Barking with the Stars
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Lights! Camera! Murder! A star-studded fundraiser to help provide service dogs for wounded warriors...
Princess Puffybottom . . . and Darryl
Susin Nielsen and Olivia Chin Mueller
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What's a pampered cat to do now that she has to compete for attention with an ill-mannered puppy?...
Mostly Dead Things
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One morning, Jessa-Lynn Morton walks into the family taxidermy shop to find that her father has...
The Strange And Deadly Portraits Of Bryony Gray
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A Tim Burtonesque retelling of The Picture of Dorian Gray aimed at Middle Graders. The most...
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Mar 10, 2022
Goodness Gracious Golly Gee: I Forgot My Christmas Tree
Carol Burcham and Cori Burcham
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With Christmas right around the corner, a stay-at-home dad scrambles at the last minute to get...
Christmas Holiday Children Picture Books
Merissa (12066 KP) rated True North (Yule Lads #1) in Books
Dec 20, 2023
It is intricate and intriguing, but I always felt as though I wasn't getting the full picture. It is fast-paced and non-stop, including the relationship between Dylan and Somerset. This is definitely something I want more of, as I just didn't feel as though I had enough.
If the aim was to keep the reader in the dark, along with Dylan, so you learn at the same time as him, then it worked. I kept reading in the hope I would understand more of what was going on.
This was an absorbing story that I look forward to reading more of.
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Merissa
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Dec 9, 2023
Calamities
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"Renee Gladman has always struck me as being a dreamer--she writes that way and the dreaming seems...
Little Red Hood
Sarah Ardizzone and Marjolaine Leray
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She started life as a little red scribble and then, there she was: a little red hood. The wolf is...
Debbiereadsbook (1202 KP) rated Smith's Corner: Alora & Ash (The Heartwood Series #3) in Books
Oct 16, 2021
This is book 3 in the Heartwood series and while not totally necessary, it might help you get a better picture of this family group, and all the supporting characters.
Ash went to prison, and he shut Alora off completely just when she needed him the most. You get a picture as to WHY he does that, though. When their paths cross again, Alora runs away from Ash. It's not long til Ash discovers the secret Alora has been keeping from him, though.
Ash has to learn the hard way about letting people help him. Had he done so before, he might not have such a hard time now. But one thing holds true from then to now: he LOVES Alora, so darn much!
You understand why Alora is reluctant to let Ash in, he hurt her before, but when she does let him in, its wonderful!
There is some overlap with book 2, Layla and Levi and it's kinda fun watching those two from the other side, so to speak!
This is a great addition to the series but it doesn't quite push my buttons like Dallas and Delilah or Levi and Layla do, I'm afraid. Oh it's good, yes, but I didn't quite love it.
Fox and Faith are next. Given that Fox hasn't SAID a word in three books, that should be an interesting read!
3 good solid stars
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