It's been a while since we have shared a Books with the Boy post (where S - aged 10- and I do joint reviews of a book we've read together), but today we're joining forces for a very exciting blog tour celebrating Are Mummies Scared of Monsters by Fransie Frandsen. About the Book Are Mummies... Continue Reading →
"Out the window- closing it carefully behind her, up the drainpipe and over the roof. She took off at a run, leaping soundlessly from rooftop to rooftop, cheekily landing on the canopy of a parked carriage before disappearing into the night, down one of the thousand cobbled streets that wound through the city of Loxport.... Continue Reading →
"When your life has been a series of fuckups, it's hard to believe any one thing will actually go your way. But now I'm backstage behind the velvet curtains, watching Sophie try to auction off my mural to two thousand people - and a weird hope beats in my chest." Full disclosure: Simon & Schuster... Continue Reading →
"Everything was completely white except for a few jagged trees that punched through the snow like spiky, black fingers clawing at the heavens. They looked like they had been drawn very quickly with a piece of charcoal." About the Book Drawing feels like magic to Peanut Jones, but art can't fix her problems. Her dad... Continue Reading →
""I don't know how to help him," Flick said. "What do you do when someone's had a shock like that?" "I don't know either," Avery said. "Nothing like that has ever happened to me. In fact, I had so little childhood trauma that I've been forced to develop a personality instead."" After reading The Strangeworlds... Continue Reading →
"You're gonna do whatever you have to do, Maverick," she says. "That's what being a parent means. Your child is now your responsibility. You'll be changing his diapers. You'll be feeding him. You'll be dealing with him in the middle of the night. You-" "Had my whole life turned upside down, and she don't care."... Continue Reading →
"Every once in a while, people say they've seen the brothers wandering the streets of New Orleans, hunting down their next kill." I was approved to read this on Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. If the promise of a book filled with creepy myths / horror stories from New Orleans doesn't have you... Continue Reading →
"I learned there were times when I was expected to be a Fontaine and other times when it was safe to be a Firekeeper." This book. I hardly know where to start of what to say that isn't just "this book is phenomenal, please read it", so excuse me in advance if this turns out... Continue Reading →
"The goal was not to have a fancy movie fistfight that looked good from every angle. She wanted him down. She wanted him done. She wanted him unable to grab her." Click here for book information on The StoryGraph The Girl in Red is a dark reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood set in a... Continue Reading →
"If you allow yourself, you might like our story. It's about cheese sandwiches, and an aquarium and a family. It has laughter and sadness and me, learning what it means to be human." Leonard is an alien. On his three hundredth birthday, like everyone from his planet, he gets the chance to spend one month... Continue Reading →
Charlotte, Somewhere 