Book Reviews

This post contains affiliate links. Copper Sun by Sharon Draper was an emotionally difficult book to read, but it was also one of the books I’ve enjoyed most in the last year. Draper gives an unflinching look at the horrors...
This post contains affiliate links. One of my reading goals for 2023 is to read nine books by Stephen King. I want to read some of his oldies that I loved as a teen, but to kick...
This post contains affiliate links. As part of Cuddle Bug’s Level F Sonlight curriculum, we recently read Mission to Cathay by Madeleine A. Polland. This is my third time through the curriculum, but I...
This post contains affiliate links. In 2022, I set an ambitious goal of reading 52 books. Little did I know that we would drive to Michigan to visit in February and move to New...
This post contains affiliate links. When I was in 9th grade, I had a reading class. Every day from 1 p.m. to 1:50 p.m., I went to this class and read. For a bibliophile like me, this...
This post contains affiliate links. Life is getting busier and busier as my kids get older. The girls are in middle school and high school, which means heavier homeschooling loads. My husband transitioned to a new job...
This post contains affiliate links. I am a HUGE Friends fan. I used to teach one night a week, and I made sure never to schedule that class on Thursdays because I didn’t want to miss Friends. ...
This post contains affiliate links. As part of PB & J Girl’s homeschool curriculum, we’re reading some classics. The first one we read this year was Animal Farm by George Orwell. I had read...
This post contains affiliate links. You know how you have some friends for decades, but you don’t talk to them regularly. If the friend is a good one, when you do meet again, you can pick right...
This post contains affiliate links. This year, I’ve been reading more nonfiction. Recently, in one of my Facebook groups for book lovers, I saw someone recommend The Day the Voices Stopped by Ken Steele...