I received this product for free from Moms Meet, May Media Group LLC, who received it directly from the manufacturer. As a Moms Meet blogger, I agree to use this product and post my honest opinion on my blog. The opinions posted are my own. Every family has them. Fluff books that are based on favorite tv characters. Books lacking in varied vocabulary that are mostly annoying to read. Books that you've read so many times you wish they would conveniently disappear from your library for a … [Read more...]
Books I’ve Read: February 2017 (We’re All In Trouble)
If you're looking for warm fuzzy feelings after reading a book, this is not the place for you. Because the main point of this first book is that we're all in trouble, and nobody cares enough to do anything about it. Lights Out: A Cyber Attack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath by Ted Koppel. I received a free copy of this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for a review. The basic premise here is that our nation's electrical grid is very much lacking in security. … [Read more...]
Chompo Bars Are Fun To Get
Chompo Bars are fun to get! Chompo Bars taste better yet When they're someone else's. So goes one of the songs in A Birthday for Frances, one of the current favorite books in our house. Recently, the girls have been loving all of the Frances stories by Russell Hoban, and I enjoy them too (although they're a little long sometimes). And I've discovered that 90% of the songs can be sung to the same tune as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", which makes them easy to remember. And it's adorable … [Read more...]
Books I’ve Read: January 2017 (And My New Tracking System)
It was a spiral-bound notebook with light blue pages, with Winnie the Pooh and Tigger on the front. I must have been in about fourth grade or so when I started writing down the books that I read. Though I didn't understand it at the time, I was very much an introvert, and I was perfectly content to spend the majority of my free time reading books, even as the rest of my peers were playing sports or participating in extra activities. Books were my happy place. And I would dedicate a page to … [Read more...]
Books I’ve Read: Winter 2016
Much like with birthdays and gifts, I always start the year with good intentions to read more. And I even went so far as to give myself a modest challenge in GoodReads (spoiler: I didn't make it). But I did get a few more titles in, even with blogging and homeschooling and moving and holidays and craziness. Mothering Many: Sanity Saving Strategies from Moms of Four or More edited by Marie MacPherson. Marie is a friend of mine, and I was really excited to read this compilation of advice … [Read more...]
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