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June 27, 2021
Mailbox Monday #637
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has it’s own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]
June 23, 2021
Go Wild! Sea Turtles by Jill Esbaum
Source: Media Masters Publicity Hardcover, 48 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Go Wild! Sea Turtles by Jill Esbaum from National Geographic Kids offers a look at the sea habitats of sea turtles, including the leatherback, green turtle, hawksbill, and more. Like Go Wild! Pandas, this books includes vibrant photographs and a ton of facts […]
June 22, 2021
Go Wild! Pandas by Margie Markarian
Source: Media Masters Publicity Hardcover, 48 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Go Wild! Pandas by Margie Markarian from National Geographic Kids is chock full of panda facts and vibrant photographs. Kids will open the book to find a panda hugging a tree, but when they turn the page, they’ll be greeted by the smiling […]
June 21, 2021
Frank: Sonnets by Diane Seuss (giveaway)
Source: Graywolf Press Paperback, 152 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Frank: Sonnets by Diane Seuss is a collection that, at times, tried my patience with its contradictions. But isn’t that what life is — a bucket of contradictions? She says in one of her opening sonnets: “The problem with sweetness is death. The problem/with […]
Mailbox Monday #636
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has it’s own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]
June 17, 2021
COVID Chronicle #5
Reopening Hesitation? The vaccination rates in my county and state are rising, which should signal that we are ready to return to normal. Everything in the state will reopen on July 1, the Maryland state of emergency will end, and masks will no longer be required. But why do I feel like we should still […]
June 14, 2021
Forward by Abby Wambach (audio)
Source: Purchased Audiobook; 5+ hrs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Forward by Abby Wambach, read by the author, explores her need for soccer in her life and her early hatred of the game and her talent. But at its heart, it is also a memoir that explores identity and self-love. A lot of her high […]
Mailbox Monday #635
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has it’s own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]
June 10, 2021
a more perfect Union by Teri Ellen Cross Davis
Source: Purchased Paperback, 70 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate a more perfect Union by Teri Ellen Cross Davis opens with “The Goddess of Blood,” a poem emerging from the blood of birth and death, much like a nation ripping itself from it’s parent nation. Davis’s collection doesn’t directly make these parallels but much of […]
June 8, 2021
Becoming the Enchantress by Kristin Kowalski Ferragut, illustrated by Coley Dolmance Ferragut & Giveaway
Source: Author/Publisher Paperback, 34 pgs. I am Amazon Affiliate (full disclosure: Kristin Ferragut is part of my poetry workshop and I was part of a workshop that helped her hone this story) Becoming the Enchantress by Kristin Kowalski Ferragut, illustrated by Coley Dolmance Ferragut, uses fairy tale-like elements to explain transgender to younger children. It’s […]
