EmilyOct 16, 20214 minScary storiesA mix of two stories that you can read for free online, a print book, a story that you can listen to for free online, and two...
EmilyOct 11, 20212 minAlphabet reading challenge: Q and RQuentin, Patrick- A Puzzle for Fools Rao, Mahesh- Polite Society A Puzzle for Fools: This is a release from the American Mystery...
EmilySep 30, 20213 minGoodreads list challenge: August and SeptemberYang, Susie- White Ivy Mascarenhas, Kate- The Psychology of Time Travel McDermid, Val- Northanger Abbey Moreno-Garcia, Silvia- Velvet Was...
EmilySep 20, 20213 minJust because readingBecause, ooh, that sounds good right now is reason enough to go off my reading challenges. I'm really beginning to wish that hadn't set...
EmilySep 10, 20214 minChildren's favorites: Sweet Valley High and CaitlinWhen I was writing about my childhood love of the Baby-sitters Club series, I wrote that I'd feel fine handing them to a child now. I...
EmilyAug 31, 20214 minAlphabet challenge check-in: July and AugustMartin, Valerie- The Ghost of the Mary Celeste North, Claire- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Olson, Neil- Before the Devil Fell...
EmilyAug 26, 20212 minThe Book of Magic previewThis kind of fell flat to me, but I already know that I'm going to read it again. I want to read the Practical Magic series in...
EmilyAug 17, 20214 minA ways-back list: 2001Earlier this year it hit me that this is a double-anniversary for me: 25 years since I graduated high school and twenty years since I...
EmilyAug 9, 20212 minFavorite children's books: Baby-Sitter's ClubMost of us know their names, have a favorite character, a favorite book. I devoured this series for about a year and a half. I remember...
EmilyAug 2, 20215 minWhat I've learned from my Goodreads challenge, and summer check-inI already had a StoryGraph account when I began this challenge, but I didn't import my Goodreads list for two reasons: one, I was pretty...
EmilyJul 20, 20215 minThe six things I learned from my alphabet reading challengeLast December, I wanted to try something new with my reading and set up some challenges for the new year. I think that this is by far...
EmilyJun 18, 20212 minFavorite children's books: Crestwood Classic Movie MonstersMy elementary school library had a set of movie monster books that absolutely fascinated me. They were on the bottom shelf on the right,...
EmilyJun 4, 20213 minMay 2021 readingsMy Goodreads challenge: Greeley, Molly- The Clergyman's Wife Brooks, Elizabeth- The Whispering House Alphabet Challenge: J- Joyce, James-...
EmilyMay 27, 20212 minSee it or read it: All Things Cease to AppearAll Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage So many scary things, I don't know where to start. In the book, the troubles of a...
EmilyMay 21, 20212 minA ways back: books from ten years ago (2011)I put this together by going through Goodreads lists. The purpose is just to look back at what books came out ten years ago that I've...
EmilyMay 16, 20212 minChildren's favorites: the Betsy books that aren't Betsy-Tacy booksI remember the illustrations of these more than the stories. Black-and-white pictures of two little girls with their hair in pigtails. ...
EmilyMay 8, 20213 minApril '21 reading challenge round-upAlphabet challenge: H: Hepworth, Sally- The Mother-in-Law My Goodreads list: Danforth, Emily- Plain Bad Heroines Nonfiction: Carson,...
EmilyMay 1, 20215 minChallenge check-in: halfway(ish) through AprilThis is very late, but I have two excellent excuses. 1) I have tried two times to type this post and had technical difficulties, and 2)...
EmilyApr 15, 20212 minChildren's favorites: Ralph S. Mouse and RibsySince the death of beloved children's author Beverly Cleary, the Internet has been flooded with appreciations and reminiscences of her...
EmilyApr 4, 20216 minMarch 2021: challenge check-in and a galleyPre-pub galley Butler, Nickolas- Godspeed Alphabet challenge "E": Eberhart, Mignon G.- Murder by an Aristocrat "F": Feret-Fleury....