Annoyed with Goodreads? Wish you had a shelf you could add dnf books to without having them in your "Read" shelf? You can have one! I've written about this before, but I'm often reminded that not everyone knows how this particular feature works. I've been using it for ages now, though, and I utterly love…
“The truth is, the world is a fucked up place sometimes.” Oh, I don't think it's really possible for me to recommend Cristin Terrill's All Our Yesterdays enough. This is one of those books that just sort of shocks you the whole way through. And it does this well. This is a book I finished…
We have the ability to love each other, no matter our differences. To help each other, no matter our weaknesses. I first came across Cinder by Marissa Meyer in 2012 at a time when I’d been dejectedly hopping from disappointing book to disappointing book in search of a new read that I would actually enjoy. As it…
The legends lie. They smooth over imperfections to tell a good tale, or to instruct us how we should behave, or to assign glory to victors and shame those who falter. It's safe to say, at this point, that Alexandra Bracken is a phenomenal writer. I was pretty on board with Lore from the start,…
It's never too late if you really want to learn. I've talked about Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara's Little People, Big Dreams series many times before on this blog. And it should come as no surprise that I picked up her Hans Christian Andersen story as well. I think the thing I love about this series…
Ping! Science now, joyrides later! As a reading educator, I both absolutely adore and am kind of disappointed by James McGowan's Good Night, Oppy! Illustrated by Graham Carter, this book had a serious amount of potential. A science-education focused and downright adorable fictionalized story about the Mars rover, Opportunity, sounds amazing. But, unfortunately, it had…
W for wags and wide smiles all around. When I first picked up Robin Stevenson and illustrator Julie McLaughlin's Pride Puppy, I admittedly wasn't expecting an alphabet book. I was, however, very excited for the premise. Basically, the family puppy escapes while they're out for Pride and everyone around does their best to help him…
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