A book review of Not Your Father’s America: An Adventure Raising Triplets in a Country Being Changed by Greed by Cort Casady Stars: **** Cadence Group (2023)Memoir240 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: Barbara and Cort were a happily married… Read More »
The Magic of Christmas
December 10, 2022 by ·
A book review of The Magic of Christmas: Tales of Heaven and Earth Christmas Tales from Europe by Francoise Lebrun Stars: *** Moonlight Publishing (1994)Children’s Nonfiction40 pages The Magic of Christmas This is a little book with tales of Christmas from around Europe. I grabbed it from the library blindly as I just put books… Read More »
The Girls
October 30, 2022 by ·
A book review of The Girls: An All-American Town, a Predatory Doctor, and the Untold Story of the Gymnasts Who Brought Him Down by Abigail Pesta Stars: ***** Hatchette Book Group (2019)True Crime/Sports240 pages Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Summary: In this news-breaking narrative, decades of women who brought down sexual predator Larry Nassar… Read More »
Braver Than I Thought
September 18, 2022 by ·
A book review of Braver Than I Thought by Luke Reynolds Stars: *** Aladdin/Beyond Words (2022)Tween Nonfiction (* see review for my thoughts on this)288 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: Magazine spreads and Hollywood hits showcase stars with perfect… Read More »
Meet J. Armand Bombardier
September 17, 2022 by ·
A book review of Meet J. Armand Bombardier (Scholastic Canada Biography) by Elizabeth MacLeod Stars: *** Scholastic Canada (2022)Children’s Nonfiction>Biography32 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: Meet Joseph-Armand Bombardier ― Canadian inventor, innovator and entrepreneur! Born in 1907, Joseph-Armand grew… Read More »
Running Free
September 10, 2022 by ·
A book review of Running Free: My Battle With Anorexia by Rebecca Quinlan Stars: ***** SRL Publishing (2022)Eating Disorders330 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: From Olympic hopeful to hours away from death, a harrowing yet inspirational true story of… Read More »
Hidden Valley Road
August 4, 2022 by ·
A book review of Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of An American Family by Robert Kolker Stars: ***** Doubleday (2020)Memoir>Schizophrenia400 pages Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Summary: The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science’s great hope in the quest to… Read More »
