A VOTE IS A POWERFUL THING By CATHERINE STIER Illustrated by Courtney Dawson Children’s Picture Book / American Historical Fiction / Elections and Voting Ages 4-7 Publisher: Albert Whitman and Company Date of Publication: September 1, 2020 Number of Pages: 32 Scroll down for the giveaway! Callie knows there’s a presidential election coming […]
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 […]
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! This was a review copy. 3 stars. I gotta say I had a […]
NACHO’S NACHOS The Story Behind the World’s Favorite Snack by Sandra Nickel Illustrated by Oliver Dominguez Genre: Picture Book / Nonfiction / Food History / Latinx Interest Publisher: Lee & Low Books Publication Date: August 11, 2020 Number of Pages: 32 Scroll down for the giveaway! NACHO’S NACHOS is the deliciously true story about […]
SLANTED LIGHT Jackson’s Pond Texas Series, Book 2 by Teddy Jones Genre: Literary Fiction / Family Saga / Western Women / Rural Fiction Publisher: Midtown Publishing Publication Date: August 21, 2020 Number of Pages: 275 Scroll down for the giveaway! Teddy Jones’s earlier novel, Jackson’s Pond, Texas, began the saga of the Jackson family. Now, […]
Have you checked out our various Features pages lately? Julie and I are all about Features posts. (Who doesn’t need an occasional break from reviews?) In this feature post, we will be discussing What Books Taught Us. And no, we don’t mean cooking, crafting, or organizing. We are talking about serious, useful skills. Like how […]
THE SECRET OF YOU AND ME by MELISSA LENHARDT Genre: Women’s Fiction / Romance Publisher: Graydon House (Harlequin) Date of Publication: August 4, 2020 Number of Pages: 352 Scroll down for the giveaway! True love never fades—and old secrets never die . . . Nora hasn’t looked back. Not since she fled Texas to start a […]
Interview with Author Lori Matthews Describe the [book/series] in 10 words or less for people who are just learning about it. Jason Bourne with a side of hot romance. Describe your writing process. Do you outline, plot and plan, or is your writing more organic? So, I’m going to let you in on […]
We’re starting a new feature here on Chapter Break called Chat About Covers. ‘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 […]