In a Nutshell Reviews are my version of mini-reviews, because sometimes, you just want the highlights.
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Showing posts with label Roaring Brook Press. Show all posts
Monday, August 10, 2020
In a Nutshell Reviews: YA Edition
In a Nutshell Reviews are my version of mini-reviews, because sometimes, you just want the highlights.
Sunday, July 26, 2020
Sundays with Sam - The Sunday Post
Sundays with Sam is a combination of Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews.
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Can't Wait Wednesday!
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
I am combining CWW with Books From the Backlog hosted by Carole at Carole's Random Life in Books. This will allow me to feature some newly "rediscovered" books, which I plan on reading, alongside a new release.
This week I can't wait for:
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Can't Wait Wednesdy!
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
I am combining CWW with Books From the Backlog hosted by Carole at Carole's Random Life in Books. This will allow me to feature some newly "rediscovered" books, which I plan on reading, alongside a new release.
This week I can't wait for:
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Can't Wait Wednesday!
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
I am combining CWW with Books From the Backlog hosted by Carole at Carole's Random Life in Books. This will allow me to feature some newly "rediscovered" books, which I plan on reading, alongside a new release.
This week I can't wait for:
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Top Ten Tuesday: Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Celebrating Asian Pacific American
Heritage Month!
Heritage Month!
Actually, the TTT topic was last ten books I abandoned, but I never really feel like doing the negative leaning topics. I want to use my time and space to celebrate the books that made me happy and brought me joy. Therefore, I decided to spotlight some books I absolutely loved, which feature a character of Asian Pacific heritage and/or written by an author of Asian Pacific American heritage. All of these books rated between 4.5 - 5 stars for me, are mostly my more recent reads, and included the links to the reviews.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Top Ten Tuesday: Waiting and Winning!
Waiting and Winning!
Here I am, going off topic again, but I just wasn't feeling this week's topic. Instead, I decided to take a look back at some of my Can't Wait Wednesday (Waiting on Wednesday) picks. This is a meme I adore. It's me making predictions about which books I believe will be winners for me. I also like to think of it as my wish to the universe, that I get my hands on this book, read it, and love it. As I was going back through my CWW picks, I realized I have read most of them, and you know what? Many have rated between 4.5 and 5 stars. It's a testament to how good I am at picking out books for myself.
Without further ado, here are ten of my past CWW picks, which have all been stupendous reads for me. I have read all these in the past year, and provided links to my reviews (if you're interested).
Monday, March 16, 2020
In a Nutshell Reviews: YA Edition
In a Nutshell Reviews are my version of mini-reviews, because sometimes, you just want the highlights.
Sunday, March 15, 2020
Sundays with Sam - The Sunday Post
Sundays with Sam is a combination of Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Top Ten Tuesday: Standout Singles
Standout Singles!
This is one of those topics, which I thought would be simple, but it wasn't. Apparently, I do not read many books with single word titles. I have to say, I do admire authors, who are able to boil their book down to one word, and really have it fit. Maybe that's why I don't have too many single word titles on my read shelf. Because of that, I had to go back further than I normally do, but I was able to find some great books with succinct titles to share with you this week.
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Sundays with Sam - The Sunday Post
Sundays with Sam is a combination of Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews.
Friday, February 7, 2020
Five Star Friday: January 2020
On the first Friday of each month, I will share my five-star reads from the previous month. Fingers crossed, I have lots of books to tell you about.
I read 38 books in January, and though many did not earn the full 5-stars, I had quite a few that came close. I did DNF 4 or 5 books, but I still have an overall great reading month.
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Top Ten Tuesday: Getting Personal
Getting Personal!
This week is a cover freebie, and I wanted to focus on covers featuring people. I remember having a long debate with my daughter about covers, and she doesn't tend to like covers that feature people. She allows, that it is ok, as long as there are no full faces, such as people turned around or in profile. I am not sure where I stand on that whole issue, but I have liked lots of covers, which showed people, both illustrated and photographed - some with faces, some without. I think I can be initially drawn to a cover, because it is simply attractive, but I tend to really like, or even love, a cover after I have read the book, because I tend to understand or connect to it more. Anyhow, here are some favorites from the past year featuring people.
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Top Ten Tuesday: Best Debuts of 2019
Best Debuts of 2019!
Every year, I make an effort to read debuts. I have talked about how I like to say I knew them first, but I also like to expand my list of must-read authors. 2019 was a bonanza for me! I found so many new author to shower with my book-love, and I am eager to read more from each and everyone of these authors. I read about 50 debuts in 2019, and her are 10 of my favorite from YA authors.
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Top 10 of 2019: Looking Forward to in 2020
It's the end of the year, and that means BEST OF lists! I find this task difficult, but I enjoy it so much.
Top 10 of 2019 is a hosted by Kimberly Faye Reads and Ginger. Today's topic is...
Looking Forward to in 2020!
As the queen of my enormous TBR kingdom, I happily added many, many, MANY 2020 releases. Seriously, I have 226 books on my 2020 shelf (21 already read), so this was by no means, an easy task. There are some favorite authors FINALLY releasing new work, after what seems like forever (though it really wasn't). There are some sequels, that I need like air, because the previous book left me in such a state. There are a LOT of new voices I am interested to try. I am sure I will be uttering, "too many books, too little time," at some point this year, but I also hope to stack my read-shelf with a bunch of 5-star books. I opted to keep this one all YA, and plan to do a similar post for my anticipated adult reads at a later date.
Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Top 10 of 2019: Books I Wish I Read in 2019
It's the end of the year, and that means BEST OF lists! I find this task difficult, but I enjoy it so much.
Top 10 of 2019 is a hosted by Kimberly Faye Reads and Ginger. Today's topic is...
Books I Wish I Read in 2019!
I have read over 400 books this year, but still, there are some that slipped through the cracks. Below are some of the YA 2019 releases, I wish I had read, and I hope to read as my #Throwback2019 books.
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Top Ten Tuesday: Family Ties
Family Ties!
This week, we will celebrate Thanksgiving Day in the US, and one of the reasons I appreciate this holiday is because it's not about gifts, but rather, it's about spending time with our loved ones. Because of this, I chose to feature books with a family focus. The stories featured wonderful siblings and present parents. They are all books I have recently read, adored, and featured families I wish I could join.
Monday, September 9, 2019
In a Nutshell Reviews: YA Edition
In a Nutshell Reviews are my version of mini-reviews, because sometimes, you just want the highlights.
Sunday, September 1, 2019
Sundays with Sam - The Sunday Post
Sundays with Sam is a combination of Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews.
Sunday, August 25, 2019
Sundays with Sam - The Sunday Post
Sundays with Sam is a combination of Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews.
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