Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
I need to take some time and revisit the children's books I missed between the years I was "too old for kids books" and "not a children's librarian yet." I grabbed some CD audiobooks for a road trip (I'm trying to lean into the retro vibe of my "new" car), and among them was Ella Enchanted by Gail … [Read more]
Bossypants by Tina Fey
My disappointing experience with Taylor Tomlinson's new memoir put me in the mood to revisit a memoir I loved. When it was a brand new release, I purchased a copy of Tina Fey's Bossypants from an airport bookstore at Louis Armstrong in New Orleans, and by the time my plane touched down in Newark I … [Read more]
Thrown for a Loop by Sarina Bowen
I read my first Sarina Bowen novel over ten years ago. The Year We Fell Down (2014) involved romance, college, and hockey, and I really enjoyed it. I continued to read Bowen's romance novels, and I thought I'd read all of them. But when I was hunting for good romance novels to take camping with me, … [Read more]
The Sleepless Nights of the Boy with No Eyelids and Other Twisted Tales by Marmalade Atkinson, Alex Thompson and G P Taylor
Say Hello to Mr. Wallaby! Volume 1 by Marume Goshika
Before I started to write a review for The Sleepless Nights of the Boy with No Eyelids and Other Twisted Tales by Marmalade Atkinson, Alex Thompson and G P Taylor, I said to myself, “I have read too many books!” (Who am I and will the real Raven stand up???). You see, I couldn’t find another book I … [Read more]
Grandpa’s Cats by Chih-Hao Yen
I might recover from the sadness that Grandpa’s Cats gave me by March 2027, but I'm not sure. It might be a funny and sweet, but it's also a difficult story of loss. But there is loss. Especially at the end. The end has a bad scene that shows why Grandpa isn’t taking care of the cats, and Grandma is … [Read more]
Luck of the Draw by Christine Suggs
Have you ever read a book that said, “yeah I dig it, nope, okay, maybe, yeah it works”? Well, Luck of the Draw by Christine Suggs was one of those books. It is an interesting look at being queer in today's world, plus issues of our higher education system such as how to fund it. It looks at being a … [Read more]
