“You can care about new things and new people and new beginnings, and until you are dead in the ground, you are not stuck. If you move with the blessing of your people, marvelous. But even if you don’t, this is your one life, and fear, approval, and self-preservation are terrible reasons to stay silent, …
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Need a new book series to curl up with as the weather begins to turn slightly cooler? I highly recommend the Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo. Alina and Mal grew up together with other orphans on the estate of a wealthy benefactor. They have always done everything together including joining up to fight in the …
The recent passing of Gene Wilder has us all reminiscing about his role in the classic film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This of course got me thinking about one of my favorite authors from my childhood, Roald Dahl. Born and raised in Great Britain to Norwegian parents, Dahl’s books are full of naughty children, …
An ordinary afternoon barbeque turns into a traumatic event with lasting consequences… There’s not much summer time left so you only have a few more weeks to sneak in a good beach read. Luckily, Liane Moriarty’s brand new page turner Truly Madly Guilty is out just in the nick of time. The book primarily revolves …
Do you ever get to the middle of a book and get really excited because you know this is going to be a book you want to tell everyone to read? Or is not everyone as bossy a reader as I am? Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans is the book I am currently trying to …
“It is only with one’s heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.” From The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry I think if I could force every middle-schooler and their parents to read one book it would be Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Auggie is a smart little boy …
Going to school for the first time is such an exciting event in a kid’s life but it can also be a time full of anxiety and what-ifs (and not just for the kid). These are just a few of my favorite books to read about this special but sometimes scary time. This post contains …
Judy Blume has made a career out of writing coming of age stories about teen girls, but her latest novel has a much more personal inspiration. When Blume was in junior high in the early 1950’s she found herself in the middle of an impossible tragedy. In less than two months, three airplanes crashed into …
I am an Anne of Green Gables superfan. I can’t even count how many times I’ve read the entire series, like if you don’t know who Rilla of Ingleside is don’t come for me is what I am saying. If I’d had the internet when I was a kid I would have probably had a …
Historical fiction is by far my favorite book genre; specifically, romantic things happening to rich British people during a time of war, but I digress. What I love about historical fiction is that it can be a great jumping off point to learn more about a specific time or place. I read the Molly American …