Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. The meme was originally the brainchild of The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Best Books I Read in 2021. The Best Books I Read in 2021 I read each of these books for the first… Read more »
For white and other non-black readers, one place to start the work of anti-racism in our own lives is by reading and supporting black authors (and other authors of color, but because of current events, right now the focus is on black authors.) Reading more diversely helps us see the… Read more »
An updated version of this post is now a separate page, which you can see here. As anyone who looks at my logo can tell, I love dragons! That said, I haven’t read all the books on this list (not even close), so I can’t vouch for the… Read more »
Fatality by Firelight Series: Cat Latimer #2 on February 28, 2017 Pages: 320 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also in this series: A Story to Kill, Of Murder and Men Cat Latimer’s Colorado bed-and-breakfast plays host to writers from all over. But murder is distinctly unwelcome . . . To… March 10, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Blog Tours, Book lists, Guest Post 5 ★★★★
With holiday gift-giving approaching, I thought this might be a good time to revisit some children’s classics. What does it take for a book to become a classic? First, it needs to stand the test of time: to be read and enjoyed decades or even centuries after it was written. To be… Read more »
September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day, so here’s a list of pirate books to get you in the mood. Cover links take you to Goodreads. (Note: I haven’t read a lot of these, so read at your own risk, me hearties!) For children (of all ages): For older… Read more »
Here are some of the best lists of great children’s books that I’ve come across: 101 Best Chapter Books to Read (or Hear) Before You Grow Up (Tara Ziegmont, Feels Like Home blog) The Ultimate Guide to the Independent Princess (Mighty Girl) 100 Chapter Books You MUST Read to Your… Read more »
The New York Times Sunday Book Review has published their list of “Notable Children’s Books of 2012.” Looking through the list, which is broken into YA, MG, and picture books, I find I’ve read (and reviewed) only two of them — though I have put several others on my TBR… Read more »
This is a revision of a post from several years ago, with one new addition. It’s Halloween, so it’s time for a Halloween reading list. The problem is, I don’t like scary books, I don’t do horror, and I don’t really care for gore. But there are still some wonderful… Read more »
We’re almost a week into December and nearing the official start of winter in the northern hemisphere. Whether you’re eagerly awaiting the first snowfall or already up to your knees in it, here are some of my favorite books about winter and snow for children of all ages: Picture books:In… Read more »
