The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages

“You have a book on hold on the shelf. Are you getting that?” the librarian asked me. I was over my limit at the check out, and I had already checked the hold… Read More →

Between Earth and Sky by Karen Osborn

Mesas, large earthen tables scattered across the dry golden desert that spans over current day Texas, New Mexico and parts of Oklahoma recur again and again in this book. I’ve even begun to… Read More →

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

Amy Chua has garnered such a reputation in the media that when I laid eyes on her book for the first time, I was taken aback. Written on the cover was, “This was… Read More →

My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Holt

Tiger Ann Parker. 13 years old. Tiger is what she is called in her comfortable rural hometown of Saitter, and Ann is what her Aunt Dorie Kay suggests she goes by in urban… Read More →

Red-Dirt Jessie by Anna Myers

Inshaallah, we are to go on a long road trip this summer, all the way to Kenctucky, and we are to pass through several states along the way. I decided to squeeze the… Read More →

Doing School by Denise Clark Pope

My youngest son has speech therapy every Wednesday, and so every Wednesday we walk to his speech therapy because it is only about 2-3 minutes walking distance from our house. His speech therapist… Read More →

Men Are From Mars Women Are From Venus

Men are Martians. Women are Venusians. Martians used to live in utter isolation from Venusians until one day, a lucky Martian caught sight of a beautiful Venusian through his telescope. Coming from two… Read More →

When Aliens Fall In Love

I was asked if I have read Men Are from Mars and Women are From Venus and if I could do a book review of it. Believing I had read it, since it… Read More →

Strawberry Hill by Mary Ann Hoberman

The second afternoon of my 2 day weekend is spent yet again reading another children’s fiction; Strawberry Hill. I had picked it up along with Penny From Heaven at the library. Despite trying… Read More →

Penny From Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm

‘Dumb Boy Shot by Own Grandmother‘. That got me laughing out loud, in the real LOL sense of the chat lingo. An eleven year old girl with a cousin who always gets himself… Read More →