pickI don't know too many kids who do not do this: walk in their mothers' or father's shoes. This girl, though, decided to hide the shoes her mother's uses to go to work because she is left behind at Nana, and she wants to be home with her mom. #ISpyBingoNov @TheAromaofBooks
#ChristmasDays12Storiesand12Feastsfor12Days
Day 6 O‘Brien‘s First Christmas #fairy #stars #change
Dad‘s Sherry Trifle #forgiveness
pickThis picture book is wordless and it is perfect the way it is. The stunning artwork shows how the world revolves and changes around a tree as well as the cycle from birth to death of a tree. Just beautiful. It reminded me a lot of Shaun Tan for some reason.
pickGhost Mountain, by Ronan Hession (2024)
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Premise: Life for a small community is changed when a mountain suddenly appears in an abandoned field—but not as much as one might think.
Review: Hession has been one of 2025‘s great discoveries for me, but this one didn‘t quite live up to expectation or to its fascinating premise. ⬇️
pickBook #9 of 2025: “The Scourge of God” by SM Stirling. I was reallly into this series when I was younger but got behind during/post college. I picked this up at a used bookstore in Florence over the winter and loved it. Time to get the rest of the series!
pickSuch a beautiful story about a son and his dad who have to move from their favorite blue house. It showed all the faults with the house that they loved and how they made their new home loved just as much as the blue house. Wonderful graphics.
Americans have always been in transition.
This is a reread for me. I'm in a transition state of mind since my mom died last November (2024).
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
pick#CoverStories Day 27: This story definitely reminds me of summers either spent with family in the US or in the Philippines. I especially liked this statement: “We go to a house that‘s not any of ours, near the ocean and a #lake.”
My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-psc
pickAraf lives in Oman with his mother and father. His best friend is his grandfather whom he has great adventures. Araf life is about to change as his parents have decided to get doctoral degrees at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Michigan. He must leave his cat, his school, his friends, and his beloved grandfather.
Well written. Good characters. Good story.
Worth the time.
