Tag: #middlegrade
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Summer Comics
Well so far, let’s face it, I’m going to be reading a lot more over the next few months but here are the new ones I read. Go with the Flow and Look on the Bright Side by Lily Williams and Karen Scheeman Williams and Scheeman deliver two wonderful graphic novels dealing with a very…
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May Books
Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon Sophie and Nick have been best friends since they were toddlers, next door neighbors playing in the mud and blending the artistic talents as dancer and piano-player respectively to create “Terrible Twosome” performances. They know each other better than anyone, love each other and respect each other…
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Reading Log 2023
Last year, I read an amazing 500 books so this year it was only reasonable that I reach a little more and try to get to 600. I didn’t. I got to 700 books!! And yes, maybe it’s considered “cheating” if you count those graphic novels and lower grade books that are easy to read…
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Ranking Commercial Breaks
You may think commercials are those nuisances interrupting your favorite shows but for these girls, being famous for thirty seconds is a big deal. Commercial acting is its own world with its own terms, protocols and competition that Kain makes as exciting as any Hollywood set.
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November Books
Hotel of Secrets by Diane Biller It is New Years Eve in Vienna and Maria Wallner is determined to rebbuild the Wallner Hotel, her family legacy even though her mother neglected it throughout the economic downturn. The hotel is her life and provides a distraction from romance which all of Vienna is waiting for her…