Hi y'all! I am excited to share my review of The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. This novel is the sequel to one of my favorite Newbery Honor books: The War that Saved my Life. I think that novel deserved to win the Newbery Medal in 2016 instead of Last Stop on …
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9 Books to read if you love The Book Thief
Welcome back to my Saturday Book Lists series! Check out my complete list of books lists here. Today I am focusing my list on one of my favorite books of all time: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. While I really dislike the "what's your favorite book?" question, this is one that always comes to …
[The Diary of a Young Girl]: A Review
Hi y'all! Today I'm here with a review of a recent classic: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. I think this was my first time reading this book cover to cover. I'm pretty sure I've read excerpts in school growing up. But never completely before now. There's not many books from WWII …
[The Gown]: A Review
Hi y'all! Today I am excited to share my review of The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson. I was really excited to read this book about Queen Elizabeth's wedding dress because I love the British royals. When William and Kate got married several years ago, my mom woke us up early to …
9 Novels to Read Set During WWII
Welcome back to another post as part of my Saturday Book Lists series! I am excited to share some of my favorite WWII novels today. This is one of my favorite genres; although I must admit that I have to space out these novels. I can't read several back to back because they are still …
[Number the Stars]: A Review
Hi y'all! I'm excited to share my review of Number the Stars by Lois Lowry today. Fun fact, Lois Lowry is a two time Newbery Medal winner--her other Newbery winning novel is The Giver. I read this one at the end of 2018 as part of my Newbery Challenge. I have heard the title of this …
[The War That Saved My Life]: A Review
Hi y'all! I'm excited to share my review of The War That Saved My Life by Kimberley Brubaker Bradley. I have heard rave reviews of this book for a while and finally picked it up at a bookstore while on vacation. It's a beautiful story and a very well deserved Newbery Honor book! Initial Thoughts: …
Top 5 Wednesday: Favorites Always Worth Revisiting
Hi y'all and welcome back to Top 5 Wednesday! T5W is a weekly meme is hosted by Sam @ ThoughtsOnTomes. You can visit the Goodreads T5W group for more info. It's been a while since I participated and I'm excited to get involved again! This week's topic is a freebie so I'm throwing it back to …
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[The Zookeeper’s Wife]: A Review
Happy Monday, friends! I hope you had a great weekend. We have family in town and are loving the extra fun and help 🙂 I'm slowly trying to make my way through my pile of reviews to write. As I am currently reading several books that I am really enjoying. So that pile is about …
[The Book Thief]: A Review
Hello dear reading friends! I'm very excited about this review today. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak has been one of my favorite books since I first read it back in high school. If people ever ask me that horrid question "what is your favorite book?" (which I dislike because how is a book lover …
