Book Review: Never Vacation with Your Ex by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka

*I received an ARC on Netgalley from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Never Vacation with Your ExAuthor: Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-BrokaPublisher: Viking Books for Young ReadersPublication Date: April 3, 2023ISBN: 9780593326909  Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old volleyball star Kaylee Jordan lives a life of player rankings, constant training, and a carefully curated social mediaContinue reading “Book Review: Never Vacation with Your Ex by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka”

Book Review: How to Find a Fox by Kate Gardner

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: How to Find a FoxAuthor: Kate GardnerPhotographer: Ossi SaarinenPublisher: Running Kids PressPublication Date: September 28, 2021ISBN: 9780762471355 Synopsis from Goodreads:Look for tracks. Listen for yips. Be as still as a pebble.Taking kids on an imaginary trek through different landscapes and seasons, HowContinue reading “Book Review: How to Find a Fox by Kate Gardner”

Review: The Way the Light Bends

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Way the Light Bends Author: Cordelia Jensen Publisher: Philomel Books Publication Date: March 27, 2018 ISBN: 9780399547447 Synopsis from Goodreads: Virtual twins Linc and Holly were once extremely close. But while artistic, creative Linc is her parents’ daughter biologically, it’s smart,Continue reading “Review: The Way the Light Bends”

Review: You Are Here by Chris Hadfield

Title: You Are Here Author: Chris Hadfield Publisher: Random House Canada Publication Date: October 2014 ISBN: 9780345814944 Synopsis from Goodreads: Curated from images never before shared, Chris’s big picture reveals why our planet looks the way it does and why we live where we do. Chris sees more in these images than we do, not justContinue reading “Review: You Are Here by Chris Hadfield”

“The Box” by Gunter Grass

“The Box: Tales from the Darkroom” Gunter Grass Date of publication: 2010 ISBN: 978-0-547-24503-4 Said to be a fictionalized memoir, Gunter Grass’ “The Box” was certainly unlike anything I’ve read before (at least recently). I picked up this novel on a whim from the “last copies in store” shelf at the local bookstore. The paleContinue reading ““The Box” by Gunter Grass”