Hi y'all! I've scheduled this review to publish as I am snuggling our newborn and trying to get a bit of sleep. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl is a children's classic. I have read it before but I think not since I was a kid myself. It was a delight to read …
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Top 10 Tuesday: Books That Make Me Smile
Welcome back to Top 10 Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! I've scheduled this post to publish today. This week's prompt is Books That Make Me Smile. I love this idea and found this list to be one of the easiest I've created to date. So many books make me smile. Some because they …
Top 10 Tuesday: Happy Birthday TTT!
Welcome back to Top 10 Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week is a special anniversary week because Top Ten Tuesday Turns 10! Pretty neat that TTT has been around that long and I'm lucky to have participated in about half of those years. Time flies when you're having fun and talking about …
[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]: A Review
Hi y'all! I'm excited to share a review today of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. While I have read this book several times and seen the movie adaptations over the years, this is the first time I read this book aloud. Such a fun read aloud with my kids! This was our …
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Top 10 Tuesday: Best Read Aloud Early Chapter Books
Welcome back to Top 10 Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week's prompt is Genre Freebie (pick a genre and build a list around it!) I am excited about this one because it lends itself perfectly for one of my book lists--which I haven't shared in several months. I decided to focus on chapter …
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Top 10 Tuesday: Childhood Favorites
Hi y'all and welcome back to Top 10 Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! I'm going back to last week's topic for my list this week: childhood favorites. I have been a bookworm for as long as I can remember. And I love sharing some of my favorite reads from when I was a …
[The Little Prince]: A Review
Hi y'all! I am so excited to share my review of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This book is the most translated work in the French language. I couldn't wait to experience it for myself. I have heard of The Little Prince for years, but this was my first time reading the book. …
[Hitty: Her First Hundred Years]: A Review
Hi y'all! I am so excited to share my review of Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field today. Hitty won the 1930 Newbery Medal and I was excited to read this early winner. It took me a bit to really get invested in Hitty's story, but soon I really enjoyed it. I was …
Top 10 Tuesday: Books to Read with My Kids
Happy Tuesday and welcome back to Top 10 Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! I am excited to share my top 10 for an older topic that I ran across on Reading in the Wings this week: Ten Books I Can’t Wait to Read With My Future Children. This is such an awesome topic! And …
December Wrap-Up and January TBR
Hi y'all! Can you believe today is the last day of 2018? This year has just flown by at our house. It's gone so fast! I am really excited for 2019 and will be sharing some of my big reading goals later this week. And I am planning to look back on all of 2018 …
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