Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2023 (1/26) is in its 10th year! This non-profit children’s literacy initiative was founded by Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen; two diverse book-loving moms who saw a need to shine the spotlight on all of the multicultural books and authors on the market while also working to get those books into […]
Author: C.S. Woolley Blurb: Her arrival in England has exposed a mysterious conspiracy that stretches across the British Empire. Her parents’ deaths are tied to it, but will investigating it lead to her own demise? Lady Sarah Montgomery Baird Watson-Wentworth is still grieving her mother and father’s death at the hand of an ugly fever […]
Julie’s Review: I enjoy a well-done fairy tale retelling so I jumped on the chance to read this one as the description enchanted me. A Maiden of Snakes is based on an Italian fairy tale, which intrigued me since I’m so much more familiar with Grimm’s. This one held some familiarity of Snow White, but […]
For this discussion post, we joining the Tell Me Something Tuesday challenge run by Jen at That’s What I’m Talking About. Here’s the topic for this week. Do you tend to enjoy spin off series? Or are you hesitant about them? Julie: We joined this topic because spin-offs are a special treat. We had […]
Interview with Dr. Rishikesh Upadhyay Tell us what you enjoy most about writing. I want something that educates me, and better yet, teaches me something good. I pick those books by the author rather than the content sometimes. Who do you hope reads these books? Anyone interested in non-fiction, nature, plant, environment, gardening, […]
Emmy Award-winning Hollywood producer Cort Casady wrestles with raising children in a changing nation in a new book, “Not Your Father’s America: An Adventure Raising Triplets in a Country Being Changed by Greed” (Cadence Group, Jan. 17th, 2023). In what Cort fondly calls “an open love letter” to his three sons, the author tackles grief, […]
K.E. Bonner’s WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR OF Witching Moon by K.E. Bonner Book Summary Every once in an eon, when the Earth eclipses the moon on a winter solstice, an immortal is born under a witching moon. Anne has always had the strangest feelings—memories she couldn’t place; strangers she inexplicably […]
2023 Audiobook Challenge Join Caffeinated Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About for the annual audiobook challenge. Challenge Details Runs January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. You can join at any time. The goal is to find a new love for audios or to outdo yourself by listening to more audios in 2023 than […]
We’ve kinda slacked at challenges lately and keeping up with our discussion posts. But we do enjoy them when we have them. And our Cover Chat counts as a discussion. So… here we go! Of course, we can’t forget our own Chapter Break Bookish Bingo Challenge! So be sure to join that too! 2023 Discussion […]
Alright everyone, did you fill out your Bookish Bingo Cards? Share your cards, and link up your posts below! Recap of the rules: Each month we will upload a new bingo card. You download the bingo card and mark off squares as you read books each month. At the end of the month, we will […]