the first of Iceland she is considered the first woman to be democratically elected president in 1980 (Isabel Perón of Argentina was the first woman president in […]



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