Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
I loved Beulah the Bull, by C.C. Troy. Â I read it in one sitting with a great big, silly grin plastered on my face. Â I even laughed out loud from time to time. Susan Ann Jones considers her name unremarkable and applies that description to herself as well. Â When she [...]
Eoin Colfer is a master at creating complicated plots. Â His tales twist and turn like a roller coaster ride and the tension ratchets higher with every paragraph. Â Always, just when it looks as though his hero is utterly doomed, the plot will twist again and the reader is allowed to [...]
Attention parents of reluctant readers — this book is one you’ll want to put in your kid’s hands. It has all the draw of a comic book except the pictures. No fear there, though, Jon Lewis’ writing is vivid enough that pictures seem to spring off the page in full [...]
It only seems logical that M.C. Pearson would create a vivid and compelling novel. Â As an experienced book reviewer she certainly knows what it takes to make a great story. Â And in, F.A.I.R.I.E.S.: Baptism by Fire, Pearson has covered all of the bases: drama, peril, intrigue, humor, hope — and [...]
Captain Jack’s Treasure by Max Elliot Anderson is a fun read! I smiled, I chuckled, I frowned, I worried — and I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Yes, it’s a kid’s book, but I am ever and always a kid at heart. I’m also a teacher so I spend a lot [...]