Book: Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein Genre: YA Publisher: Hyperion Publication date: 2015 Pages: 357 Source: Library Summary: Teodros Dupré and Emilia Menotti are raised as brother and sister by their aviator mothers, one black and one white, … Continue reading →
Book Expo America (BEA) is a huge deal in the book world, but what do you do if you can’t make it to New York this year? Join Armchair BEA! I’m participating this year with daily, or more, posts and … Continue reading →
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic at The Broke and The Bookish: Ten Books About Friendship. 10. Nancy Drew and friends. And many other books I read as a kid including the Oz series and the Little House books by Laura … Continue reading →
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic at The Broke and The Bookish: The 10 most unique books you’ve read. Here are mine, in roughly the order I read them: 1. Beowulf. I remember sitting in Mrs. Giltner’s English class and suddenly being … Continue reading →
This week’s theme for Nonfiction November (hosted by Kim at Sophisticated Dorkiness and Leslie at Regular Rumination) is book pairing — match a nonfiction book with a fiction book. Check out the great pairings offered by other participants at Nonfiction November Week 3. … Continue reading →
Book: Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publisher: Hyperion Publication date: 2013 Pages: 360 Source: Library Summary: Rose is a female pilot in World War II working in England with the Air Transport Auxiliary. Most of the … Continue reading →
The Mid-Event Survey is up at Dewey’s Read-a-Thon. Here are my answers: 1) How are you doing? Sleepy? Are your eyes tired? Not so bad. It’s time to fix supper, so I’m sure I’ll be energized after that. 2) What have … Continue reading →
Good morning! Time: // 9:23 am The scene: // Finally cooler — they’re predicting a high of 63 today which is about 15 degrees cooler than yesterday. Listening to: // My Sunday playlist, currently “You’ll Never Walk Alone” by Jimmy … Continue reading →
I’ve been dealing with allergies and other minor medical issues. That’s been bad for my exercise and many other things, but great for my reading! Read In the last couple of weeks, I read both of the books in Marissa … Continue reading →
Book: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publisher: Hyperion Publication date: 2012 Pages: 343 Source: Library Summary: A World War II story of two young women, best friends, who find untapped talents to use in the service of their … Continue reading →