The Make-Up Test by Jenny L. Howe (book review)
Allison Avery loves to win. After acing every academic challenge she’s come up against, she’s finally been accepted into her dream Ph.D. program at Claymore University, studying medieval literature under a professor she’s admired for years. Sure, grad school isn’t easy—the classes are intense, her best friend is drifting away, [...]
Book Recommendations with Mabel Ninan
What was your favorite picture book as a kid? I loved Winnie the Pooh books. What was the first “real” book (with chapters and without pictures) you remember reading? I don’t remember my first real book, but when I was around nine or ten years old, I loved Enid Blyton’s [...]
Aunt Crystal & The Vowel Towel (book review)
The eight-year-old life is looking easy-peasy until Todd's quirky Aunt Crystal gives him a birthday present way blander than plain six vowel-themed bath towels. Who wants to think about spelling in the shower? But when elf-sized elephants, umbrella-carrying unicorns, and a host of other vowel-inspired guests join him each time [...]
Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews (book review)
A delicious tale of revenge and renovation, Hissy Fit tells of a wronged spitfire who’s determined to see that the no-good lowdown, lying, cheating varmint of an ex-fiancé who ruined her life and her business gets the comeuppance he so richly deserves…even as she struggles to revitalize a broken-down antebellum [...]
Book Recommendations with Danielle Grandinetti
What was your favorite picture book as a kid? The Peaceable Kingdom by David Hazard What was the first “real” book (with chapters and without pictures) you remember reading? I absolutely loved the Adventures in the Northwoods series by Lois Walfrid Johnson. What was your most favorite book in high [...]