100 Things To Recycle And Make by Fiona Hayes / Book Review
Fun Activities For Kids Author: Fiona Hayes Publisher: QEB Publishing (June 18, 2019) Genre: Nonfiction / STEAM Series: Crafty Makes Hardcover: 160 pages Description Keep crafty children of all ages entertained and inspired for hours with Fiona Hayes’ 100 Things to Recycle and Make. Everyday materials are transformed into all kinds of stunning and practical projects, from toy animals and vehicles to dressing-up props, decorations, games, and even fun storage solutions. Bringing together theRead More →
Almost Midnight by Paul Doiron / Book Review
Mike Bowditch series, #10 Publisher’s Synopsis In this thrilling entry in Edgar Award finalist Paul Doiron’s bestselling series, a deadly attack on one of Maine’s last wild wolves leads Game Warden Mike Bowditch to an even bigger criminal conspiracy. While on vacation, Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch receives a strange summons from Billy Cronk, one of his oldest friends and a man he had to reluctantly put behind bars for murder. Billy wants him to investigate aRead More →
The Cornwalls Are Gone by James Patterson / Book Review
She Has Forty-Eight Hours To Save Her Family Author: James Patterson with Brendan DuBoisPublisher: Little, Brown and Company (March 25, 2019) Genre: Mysteries / ThrillersSeries: Amy Cornwall Series, #1 Book Excerpt Hardcover: 352 pages Description Captain Amy Cornwall’s family is missing. She’ll do whatever it takes to bring them home. In her career as an Army intelligence officer, Amy Cornwall has seen haunting sights half a world away. None compare to the chillingRead More →
The Golden Acorn by Katy Hudson / Book Review
The Rules Have Changed For This Winning Squirrel Author/Illustrator: Katy Hudson Publisher: Capstone (July 01, 2019) Genre: Picture Books Reading Level: Prek – 1 Hardcover: 32 pages Description Whoosh! Squirrel takes off at full speed through the autumn leaves. But pump the brakes, because this year The Golden Nut Hunt race is a team event. Squirrel reluctantly enlists her friends and is not impressed. Will Squirrel’s competitive spirit take over or will she learnRead More →
Book Review / The First Mistake by Sandie Jones
Her First Mistake Could Be Her Last Author: Sandie Jones Publisher: Minotaur Books (June 11, 2019) Genre: Mysteries / Thrillers Book Excerpt Hardcover: 304 pages Kindle: 288 pages Description From Sandie Jones, the author of the Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller The Other Woman, comes an addictively readable new domestic suspense about a wife, her husband, and the woman who is supposedly her best friend. THE WIFE: For Alice,Read More →
Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis / Book Review
Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be Author: Rachel Hollis Publisher: Thomas Nelson (February 6, 2018) Genre: Self-Help Click to Read a Sample Hardcover: 240 pages Kindle: 240 pages Description Do you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don’t have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: that’s a lie. As the founder of theRead More →
Say You’re Sorry by Karen Rose
Sacramento Series, Book 1 Author: Karen RosePublisher: Berkley (February 12, 2019) Genre: Mystery/Romance Hardcover: 624 pages Kindle: 623 pages Description Introducing the first novel in the pulse-pounding Sacramento series from New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose. There is a serial killer on the loose, preying on vulnerable women. The only identifiable mark the killer leaves are letters—sometimes one, sometimes two—all carved into the torsos of his victims. Together they spell “Sydney.” When he grabs Daisy Dawson,Read More →
Book Review / When He Vanished by T.J. Brearton
– Plenty Of Twists To Keep You Guessing – Author: T. J. BreartonPublisher: Joffe Books Publication Date: May 14, 2019 Genre: Mystery/Thriller Paperback: 282 pages Kindle: 243 pages Description WHAT IF YOUR HUSBAND DISAPPEARED AND THE POLICE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE KILLED HIM? Jane Gable returns from her shift at the hospital one night to find her two children asleep in bed and her husband gone, his phone and wallet left behind. John has long been aRead More →
Dark Site by Patrick Lee
– A Sam Dryden Series, Book 3 – Author: Patrick LeePublisher: Minotaur Books (May 28, 2019) Genre: Mystery/Thriller Hardcover: 400 pages Kindle: 359 pages Description From the author of Runner, Sam Dryden comes under attack from unknown forces as an unremembered episode from his past threatens more than just his life. On an otherwise normal morning, former Special Forces operative Sam Dryden is the target of an unsuccessful attempted abduction. Using his attacker’s cellphone, he learnsRead More →
Freefall by Jessica Barry
Debut Thriller Author: Jessica Barry Publisher: Harper; First Edition first Printing edition (January 8, 2019) Genre: Mystery/Thriller Hardcover: 368 pages Kindle: 356 pages Description: They say your daughter is dead. You know they’re wrong. When her fiancé’s private plane crashes in the Colorado Rockies, everyone assumes Allison Carpenter is dead. But Maggie, Allison’s mother back home in Owl Creek, Maine, refuses to believe them. Maggie knows her daughter – or she used to, anyway.Read More →
