The Personal Blog of a Gen X Mom.
Our local library recently had their annual book sale and it’s a sale I look forward to with great anticipation because we always come home with some great books at dirt cheap prices. I stopped in Friday afternoon and picked out a few for View Post
The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow by Joyce Magnin I must admit I was a little apprehensive about reading this book at first. It was a book I happened to pick up for free for the Kindle, and I have often been disappointed with View Post
I have to warn you that I am one of those readers who reads several books at once. My dad is the same way, so I guess I can blame that little reading quirk on him. I usually have a small stack on my nightstand and several loaded on my Kindle on my View Post
If I have to be honest, I suppose being a children's librarian suits me well because I still love reading children's and young adult chapter books. There. I said it. Thankfully, one of the biggest perks of my job is that I have hundreds of them at View Post
Back when I worked in my aunt and uncle's Christian bookstore, I used to think a Bible was a Bible was a Bible. I quickly learned there are many things that make each Bible different, such as translations, print size, and "extras" such as study View Post
Last week I found this fabulous book in our library at school that was a compilation of Easter stories called Hop To It!: A Scholastic Treasury of Easter Tales. I had pretty much hit the jackpot because I wasn’t left to scramble for Easter View Post
Trying new things and coming up with creative solutions is the heart of this children’s book entitled Peepsqueak! by Leslie Ann Clark. I have to say, I fell in love with Peepsqueak at first sight. Isn’t he just the cutest little View Post
Wouldn’t the world be a wonderful place if we could plant a kiss, watch it grow, and share it with the whole world? That’s exactly what Little Miss does in Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s new children’s picture book Plant a Kiss. With simple words and View Post
Reading is one of the most special forms of quality time I share with my son. I can tell he really loves a book when he requests it to be read over and over for days on end. That’s the true test on whether a book is good or great in our home. May View Post
One thing I did resolve to do this new year was to write down the name of every book I read this year. I thought it would be fun to see how many books I read and also take some suggestions from my readers on what to read next. 1. Twilight (The View Post
Does the coming Christmas season conjure up going into debt (again), terrible travel and creepy mall Santa Clauses? Then you probably agree- Christmas can suck! Good news… there’s a new book that says you’re not alone. CHRISTMAS SUCKS: WHAT TO DO View Post
