Check the Shelf Review: The Great Good Thing

The Great Good Thing  by Roderick Townley Publisher/Year: Atheneum Books | May 1st, 2001 Pages: 232 Series: The Sylvie Cycle Book 1 Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Format: Hardback Source: Cincinnati Library Amazon | Goodreads   Summary (From Goodreads) d””Rawwwwk!” Reader!” screams an orange bird. “Booook open!” groans a frog. Then the sky lifts away and …

Bookish Belongings: Apps

So this month’s bookish belongings is all about apps.  I don’t know about you, but I’d be lost without my phone and clouds.  There are so many apps out there that help with reading and bookish things, so I thought I’d share what I use. Reading Hoopla– This is a service through your library, so …

What I Remember Book Review: Splintered

Splintered  by A.G. Howard Publisher/Year: Amulet Books | January 1, 2013 Read by: Rebecca Gibel Pages: 400 Audio Publisher: Blackstone Audio Time: 12 hours 38 min Series: Splintered Series Book 1 Genre: YA, Fantasy, Retelling Format: Audiobook Source: Cincinnati Library through Overdrive Amazon | Goodreads I read this book before I started blogging, so this …

Tiny Tales Review: All about Colors

So my confession of the day is: I like stalking children’s pictures books.  I unfortunately don’t have the money to buy all the ones that I think are awesome, but I like to keep up with them since I work with kids birth through 5th grade.  So here are some books I recently found with …

Check The Shelf Review: The Daughter of Sea and Sky

Daughter of Sea and Sky by David Litwack Publisher/Year: Evolved Publishing | April 12, 2014 Pages: 290 Series: Stand Alone Genre: New Adult, Fantasy Format: EBook ARC Source: Publisher through Netgalley (Thanks!) Amazon | Goodreads  I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.  That did not sway my opinion in …

Check The Shelf Review: The Maze Runner

The Maze Runner by James Dashner | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Publisher/Year: Delacorte Press | January 1st, 2009 Pages: 374 Series: The Maze Runner Book 1 Genre: Young Adult Dystopian Format: Hardback Source: Own Amazon | Goodreads   Summary (From Goodreads) If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human. When Thomas wakes up …

Check the Shelf Review: 0.4

o.4 by Mike Lancaster (retitled as Human.4) Publisher/Year: Egmontusa | January 1st, 2011 Pages: 240 Series: Point 4 Book 1 Genre: Young Adult Sci-Fi Format: Paperback Source: Own Amazon | Goodreads Summary (From Goodreads) Kyle Straker volunteered to be hypnotized at the annual community talent show, expecting the same old lame amateur acts. But when …

Be Kind Please Rewind: December (and 2014)

I don’t know about you but 2014 was a crazy year for me, and most of it was good crazy.  I settled into a new job, and we did soooooo many changes through the ministry.  Rooms, staff, organization and a bunch of other things that made it a great year and gave us a lot …

Tiny Tale Review: Alice in Wonderland Stickfiguratively Speaking

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Jamison Odone | Website Publisher/Year: Publishing Works | February 27, 2010 Pages: 192 Series: Stickfiguratively Speaking Genre: Classic Adaptation, Fiction, Upper Grade Format: Hardback Source: Cincinnati Library Amazon | Goodreads Summary (From Goodreads) Literary nonsense turns to whimsical imagery with a macabre twist in the pen-and-ink drawings of Jamison Odone. …