Charlie Chick Wants to Play (Charlie Chick Series) – Ant Parker and Nick Denchfield Oh that Charlie Chick! How cute he is! What is it about pull the flap books that toddlers and young children love? I remember back to my childhood, I loved all the Spot and other pull Read more…
The Everywhere Bear – Julia Donaldson and Rebecca Cobb My son and I first enjoyed a book by this pair last year, when my son was obsessed with It’s a Little Baby. So after reading that at least a thousand times, I was delighted when I was sent The Everywhere Read more…
What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday – Julia Donaldson and Illustrated by Lydia Monks Oh wow! What a fantastic book! This is a wonderful bedtime (or daytime) story that my son and I really enjoy! While on holidays, the ladybird heard that two crooks want to take a monkey from Read more…
Dinosaur Boo The Deinonychus (The World of Dinosaur Roar Book #2) – Jeanne Willis As I have mentioned before, my son is a dinosaur freak! He is also crazy about books, so no surprises that this one is extremely popular and well read! Dinosaur Boo is a mischievous little rascal, Read more…
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) – Leigh Bardugo I originally rated this book 4.5, but then I was thinking about exactly what it was that deducted half a star and I honestly couldn’t come up with a single thing I didn’t like about it. It was even better than Read more…
Daintree – Annie Seaton (The Porter Sisters #2) Another quality rural romance by Australian author Annie Seaton! Around this time last year the first of the Porter sisters novels was released “Kakadu Sunset” and I fell in love with the writing, the romance, and the setting. It wasn’t until after Read more…
Dark Matter – Blake Crouch Well, this one is a MAJOR contender for my favourite book of the year! This book was right up my alley, I love nerdy science stuff, and the concept of this book really appealed to me. I was trying not to expect too much as Read more…
Orphan X – Gregg Hurwitz Oh this book was a lot of fun! I listened to the audio version of this as I was unable to read actual words due to debilitating morning sickness, and the narrator was absolutely fantastic! Evan Smoak is the Nowhere Man. Brought up as a child in the “Orphan Read more…
The Summer that Melted Everything – Tiffany McDaniel This was a GREAT read! It totally caught me off guard how absolutely unique and fabulous this book was. In the summer of 1984, Fielding’s father Autopsy Bliss wrote an invitation to the devil in the newspaper. And the devil accepted. Or did Read more…
Nexus (Nexus #1) – Ramez Naam I listened to the audio version of Nexus and let me tell you, it was 13 hours of nerdy-fun-brilliance!!! It has an intricate plot, basically it is set in the not too distant future. Technology has surpassed what we could have ever imagined. The Read more…