Marty and I don’t often share the same taste in books but we do both enjoy a good political suspense book. As soon as I received Infamy (A Butch Karp-Marlene Ciampi Thriller), I knew that Marty was going to want to read it when I was done. This is my first book by Robert Tanenbaum but Marty […]
Books
2000 Stickers Animals 36 Wild and Wacky Activities!
One of our favorite books to review are Parragon’s sticker books. I loved stickers ever since I was little. My favorites were the ‘scratch and sniff’ stickers. My mom would find stickers stuck every where around the house. Luckily, she was a good sport about it! . 2000 Stickers Animals 36 Wild and Wacky Activities! […]
Spot a Lot Animals Storybook and Puzzle
Spot A Lot Animals comes with a double-sided jigsaw inside a cute little box which has Velcro to hold it shut. The jigsaw features a full color picture on one side and the same picture but in reverse on the other side that your child can color on. Zach loved being able to color in […]
Stone Faces: An Alice and Friends Book
Divorce can be a challenging topic to discuss with children. When my kids were little and my first husband and I got divorced, it was a challenge to explain it to them in a way that they could really understand. Stone Faces: An Alice and Friends Book would have made the process easier. Stone Faces: […]
The Doctor Is In (Love?) by Ashlynn Valana
This was a really long week, and I was looking forward to relaxing with a good romance book. There is just something about a love story that makes everything in the world look better. The Doctor Is In (Love?) by Ashlynn Valana was the perfect choice for a lazy Saturday morning on the couch. The […]
Real Food Fake Food by Larry Olmsted
You may remember, not too long ago, the story about the manufacturer whose grated cheese actually contained wood cellulose. Did this freak you out as much as it did me? I always try to be careful about the food I buy and hearing that story just reinforced that goal to me. If you feel the same […]
The Beeman by Laurie Krebs and Valeria Cis
When I was little, we spent part of our summer in New Hampshire at my Great Uncle’s home. He lived in the country and had bees in the back yard behind the garden. They were surrounded by an electric fence since the bears loved to topple them over and steal the honey. I remember being […]
A Chilling Absence by Shelly Maynard
I love a good thriller and I spent a good part of the weekend on the couch reading A Chilling Absence by Shelly Maynard. It was really too hot to do much else, and I’m really glad I let myself just relax and read. Sometimes, we all need to have a little bit of down […]
Millie’s Chickens by Brenda Williams and Valeria Cis
The kids have always been fascinated with animals, and our library always included animal stories. Once we got our ducks and chickens, I could see that they were eager to start learning more about farms and farm animals. Once your child has the basic knowledge of farm animals, it’s always fun to expand on what […]
AT Dawn (An Alex Troutt Thriller, Book 4)
I love a good suspense or thriller because it just grabs you and keeps you engrossed in reading. I can’t be the only one who has those days where they just want to spend the whole afternoon on the couch with a book. At least, I really hope I’m not the only one that feels […]