In Ancient China, a young slave girl suffers the abuse of her cruel master, making do with what she can scavange, her life looks rather bleak until the last remaining Imperial dragon makes an escape, taking her with him. Finding herself on a journey she never imagined and finally with a name to call her... Continue Reading →
With all of the great reading genres available, it's easy to skip over some of them. Check out these great topical reading challenges for 2012. Perhaps you'll join me for some. When Melissa at Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf didn't see any witchy reading challenges for 2012, she decided to make her own. The 2012 Witches and... Continue Reading →
Mystery, paranormal talents, and romance - Laura Anne Gilman's book, Tricks of the Trade, has it all. The third in a series, not all of the characters are as well developed as one might like, but they may very well have been addressed in previous books.. Luckily, we do see some growth with the main... Continue Reading →
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake: A Novel, by debut author Jenny Wringfield, is a heart felt book about the Moses family. With well-developed characters and descriptive prose, Wringfiled embraces the reader amidst a Southern family in which everyone has his/her own strengths and weaknesses. Where many books pit right against wrong, The Homecoming of Samuel Lake not... Continue Reading →
Harper has grown up in her older sister's shadow. Then one day, shortly before highschool graduation, her perfect, gorgeous, popular sister commits suicide. Finding her sister's body changes everything about her life. In a journey to find who her sister really was and to take her sister's ashes to California, sixteen year old Harper Scott,... Continue Reading →
In order to keep her dear old grandmother from worrying, Emma invented a finace, throwing in the name of one of her best friend's in-laws on the spur of the moment. When her grandmother is scheduled to come visit, Emma must approach Sean, newly discharged from the army, and ask him to play along. Shannon Stacey's Yours... Continue Reading →
When I first heard of Katrina Kenison's book, Mitten Strings for God: Reflections for Mothers in a Hurry, I mentally brushed it off. With such a title, I expected the book to proselytize religious beliefs. When the book showed up in my mailbox from the publisher, I picked it up with apprehension, and found I was... Continue Reading →
If I could only recommend one book about homeschooling to someone, it would be Laura Grace Weldon's Free Range Learning: How Homeschooling Changes Everything. There is something for everyone in this book, whether a homeschooling veteran or someone who is contemplating whether or not to homeschool their children. While the book is unschooling-lite, families of all styles will... Continue Reading →
Megan is on the run with her two young charges. If they are caught, they can be shipped back to the island where Draicon shadow wolves are held as prisoners and considered secondary citizens with no rights. Determined to fight for them and avoid a horrible fate, Megan must get them to unknown safety. I'll admit that I... Continue Reading →
Since surviving her brush with death in the car accident which killed her parents, Kate Bennet has been able to see auras. Her attempts at normality with the start of a new school year are thwarted by the new student who doesn't have a typical aura and a man that no one else seems to... Continue Reading →
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