Change in How I Do Challenges

When I started January 2009 I was signing up for so many challenges it was crowding my blog out so I started a separate blog for my challenges. Then I went through a few times where I lost interest in reading or blogging for a short while plus I’m so behind in review books I… Read More »

Coming Up Soon: Bookcase Review

Coming Up on SMS Book Reviews, you can expect to find a review of the bookcase pictured at left. It’s a special corner bookcase from CSN Bookcases. It’s the 4D Concepts Hanging Corner Storage in Espresso. CSN has lots of bookcases to choose from, and I mean LOTS! Thanks to CSN Bookcases for providing me… Read More »

Top 10 Great Books for Children (from CTTC)

The Canadian Toy Testing Council has announced their top 10 books for children and I wanted to mention (and link to) the two books in the list that I’ve reviewed: Bradley McGogg the Very Fine Frog by Tim BeiserChicken, Pig, Cow by Ruth Ohi (the sequel to this book just came in the mail yesterday… Read More »

Have a YA novel idea or manuscript? Here’s your chance to get it noticed!

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Amazon celebrates 10th anniversary of Amazon Wish List

Amazon.com customers will be wishing big this fall as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the much-loved Amazon Wish List with 10 lavish sweepstakes. Each week, starting this week, customers will have a chance to enter one of the themed Wish List sweepstakes. Just create, add to, or share a Wish List, and you’ll be… Read More »

I’m Reading…

I’m off at 5am to visit my brother by train. It’s approximately a 3 1/2 hr ride so I hope to get a bunch of reading done. I’ve packed the following books: The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman The Man’s Book by Thomas Fink Dump ‘Em by Jodyne L. Speyer The Chosen One by Carol… Read More »

Most Visited Reviews

First of all sorry to my regular readers for being practically non-existant. I’ve lost visitors on this blog and Callista’s Ramblings because I’ve been busy working on my newer blog about mental health. I intend to work back up to regular posting. For now though, I thought I’d share the top visited reviews in the… Read More »