Family Fridays – Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan
Genre: Children’s Fantasy Ages: 9 and up Blurb for the first book: The Lightning Thief After getting expelled from yet another school for yet another clash with mythological monsters only he can see, twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is taken to Camp Half-Blood, where he finally learns the truth about his unique abilities: He is a demigod, […]
Review of JET by Russell Blake (2012) (Jet Series)
Bottom line: JET is a free, full length novel introducing the JET series. If you’re a fan of thrillers, give it a try! Rating: Strongly Recommended Blurb: Code name: Jet Twenty-eight-year-old Jet was once the Mossad’s most lethal operative before faking her own death and burying that identity forever. But the past doesn’t give up on […]
Summer Reading List – travel through time and place
These aren’t time travelling books, though that might make a good reading list in and of itself, but I’ve called this travel through time and place because the books featured were written as far back as 1869. (Please keep in mind the date these books were written as they will reflect the cultural norms of […]
Family Fridays – Babar’s Museum of Art by Laurent de Brunhoff
Book: Babar’s Museum of Art by Laurent De Brunhoff Series: Babar Genre: Children’s General Ages: 4 – adult Blurb: Everyone who loves art, Babar, or children will love Babar’s Museum of Art. The old train station in Celesteville stands empty—should it be torn down? “No!” declare Celeste and Babar, who decide to turn it into […]
Interview with Evie Woolmore, author of Equilibrium
A few nights ago, I was in the mood for trying something different, and the baby was actually asleep, so I downloaded the sample for Evie Woolmore’s Equilibrium. It certainly was something different for me. I had never even heard of the genre, magical realism, before, but I thought I might as well try the […]
Family Fridays – Elephant and Piggie Series by Mo Willems
Genre: Children’s General Ages: 4-8 Review: I have yet to read a book by Mo Willems that I haven’t absolutely adored. His Elephant and Piggie Series was created for early readers, with lots of short, repeated words, no contractions, life lessons appropriate for the age group – and it still manages to be fun. The […]
Writing Wednesdays – Y’all or Ya’ll
For the love of all that is good in the world, it is “y’all” not “ya’ll”! Y’all is the contraction of “you” and “all”‘ where the apostrophe takes the place of the “ou” in “you” and also replaces the space between the words. Thus, “you all” becomes “y’all”. It makes no sense to put the apostrophe in […]
Review of The Alphabet Mysteries Series by Sue Grafton
Bottom line: A great example of the hard boiled genre, featuring a strong female P.I. Rating: Recommended Blurb for First Book: A is for Alibi (1982) A IS FOR AVENGER A tough-talking former cop, private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Santa Teresa, California. A twice-divorced […]
Family Fridays – Avatar: The Last Airbender TV Series
TV Show: Avatar: The Last Airbender (this has nothing to do with the James Cameron Avatar movie) Genre: Children’s Fantasy/Anime Ages: 8-10 on up, depending on the child Synopsis: Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Only the Avatar was the master of all four elements. Only he could stop the ruthless Fire Nation from conquering the world. […]
Summer Reading List – Golden Age Mysteries
I’m going to be posting some summer reading lists throughout the, well, summer. These won’t be in-depth reviews, just a list of “hey, these are great and you should drop everything and read them now!” books. I’m going to be doing it by genre, and for my first genre I’m picked Golden Age Mysteries. These […]
