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. …

Review: Pen & Ink

Pen & Ink by Isaac Fitzgerald | Website | and Wendy MacNanghton | Website | Twitter | Illustrated by Cheryl Strayed | Website | Publisher/Year: Bloomsbury | October 7th, 2014 Pages: 144 Series: Stand-Alone Genre: Non-Fiction Format: Hardback Source: Cincinnati Library Amazon | Goodreads Summary (From Goodreads) Every tattoo tells a story, whether the ink is meaningful …

Review: Revived

Revived by Cat Patrick | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Read by Tara Sands Publisher/Year: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | May 1, 2012 Pages: 352 Series: Standalone Genre: YA | Sci-Fi Format: Audiobook Source: Overdrive Media Amazon | Goodreads   Summery (From Goodreads) It started with a bus crash. Daisy Appleby was …

Review: Finding Jesus

Finding Jesus by Winston Rowntree Publisher/Year: Three Rivers Press | October 28, 2014 Pages: 40 Series: Stand Alone Genre: Humor, Seek-and-Find Format: Hardback Source: From Publishers through Bloging for Books (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 Book Review: Spellcaster

Spellcaster by Claudia Gray | Website | Twitter Read by Khristine Hvam Publisher/Year: HarperTeen | March 5, 2013 Pages: 400 Audiobook Publisher: Harper Audio Time: 11 hours 9 min Series: Spellcaster Book 1 Genre: YA Paranormal Format: Audiobook Source: Borrowed from Overdrive Amazon | Goodreads     Summary (From Goodreads) When Nadia’s family moves to Captive’s …

Bookish Belongings: Stocking Stuffers

    With Christmas one it’s way, I thought I’d make a list of stocking suffers.  Here’s some things I wouldn’t mind finding in mine. Matilda Mug Book Earrings Banned Books Sock   Library Card Stocks A Kiss Keychain Harry Potter Tights Gloves Book Tape Library Embosser Bookish Candles Exact Bookmark

NaNoWriMo 2014

This year I participated in National Novel Writing Month otherwise known as NaNoWriMo, and I won.  For the first time, I succeeded at writing 50,000 words of a novel in one Month.  Yes, it is as crazy as it sounds, and there were moments that I didn’t think I would have any ideas, and even some moments …

Review: The Willoughbys

The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry | Website Publisher/Year: Houghton Mifflin Company | March 31, 2008 Pages: 176 Series: Standalone Genre: Upper Elementary Format: Hardback Source: Own Amazon | Goodreads Summary (From Goodreads) Abandoned by their ill-humored parents to the care of an odious nanny, Tim, the twins, Barnaby A and Barnaby B, and their sister, …