by Siavoche Siassi Children’s Book Date Published: January 3, 2025 Publisher: MindStir Media Sundays with Grandma tells the story of an ailing Grandmother who spends her last years in life fully present for her Grandson while cultivating within him an enduring hope and optimism for the beauty of life. Inspired by true events, […]
by Laura Lee Clara Jane is an alternative music-loving graduate fresh out of broadcast school in Detroit. Determined that she will be one of the lucky ones to make it in a competitive field, she lands her first job at a small market radio station in northern Michigan in the summer of 1992. The […]
Welcome to the easiest challenge you’ll find all year! Read books. Mark off squares. That’s all it takes to participate in Bookish Bingo! Play along with us! Here are 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. […]
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 […]
The Bedtime Worlds We Build: One Quiet Story for Kids Who Feel Deeply I didn’t start out wanting to write a children’s book. I started out wanting to tell a story for kids who sit quietly while the louder ones get noticed. For the kids who don’t always laugh the loudest, run the fastest, or […]
Here at Chapter Break, we don’t always write a full review of every book we read. Well, now we decided to do these monthly wrap-up posts with roundups of our reviews this month and mini-reviews to fill in the gaps. Enjoy! Mini Book Reviews Julie’s Mini Reviews: : This book absolutely suffers from first […]
YA Dystopian Fantasy Romance Date Published: 03-25-2025 Publisher: John Hunt Publishing In the shadowed aftermath of global destruction, humanity’s hope takes flight on the wings of the Evol-humans. River Shaw, secluded in his high-altitude sanctuary, seeks solace after a life scarred by loss. His quiet existence is disrupted when Delene Fairborne, fleeing […]
Sapphic Sleuths in Sandals: Why We Love This Series Representation matters — even in ancient Thebes. N.L. Holmes’s series of standalone historical mysteries introduces us to Neferet and Bener-ib, two women in love and determined to bring healing and justice to their corner of the world. Alongside a whip-smart teenage apprentice and a devoted […]
Áine Greaney’s WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR OF Trespassers and Other Stories Tour by Áine Greaney Book Summary From coastal Massachusetts to rural Ireland, the characters in Trespassers struggle to reconcile past and present, place and displacement, loss and hope. A woman travels from her Massachusetts home to her native Irish village to care […]
We’re chatting about covers on Chapter Break. ‘Cause you know we all judge books by covers, whether we admit it or not. We judge the style, the color and font choices, and just the overall look. That might not keep us from reading the book, but we do still judge. Wowza what a train […]