4 stars I received a an ARC of this book.This book is very well done. The text is easy to read and contains a glossary of terms that may be unfamiliar to the target audience (9-14 year olds). My ARC contains mostly black and white pages, but the first few are in color giving me…

5 stars I loved this book, but I can see how not everyone will enjoy it. Describing it as “part detective novel, part psychological thriller” feels like a stretch and doesn’t capture the essence of the story. This book is a journey. It’s the main character figuring out life. It isn’t necessarily the events that…

3 stars I received this book from Goodreads’ First Reads in exchange for an honest review.   Prepare for one of those rant reviews.   Overall, this book was a very informative case study of a mother retelling her daughter’s treatment for Autism, dyslexia, and ADD using Energy Medicine. As a person with a B.A….

4 stars A funny book filled with silly stories. I will admit watching Ellen DeGeneres is funnier than reading her work, because of her timing and body language, but this book is still quite humorous.

3 stars The thing I really liked about this book was that it stayed true to the characters. For the most part, Xena stayed Xena and Gabrielle stayed Gabrielle. At times the dialog got a little awkward (overuse of “I mean” or lengthy explanations), but I think a lot of that had to do with…

4 stars This is a very informational popular science book demonstrating the link between vitamin D deficiency and multiple health problem and disorders, including autism.The book is very well written and easy to understand. The explanations are simple and the glossary in the book of the book is helpful. Cannell does a good job of…

4 stars If you read this book because you want to learn anything about cooking, you are going to have a bad time.However, that does not mean you should not read it. You just need to go in with the right mindset. Some of these recipes I would consider trying (Guaca-hole-y) while others are a…

3 stars There are things I liked about this book and things I did not like.Overall, it was a quick and easy read. The reason for this is that the majority of the text is comprised of cultural/media examples and ancecdotes/interviews of female chauvinist pigs. While these were interesting, they showed limited viewpoints as Levy…

5 stars Wow, this is one of the best zombie novels I have ever read! This novel is great for readers 12 and up. There is the perfect balance of raw emotion and non-stop action.A book that runs in the same vein as Warm Bodies, Maberry dives in and shows what it is to be…

3 stars I liked this book slightly better than the first, mostly because I felt more comfortable and knowledgeable about the reoccurring slang terms used. This series is a bit of a cross between Divergent, The Hunger Games, and X-Men, which is definitely not a bad thing. As with the first book, I thought the writing was…