#BookReview ~ The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
A Middle-Grade Debut Novel You Won’t Want To Put Down Author: David Barclay Moore Hardcover: 304 Knopf Books for Young Readers (September 19, 2017) Paperback: 304 Yearling; Reprint edition (January 8, 2019) Ages: 10 – 13 This story is an amazing glimpse into the life of Wallace “Lolly” Rachpaul, an angry boy who is attempting to work through the death of his older brother. What makes this even more difficult is that he is livingRead More →
The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
A Novel That Will Open Your Mind To New Thoughts Author: Erica Bauermeister Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (May 21, 2019) Hardcover: 320 pages Kindle: 310 pages Thanks for visiting and I hope you mark your calendar for May 21. That’s when you can scurry out and pick up a copy of the book you’ve been hearing about! We are now midway into Erica’s blog tour and if you’d like to know more about TheRead More →
The Final Reckoning by Robert Bailey
McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thriller Book 4 Author: Robert Bailey Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (April 23, 2019) Paperback: 416 pages Kindle: 404 pages Synopsis: His last challenge: live long enough to save the lives of those he loves. Cold-blooded killer JimBone Wheeler blames Tom McMurtrie for putting him on death row. He once vowed that he’d bring “a reckoning” on Tom and every one the southern lawyer holds dear. When Wheeler escapes from prison, heRead More →
Book Review – The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
Just When You Think Things Can’t Get Worse . . . Synopsis For those who are claustrophobic, the setting of The Escape Room won’t be too hard to imagine. While the story flashes from present to past, it opens with a prologue regarding Miguel, a security guard who works the night shift at a construction site. The site is a luxury office tower in the final stages of construction. When Miguel thinks he hears aRead More →
The Truth Behind the Lie A Novel by Sara Lövestam
Author: Sara Lövestam Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (August 27, 2019) Hardback: 288 Kindle: 288 pages When a six year old girl disappears and calling the police isn’t an option, her desperate mother Pernilla turns to an unlikely source for help. She finds a cryptic ad online for a private investigator: “Need help, but can’t contact the police?” Kouplan responds to a young woman who is looking for PI help in locating her six-year-oldRead More →
Fake ID by Lamar Giles
Sometimes It’s Not Easy Being A Teen Details Author: Lamar GilesPublisher: Amistad (January 21, 2014) Hardback: 320 Paperback: 336 Kindle: 325 Audio: 7 hrs 57 min My name isn’t really Nick Pearson. I shouldn’t tell you where I’m from. I shouldn’t tell you why my family moved to Stepton, Virginia. I shouldn’t tell you who I really am, or my hair, eye, and skin color. And I definitely shouldn’t tell you about my friend Eli CruzRead More →
Teddy: The Remarkable Tale of a President, a Cartoonist, a Toymaker and a Bear
by James Sage Author: James Sage Illustrator: Lisk Feng Publisher: Kids Can Press (May 7, 2019) Pages: 40 Ages: 4 – 7 This book is based on a little fact and a little fiction. As the story goes, President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt went on a hunting trip in 1902, while there he refused to shoot a baby bear. “I’d never be able to look my children in the eyes again!” Later, whenRead More →
Huge Deal (21 Wall Street #3) by Lauren Layne
If You Like Romance, Give This Series A Try Synopsis From Amazon An alpha among the wolves of Wall Street, Kennedy Dawson rose to the top of the pack by striking the right contracts at the right times. But there’s one deal that’s been giving him a run for his money – a pact to never again let his assistant, Kate, get under his skin. She may be smart, gorgeous, and sharp as a whip,Read More →
The Happy Book and other feelings by Andy Rash
A Very Emotional Story! Author: Andy Rash Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers (February 19, 2019) Pages: 40 Ages: 3 – 7 This colorful book begins with The Happy Book, bright yellow pages, a happy camper wearing a scout uniform, and a clam. Welcome to the Happy Book! I’m one happy Camper! But this happy guy soon disappoints his best friend, Clam, by thoughtlessly eating the whole friendship cake that Clam prepared. Oops!Read More →
Sophie Johnson, Unicorn Expert by Morag Hood
-Sophie Is A Girl That Will Make You Smile! – Author: Morag HoodIllustrator: Ella OkstadPublisher: Aladdin (November 20, 2018) Hardcover: 32 pages Ages: 4 – 8 My name is Sophie Johnson, and I live with a unicorn. Well, not just one, actually. I think I have 17 at the moment. The room is filled with a stuffed rabbit with a headband that is holding a carrot, Sophie’s baby brother with headband and cone, a stuffedRead More →