When our kids were younger, we decided to celebrate multicultural holidays in our house to help expose them to other traditions. One the kids enjoy the most is Lunar New Year! Both of my kids were born in the year of the Monkey which won't circle back until 2028. Wednesday starts the year of the … Continue reading This Week: January 26th
Thank you NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Landmark for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Grace Clark has lost her mother and barely knows her father. Mary Leakey has had a storied career in illustrations and archaeology, but her work with her husband and on her own in Africa made her a … Continue reading Follow Me to Africa
Pippa Fitz-Amobi is like most high school girls – she and her friends hang out, go to parties, and are studying hard to get into college. But when her senior capstone project has Pip investigating the deaths of two students a few years older than her, Pip finds herself alone and unsure who she can … Continue reading A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
When you were little, what did you want to grow up to be? My first love was dinosaurs and paleontology. The mid-1980's saw some great finds both in the fields of paleontology and anthropology. I wanted to travel to all the big digs - the American west, Brittan, and Africa. I never made it to … Continue reading This Week: January 19th
Thank you NetGalley and Interactive Publications Pty Ltd for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Rosa always loved to read. It was a hobby her mother loathed, but her father loved. Living in a traveling Gypsy caravan meant needing to travel light – Rosa’s books were sparse but treasured because … Continue reading Daughters of the Fatherland
It’s every administration’s worst nightmare – a terrorist attack on an assembly of the high-ranking government officials. It’s the entire reason the Designated Survivor policy was put into place – putting one official in a protected site away from the assembly in case something happens. With the Capitol under siege by an unknown mastermind and … Continue reading Designated Survivor
I feel like our reading challenge is taking me through a lot of movie or TV-related reads so far! This week, we are focused on Inauguration Day. While our pick isn't exactly about an Inauguration, I think it's a great choice - you could read anything by a President, about a President, or just about … Continue reading This Week: January 12th
Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. When the FBI gets a case no one else can solve, they call in the Patterns and Recognition team. The PAR team has a variety of specialized skills, pulled together for their ability to see what other … Continue reading Head Cases
I am planning ahead for all the great book festivals this year - travel reservations are in and time off requested. I really love these festivals for the intimate setting and the ability to talk with authors one-on-one to learn more about their books and themselves. You can click the links to visit the festival … Continue reading First Quarter Book Festivals
Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago has been an institution in American education for decades. Following the historical events after the 1905 Russian Revolution and before World War II, this novel exposed the brutal conditions civilians suffered. Due to the author’s stance on Bolshevik Revolution, the Soviet government prevented the book’s release in his country but was … Continue reading Doctor Zhivago
