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Book Review: Alias Madame Doubtfire
"How dare you?" Miranda shook with rage. "How dare you deceive me like this, and arrange for my own children to deceive me? How dare you encourage them to collude with you in...
Audiobook Review: Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money
Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan. *sticks out tongue* Let me just say that Mr. Chickee's Funny Money (written by Christopher Paul Curtis and narrated by Joe Holt) is perfect...
Audiobook Review: The Lost Hero
“Love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest and bravest acts are done for love.” My daughter wanted me to read The Lost...
Book Review: Shine, Coconut Moon
It dawns on me, clear as a summer sky, how wrapping a turban, speaking the language of your parents’ parents’ parents, and celebrating the same holidays that everyone before...
Book Review: Love, Inc.
The only reason any of us got out of bed today was to plot revenge. It's quite a resuscitator. Love, Inc. by Yvonne Collins & Sandy Rideout is the story of three girls who...
Book Review: Bossypants
By the second week, I realized what made this experience so fun and different. For the first time ever, I was performing in front of an audience that wanted to see me....
Mini Reviews: September
September was not a great month for books for me. I read quite a few, but none made that big of an impression, so it was hard to get motivated to blog about them, especially...
Audiobook Review: The Red Pyramid
I guess it started in London, the night our dad blew up the British Museum. The Red Pyramid is Book One of The Kane Chronicles, Rick Riordan's take on Egyptian mythology. Much...
Mini Book Reviews: August
I spent most of August grading. Grading, grading, grading. Every time someone asked me what I was doing, the answer was grading. Grading! Then, once grading was done, I spent...