"The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it."
Catherine Clinton deserves 5 out of 5 birds for her biography Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom. At the beginning of the year I watched the movie about Harriet and fell in love with her. I wanted to know more about her and so I picked this book. I enjoyed it and thought it was... Continue Reading →
Dear Truman Capote you deserve 4 out of 5 birds for In Cold Blood. This book covered such a bizarre crime. A crime that really had no motive, just pure idiocy... In my opinion. I thought some of the facts were dragged out and that in the end something was still missing. How do you... Continue Reading →
Okay Elanor Estes I can't love this book any more. A whopping fluffy five out of five birds for this short children's book. I can't tell you how many times in the past week I have said don't be a Peggy or a Maddie when the kids have started quarreling with each other. It stops... Continue Reading →
Okay Jim Clemente I give you 5 out of 5 birds for Call Me God! I might be the only one in America who didn't know about this? Okay I was young when it happened, but still. How terrifying to know there was a shooter out there with no pattern and could be anywhere at... Continue Reading →
I'll give Betty MacDonald five out of five birds! This is the second installment in her Mrs. Piggle Wiggle's series. It was a fun read with my little girls. I thought that the stories were a little bit of a stretch but none-the-less we enjoyed their quirkiness. We loved the ending, imagining the kids in... Continue Reading →
Ill give William Golding 4 out of 5 birds for his novel Lord of the Flies. This was my second time reading it. The first time was about 15 years ago! I love the plot line and how dark William was willing to go. I still had a hard time keeping characters straight... That's my... Continue Reading →
Dear Barbara Park- Thank you for this novella! I give it 5 out of 5 birds. A friend recently recommended this to me and I'm so glad she did. I had no idea it was by the author of Junie B Jones until the end. She manages to make you love a character in the... Continue Reading →
Alright Astrid, you get three out of five birds for this one. The whole experience with this one was meh. The highlight of the entire thing was teaching my 4 and 3 year old what a canniabal was. And now they regularly ask people if they eat humans. It's been quiet fun to watch. Pippy... Continue Reading →
Okay GorDON Korman, you get a full chicken dinner of five out of five birds for Restart. Was it cheesy? Maybe a little bit but I absolutely loved the message and the feeling I was left with. The book is written in many students perspectives and really allows you to see the WHOLE picture. You... Continue Reading →
I will give Emily Winfield Martin five out of five birds for her novel Snow & Rose. I hadn't heard of this book until I opened up a mysterious package in my mailbox. My sister had surprised us and sent us this book during COVID19. We absolutely adored it. The art in it was the... Continue Reading →
