The Pottsville Chronicles
Eighty years ago, a man named John O’Hara who grew up in Schuylkill County published his first book. Many of his books and short stories happened in a place called Gibbsville, which was a disguised...
View ArticleGiveaway of Return to Augie Hobble
Summer break is almost here — hooray! Now imagine that you have to go to summer school to escape sixth grade. And work at the family business — an amusement park. That may sound like fun but when...
View ArticleSneaky Art
Most books involve, well…reading. But occasionally I stumble across a book that is a little about reading and a lot about doing. Sneaky Art (Candlewick Press) by Marthe Jocelyn is one of those books....
View ArticleOllie the Orca
It’s been feeling a lot like summer these past few days and if you want a book that will get you in the summer mood try Ollie the Orca (October 2104). Ollie the Orca is one book in the Bubba ‘n...
View ArticleThe Shore: A Novel
‘Fess up! You’ve been thinking about the shore! Who couldn’t these past few days when it’s been sticky, hot, sunny and just perfect for escaping to the cool breezes of the beach. The Shore (Hogarth,...
View ArticleLearning Under the Flap
Keeping up my end of the bargain by posting about kid’s books every Wednesday in May. I stumbled across a children’s authors that should visit everyone’s school — but chances are she won’t since she’s...
View ArticleA Good Place to Hide
The older I get (not that I’m OLD — let’s change that to the older my husband gets…) the more people look too ridiculously young to be doing things: graduating, getting married, becoming parents. I...
View ArticleThere’s a Hamster in the Dashboard
Growing up we didn’t have a pet. My mom didn’t like cats and since both my parents worked they thought it wouldn’t be fair for a dog to be shut up in the house by himself all day. So no pets. That all...
View ArticleReview and Giveaway of The Lost Concerto
The Lost Concerto by Helaine Mario on Tour August 1-31, 2015 Synopsis: A woman and her young son flee to a convent on a remote island off the Breton coast of France. Generations of seafarers have...
View ArticleInto the Unknown
During World War II in England, the Blitz brought the war to the life of every person. It wasn’t only soldiers who had the attitude that they could be dead tomorrow. Each night the people of England...
View ArticleCoercion
What would you do for your kids? Anything? Would you betray your country? The devious weapon a power (and money) hungry man uses to gain control of people will have you shaking in your boots. Author...
View ArticleGiveaway: Moonlit by Jadie Jones
Moonlit has a little something for everyone. Romance? Check. Adventure? Check. Horses? Check. Battle scenes? Check. Paranormal? Check. Tragedy? Check. Truth be told, I didn’t know exactly what genre...
View ArticleKid Athletes
Kid Athletes is not just for athletes or sports fanatics. Sure it does talk about sports but it also talks about dancing the tango, fear of elephants, wearing hand-me-downs and fighting with your big...
View ArticleWhat She Knew
What She Knew brings life to every parent’s nightmare — your child disappearing, seemingly into thin air. Two characters are looking back on the events of the disappearing, telling us what happened...
View ArticleBrooklyn: A Novel
When I first finished Brooklyn, the story of a young Irish woman who travels to New York in the 1950s my reaction was “meh”. Nice story. But a couple days later I realized that I was still thinking...
View ArticleBeside Myself: A Novel
When I first started reading Beside Myself I had the uneasy feeling that I had read it before. Two twins, switching places, the evil twin and the good twin. But then things become much more...
View ArticleWomen Wartime Spies
Some people complain that the history in today’s textbooks is slanted toward HIS story, often leaving out HER story. If you want to learn about some incredible women and the effect they had on our...
View ArticleEight Hundred Grapes
Love is in the air with Valentine’s Day this weekend and if you want a book about love try Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave. True, it’s about love. But it’s more about the bumpy road that leads to...
View ArticleThe Zookeeper’s Wife
Award winning author Paul Auster once said (wrote?) “The truth of the story is in the details.” That short sentence sums up this non-fiction book about life in Warsaw during World War II: The...
View ArticleAs Close to Us as Breathing
Normally, I don’t care for books that bounce back and forth between two time periods — it’s too easy to end up in a muddle of confusion. But Elizabeth Poliner handled it flawlessly with As Close to Us...
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