On My Bookshelf...

No, not from me, though I have a couple to post next week :) Penguin is offering not just one book, but a BOX of books! Enter here, at Pre...

Holly has done a great review that sums up why I loved this book! It was a bit long in text for my daughter (not quite two), but older chil...

We have a special installment of Picture Book Thursday today! A little while ago, Allison and I were contacted by Tilbury House Publishing a...

S. Krishna's Books is giving away a copy of House of Daughters by Sarah-Kate Lynch. The contest ends on Sunday, Nov. 23rd. Lisa over at...

I was excited about Wicked Weaves by Joyce and Jim Levene, the first Renaissance Faire mystery featuring Jessie, a graduate student who work...

I received this novel in the mail from Random House/Ballantine Books. I read it in about 2 days. It is a short, concise, and touching look a...

I have seen this book EVERYWHERE in the last year. So I'll save you the long-winded synopsis. :-) Check out these reviews if you haven...

I first read the Westing Game in my sixth grade English class. I remember loving it. To me at the time, it didn't seem "classic...

Jen Robinson's review of this book made me want to pick it up. She also said if you liked The Eight, you probably would like this one. W...

Today's theme is Princesses! A very girly topic, but Allison and I both have girls so its fitting. :-) We'll start with Princess Spa...

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart: Mr. Benedict assembles the Mysterious Benedict Society to ...

The latest Kate Atkinson novel, When Will There Be Good News?, is her third featuring former soldier/cop/private investigator Jackson Brodie...

Being on vacation for a week, I have a lot to catch up on. I have a couple reviews to post in the near future. But for the time being I want...

Lilah loves books about shapes, colors, counting, and the alphabet. Colors are always a favorite. We have tons of books about colors. Her...

Death by Cashmere is the first in Sally Goldenbaum's Seaside Knitters series (she is also the author of the Queen Bees Quilt mystery ser...

Some quick internet research turned up Pierdomenico Baccalario as the author. Apparently, Scholastic is using a gimmick whereby Ulysses Moo...

I happily proposed fall as a topic for today, figuring we must have a bunch of fall books. Hmmm. It was harder than I thought! This one...

I'll be announcing a giveaway as soon as I think of a good one, but in the meantime, check out this giveaway of The Heretic's Daught...

I believe this is the fifth installment in Steve Berry's Cotton Malone series. I received The Charlemagne Pursuit as an ARC from Library...

Anyone with warm, fuzzy memories of an 80s sitcom who stumbles across an episode on TV Land will understand why I was a smidge apprehensive ...