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• Party Lights

  

  Title: The Summer We Read GatsbyAuthor: Danielle GanekPublisher: VikingGenre: Literary RomanceLength: 292 pagesSomething about seeing all the Christmas lights g... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Anemogram

  

  Title: AnemogramAuthor: Rebecca GransdenPublisher: Cardboard Wall EmpireGenre: Mysterious FictionLength: 242 pagesanemograph: (ə·nem′ə·graf, -gräf) noun... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Learning Dangerously

  

  Title: The Year of Learning Dangerously Author: Quinn Cummings Genre: Parenting/ Education/ HumorI found The Year of Learning Dangerously tucked on a clearance... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Notes from a Plane at 38,000 Feet

  

  Anakalian Whims:Wonderful post… Originally posted on Antigua and Barbuda Views: How I like to write Ask David Nicholls (author of One Day) why he is drawn to... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Spend the Holidays with Pout-Pout Fish

  

  Title: The Not Very Merry Pout-Pout FishAuthor: Deborah DiesenIllustrator: Dan HannaKiddo and I fell in love with The Pout-Pout Fish about three years ago when... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The End of Summer… Beginning of Christmas

  

  The thing about living in Texas is, the second summer truly ends – it’s not really fall, it’s already Christmas.The weather tells us so. Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• It’s a Keeper

  

  Title: KeeperAuthor: S. SmithGenre: Middle Grade/ Young Adult Dystopian FictionLength: 200 pagesMany moons ago, it seems like forever now, S. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Havana Treatment

  

  Title: The Havana TreatmentAuthor: Peter DevineMy first Peter Devine book was True to the Code, a series of short stories that were as much historically... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Peace Like a River

  

  Title: Peace Like a RiverAuthor: Leif EngerGenre: Fiction/ LiteratureOne of the few tragedies of working in a bookstore is seeing the popularity aftermath of a... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• October Birthday Books for a 5 Year Old

  

  Kiddo just turned five. With that come some serious growing up perks – like, for instance, a public library card of her very own. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  

  Title: The Ocean at the End of the LaneAuthor: Neil GaimanReview by Guest Blogger Elisabeth K. SimmonsThere’s no right way to love a book. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Moby Dick

  

  We’ve all read Moby Dick – I think – unless you’re a very small child, like my child. As a classical homeschool Mom, I like to expose my kiddo to classic... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Peter Pan 360 – How to Take a 5 Year Old on a Girls Night Out

  Kiddo is turning 5 this month and my best friend won’t be here the day of, so Mommy, Tia, and the Nugget did a birthday Girls Night Out a tad bit early.We... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Meet Gwendolyn Zepeda

  

  Anakalian Whims:I love a good interview. Originally posted on WordMothers: Interview by Nicole Melanson ~ Gwendolyn Zepeda has published three critically... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• September

  

  , when you’re a stay at home mom, is an easy going month.  It’s when the weather cools to the point that you spend every waking moment outdoors soaking up... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• An Education in Crabs

  

  Not too long ago, I wrote an article for Money-Fax.com that featured this paragraph: Hermit Crabs Hermit crabs are fantastic little creatures. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

  

  starring Ben Stiller came out a while back. I watched it. Five times. I cried. Five times. It’s a beautiful story of a man lost in his own imagination. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Quick and the Dead

  

  Title: The Quick and the DeadAuthor: Louis LamourGenre: WesternThe phrase “the quick and the dead” is an old one.  Ancient.  Biblical. Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Wild

  

  I wrote this review for work months ago, and it was posted on our website for a time, I think. I suppose it’s about time I share it with my own audience.Title:... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Paper Towns

  

  Title: Paper TownsAuthor: John GreenGenre: Young Adult/ Teen FictionI loved it.  It seems silly to enjoy teen fiction so much, right now, in my thirties. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE