Adam Rex – Cannonball Read 17

We are family (Goodness help you)

Summer Is for Cousins by Rajani Larocca

Oh No, the Aunts Are Here by Adam Rex

April 4, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

As a cousin, I compare myself to books about cousins. And while me and mine did play and have ice cream, we did not do it the way this family does in Summer Is for Cousins. But it does not matter how you spent your summers; you probably can relate to Ravi’s family. He is the almost youngest (there is a new seventh cousin to his sixth place), he admires his oldest cousin, and he likes sharing ice cream time with all the cousins. The […]

I Truly Do Not Understand What I Read

The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex

January 27, 2022 by SunflowerK Leave a Comment

The first movie I ever took my kiddo to the theater to see was the DreamWorks film, Home – with Jim Parsons and Rihanna voicing the main characters. Years later, our family still adores this movie and I tear up in the same spot hundreds of viewings later.Turns out, this film is based on a book – The True Meaning of Smekday, by Adam Rex. Alrighty, let’s dig in! I’m all for source material!I just finished this 400 page… scifi? sci-comedy? YA scifi-comedy experience and […]

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March 30, 2014 by Robyn Robotron Leave a Comment

Yeah, that’s right, I’m reviewing a short kids book. A girl’s gotta make up time somehow. However, I did throw in a review for Chu’s Day as a bonus.

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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