Connecting the Dots
My thoughts on art, books & life.
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Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
The sequel to Uglies, also a NYT bestseller. I had a harder time getting into this book because of the way Pretties talk. I had no idea that a surgery could change the way that people talk so easily. I felt like I was in some cliquey Disney Channel movie or something....
The Journal of Curious Letters by James Dashner
I was waiting to do my review of The Journal of Curious Letters before the second book was about to come out and yikes the time went by and The Hunt for Dark Infinity is less than two days away from it's debut. My husband also read both books so I could say I was...
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
I love fairy tales! Just something about being able to escape into another world and talk of magic, love and adventure and of course it's a bit nostalgic, some of the first books read to me were fairy tales. I am always on the look out for new fairy tales, or retold...
The Whirlwind by Carol Matas
I read this book in a whirlwind created by multiple other books I was/am reading at the same time. It was out on the counter one day and my oldest passed by, glanced down and did a double take. "Mom, what's this book about?" he wanted to know. "Is it about soldiers?"...
I won a giveaway, crocuses and other things that make you happy!
I actually won a give away for Howie I can Read Series over at Tara Lazar - Writing for Kids While Raising Them. I am very excited because it's from Aaron Zenz author/illustrator and the genius dad behind Bookie Woogie. Where he and his children read and review books...
Non-fiction Monday – Nic Bishop Frogs
Nic Bishop is a gifted nature photographer and writer. Not only that this book received the Cybils award on Valentine's day for non-fiction picture book and I can see why. It is stunning, the pictures even breath-taking and yes I am saying that about pictures of...
Cybils Awards
Today, Valentine's Day is the day the Cybils winners are announced. I was very excited because I had read several of the finalists for graphic novel middle grade, non-fiction picture books, and picture book categories. So without further delay here they are. Easy...
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
I really liked this first book in the New York Times Bestselling Uglies series. Tally Youngblood is waiting in Ugly Town for her sixteenth birthday so that she can finally turn pretty and join her friends. Having a late birthday really stinks in Ugly Town. It...
Little Skink’s Tail by Janet Halfmann, Illustrated by Laurie Allen Klein
I got this book in the mail last week and my daughter was very excited to help me open the package. I mean really who doesn't like to open up something in the mail and it was a book! We sat down immediately to read it and then the baby woke up and of course she needed...
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
–winner of the Caldecott Medal "Long before multicultural characters and themes were fashionable, Ezra Jack Keats crossed social boundaries by being the first American picture-book maker to give the black child a central place in children’s literature." I thought this...
